Comet Olio of Local News and Notices
Comet reports on local characters with Vines Brading Co and Purdue ads. Mentions Marke Donderick from Chucky River, James Henry and son from Broylonville, and G A George moving from Limestone to Johnson City. Notes on coal and heating stoves, cigar brands, lamp chimneys, and upcoming Oak Hill Cemetery meeting. Also covers a court appearance for Evans, Pete Evans, and Mara Adams, and a note on Prof Powell Hale's talk at the Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo, Evans
Pete Evans
Mara Adams
Wer
Chinp
Jonesboro
Broad ad filled town chatter and notices
A crowded page lists shop ads for lamps, coal, photography, hats, and baking supplies from Jackson and Brunner, plus travel notes on local visitors and brief legal notices. It reports deaths, civil service news, and a sheriff’s arrest connected to a lewdness warrant, reflecting small town life in Hamblin county.
Arrest of Will King Leads to Jail Awaiting Circuit Court
Will King was arrested by Chief of Police Reming on a Sunday warrant for felonious assault on Bom 4lant Antrust. He waited examination before Squire Gump and was jailed to await the next circuit term. Local notices include real estate transfers, church matters, and business listings with references to Continental Insurance Co. and Greer Machinery Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherif George Campbell
Scott ‘Taylor
Circuit Court
Hamblin County
Sherif Hayes
Morristown
Will King
Squire Gump
Wan
Novelty Dress Patterns for Holiday Gifts
Advertisement notes special reductions for holiday trade on novelty dress patterns. It promotes patterns priced at $10 and showcases a selection of 80 patterns and sets priced at $8 and $7. The copy targets gift buyers, suggesting patterns are not suitable for wives, mothers, or sisters, and emphasizes affordability and variety.
A Pair of Kid Gloves Makes a Most Acceptable Present
An advertisement note lists mittens and umbrellas for sale with prices from 50 cents to 3 dollars. Items include ladies mittens, children's mittens, and assorted gloves suitable for men and women.
Holiday Handkerchiefs Sale From A City Store
Readable ad copy lists Ladies fine cotton embroidered plain linen mourning and silk handkerchiefs and Gentlemen's handkerchiefs with prices. The text references a filing amount and prices in cents, indicating a promotional listing from a historic retailer.
Table Linen and Towels in Damask Gifts
Table Linen and Towels highlight Bleached Damask napkins and fine Damask towels as desirable gifts. An ebony towel set is mentioned as a notable item.
Poultry Show Planned by Upper East Tennessee Group
The Upper East Tennessee Poultry Association, led by HM CO Austin of Mountain View Poultryman, prepares for a major show in mid January with premiums listed as guaranteed. Local citizens support the event, and Rev Jas Kennedy and wife thank members of the M E Church South for gifts to the parsonage on December eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper East Tennessee Poultry Association
Hm, CO
Austin
Mountain View Poultryman
Jas
Kennedy
M. E. Church
South
Das
Kexnepy Axp
Wim
Local Industry and Social Notes Highlight City Life
Boring Bros start full time plow handle production, averaging about 200 handles daily for three months and employing twenty men. R G Johnson shifts to chair making with ready to market products, machinery installed by Johnson himself, a mill on Jobe street with daily capacity of four dozen chairs. Boring and Wilson manufacture slack barrel staves while Exum and Boring continue headings since early summer. First Presbyterian congregation hosts a wedding as Rev. John R. Herndon leads Mendelssohn’s wedding march. Mins Bello Rector and Mr. Herbert H. Stephens wed, Mixa Rector a sister of Mrs. Thos Sirs, groom a painter from Elizabethhton, 24 years old. They will reside on Market street. Dr Price’s Cream Baking Powder advert follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boring Bros
R. G. Johnson
Johnson
Jobe Street
Boring & Wilson
Exum & Boring
First Presbyterian Church
John R. Herndon
Young
Mendelssohn
Mins Bello
Herbert H. Stephens
Mixa Rector
Mra. Thos
Sirs
Paperville
Sullivan County
Mr. Stephenson
Elizabethton
Market Street
Advertising Clock Patented By Townsman W. W. Kirkpatrick
W. W. Kirkpatrick patenting an advertising clock with a ten by five by three inch front glass showing twenty ad cards via a sliding frame. Clocks to be produced by Seth Thomas with cases crafted locally. The inventor plans to deploy clocks in hotels and public places at no cost to proprietors, funded by selling local advertisements. Also notes continued chancery court activity with multiple case decrees and orders through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Kirkpatrick
Seth Thomas
Kirkpatrick
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Leavening
U. S
Jackson
Marke Donderick
Chucky River
H. W. Pardi
James Henry
Broylonville
Allen
Vines
Mra
J. HH
Bennner
Vines, Brading & Co
B. White
Col
Ike Reeves
al Denderick
Williams
John Bowmansen
Bristol
H. W. Purdue
John G. Campbell
Kinney Martin
G. A. George
Limestone
Johnson City
Hig Old Place
Jackson's
Krystal
Sebastio
White
Henry Evans
Bima Warren
Comany, Wain
Wodtnesday
Dana
W. Powell Hale
The
Baptist Church
H. Lyle
Edith
Athens Post
Selibert
Oak Hill Cemetery Association
O. K. Lide
P. H. Ponder
Congressman Anderson
Washington
Mr. Anderson
W. A. Kite
Cherokes
Alex Brown
Vanee'a Tani
Mr. Brown
Opera
Gump Bros
Pine Mountain
Buckeye
Vines, Brading ¢ Co
M. Jackson
Cargille’s
Tom Curtain
Law Court
Bape
J. A. Brunnner
John Tipton
C. O. Collins
Elizabetht
Fouesbord
J. Will Shepherd
Fall Branch
Sam R. Miller
Southern Railway
Knoxville
Ometolke Londay
Coes
Chase & Banborn
Isle
Mocha
Java
J. H. Brunner
T. Harris
Hal S. Harris
Dandridge
French Road
Oswevirs
Dr. Price
Biddle & Ellsworth
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Susan Butler
Thoms
W. A. Darden
W.K. Martin
Martin
Mmers
Barton
Summers, Barton & Lyle
Ladies’ Home Journal
Unsey
B. W. Bently
C. 2. Brooke
Continental Insurance Co
Mr. Blackburn
Brooke
Ois
Mosars
Bently
Bob Anderson
Gamp Bros
Harry Gump
Cheatam
Greer Machinery Co
Is Heart
Piedmont Hotel
Ife
Dr. Mathews
John DL. Summers
James A
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Treasury Office
W. A. Rite & Co
Peoples
Cherokee
Embreeville
John Johnson
J. M. Henry
Division Street
Elmo Street
Congregation of the Baptist Church
Anderson
Frank Barnette
Hart & Smith
Kid Glovas
Merry Christmas
Windsor
New York City
Will
New York
R. L
B. Bruner
Proprietors
NEW York Journal
China
Poultty Slaw
Credle
Chancery Court
Weasion
Smith
McMillan, Haven & Co
Watauga Bank
Matilda Shipley
owers-Taylor Drug Co
Eb al Ve. P. H. Wofford
Anna Allenebal
J. M. Carr & Co
J. A. White
Southern Building, and Town Association
Lottie White
Southern Building and Loan Association
J. A. Martin
J. A. Lyle Vad
F. Crumley
Lizzie Hoss
O. G. Hoss
N.C. Love
J.J. Allen
Bank of Lexington
Crandall- Harris Tobacco Works
A. F. Hoss
J. F. Crumley
Dr. Bell
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