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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
3
A bustling Johnson City page with shop ads for Chase & Santorn teas at Jackson's and grocers selling Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Local items include Armbrust & Smith goods, Thanksgiving visits, a freight wreck near Yates' yard, and a banking board meeting announcing a four percent dividend and capital stock increase.
Morristown Gazette notes the death of Prof John Lampson, longtime Nashville educator, former state normal contributor, and brother of Mrs. B J Baxter of Jonesboro, with no additional details. The same paper reports Jamon A B Summers elected mayor of Johnson City by a 123 vote margin over Dr. J W Cox, highlighting Summers’ youth and local respect, alongside two Democratic and two Republican aldermen elected with the mayor.
A local store announces a full stock in underwear with nine children’s union suits and ladies’ union suits, plus pads and pants. The shoe department touts top grades, new Ziegler Bros. shipments, and several value shoes for women and men, including $1.00 and $1.25 options and men’s boots at $1.20.
The Watauga Avenue Presbyterian church hosts its annual fair and dinner on Thursday with Christmas gifts and a display featuring a performer and a large family. A marriage notice for Lillie Jordan and Rafns Volker Jackson follows, at the Mt Pleasant Presbyterian Church on December 19. Nearby items note rail incidents, local visits, and Southern Railway holiday fare details to encourage travel.
A mixed fragmentary city page recounts Cure a Cold in One Day medicine claims, a stranger’s odd acts, a hurried marriage, and local officials’ remarks. It notes Judge Lyle performing the ceremony, plus mentions of H B Weaver and Nora White, court appointments, and a pending aldermanic election injunction in Bristol with Judge Campbell ruling to sustain and schedule merite hearing.
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