City Taxes Due and Local Notices in Bristol
The Bristol newspaper reports taxes for 1903 are due at the Recorder’s office, with multiple notices including local business ads for Star Restaurant, The Furnace Store, Hugh Webb’s Market Place, and W. Day T. U. Also mentions personnel moves, community events, and the election of Grand Lodge officers with names such as James L. Sloan and James W. Irwin among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder's Office
H. Poopen
W. J. Miller
Noahville
Hugh Webb
Masonic
Grand Lodge
James L. Sloan
Linden
James W. Irwin
Savannah
Robert Burrow
Johnson City
G. E. Seay
Gallatin
Johnson City forms Daughters of the Confederacy chapter
A Johnson City chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy was organized with fifty members. Elected officers for the coming term include President Mrs. H. W. Lyle, First Vice President Mrs. J. J. Adamos, Second Vice President Mrs. W. F. Jones, Recording Secretary Mrs. Paul Wofford, and Corresponding Secretary Miss Mattie Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughter of Confederacy
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Johnson City
H. W. Lyle
J. J. Adamos
W. F. Jones
Paul Wofford
Mattie Henderson
Society Notes on Local Residents and Business Changes
Knightly society updates page recalls Knoxville visits by Miss Phonita Smith and Miss Lena Barton, job moves for N. D. Kirkpatrick and Frank Miller, and social events at Elks' Hall. Local industry reports cover Embroville freight collision, Moser Brothers buying land for a wood plant, and express agency appointment. Obituary notes for Mrs. Jas. M. Henry, court actions in Jonesboro, and National Guard funding details appear amid ads and notices.
Flames Destroy Noted House in Knoxville Suburbs
A Saturday blaze consumed a famed Knoxville suburb residence once linked to Frances Hodgson Burnett. The home of Charles Seymour, near a local college, stood as a literary landmark but was reduced to ashes. Officials report surrounding areas under health quarantine due to eleven smallpox cases in the county.
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Maines
Knoxville
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Chas. Seymour
Negro College
Wourd of Health
Warlich
Worley
W. D. L. Cram
Notable Quote Describes Train as A Hundred Faults
George D. Prentice likens George Francis Train to a locomotive off the track and a ship without a rudder. He calls him a calendar of contradictions and a pantomime of words, a cipher without a figure, and a man sawing his own limb for a joke in earnest.
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George D. Prentice
George Francis
Local Notes From Watauga and Nearby Areas
Obituary for Lula McClure of Watauga County laments her sudden death at age earlier this month. Reports on tannery operations. a visit by Derun & Cobb manager L. B. Moulton to Rostan, Mass. Brief items note a railroad survey from Elkanah to Johnson City and a zinc lead find on Martin Crow’s farm. A claim by William Donnelly seeks investors to develop a vast lead and zinc deposit near Watauga Point with a 90 day window. Chamberlains remedy touted for bilious colic with postal sales.
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W. B. Hendrix
J. B. Moulton
L. B. Moulton
Derun & Cobb
Rostan
Mass
Martin Crow
Watauga Bend
L. M. Warren
Nashville
Piney Flats
Tore
Myrtle Shaner
Pensacola
Fla
J. W. Wallace
Grand Lodge
William Donnelly
United States
Watauga Point
Carter County
Tenn
Alex
Shell
Watauga
Hospital construction nears completion as services advance
Report details carpenters finishing doors and plastering, steam and plumbing connections, elevators, radiators, and a 20 ton ice machine for the kitchen. Funeral of George L. Shaner noted. third burial in No. 2 Cemetery progress. Porcelain tubs and iron stairs installed as the 400-member facility nears opening.
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Toenday
Probat
Kendall
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Imperial
Imperial Chemical
Wananga
Bradwon Building
East Marke Street
Eest
Star Restaurant
Star
Unakal
New York
Dr. Geo. H. Berry
A. Shipley
Jonesboro
W. W. Brazwell
Bristol
H. H. Crouch
Hugh F. Webb
Johnson Bay
Mr. Dyer
Southern
Ipe
Btar
W. K. Martin
Henri Doriot
Soldiers’ Home
Doriot
Ows
W. Day
T. U
Ere Russell
Myrtle Ageous
Furnace
Women's Guild of
Episcopal Church
Molenn
Mra. J. P. Bommers
Are
Ig Ataying
Lee Hotel
Baxter Taylor
Nat W. Taylor
Tom Gillespie
Ione
Mra
R. 0. Wolford
Wolford
Pottstown
McClintic-Marshall Construction Co
Eles Roscoe Phillips
Renan
Hi Phillips
Phillips iv
Bristol Counor
the Daughters of the Confed
H. W. Lyle & Co
Mountain City
Finley Prenton
Preston
Lillie Shaw
Supreme Court
C. M. Park
J. 4. Mitchell
K. P. Jones & CO
Main Street
G. E. Hinkley
Ovenr Miller
Phonita Smith
Mr. Boatie
John G. Ankefer
Lena Barton
Mary Belle Jarpagin
Jefferson City
Mrs. Nalf
Carlisle. G
EB. Rios
E. V. Moore
Unicoi
Alice Mountcastle
Virginia
North
Carolina
N. D. Kirkpatrick
Summers, Barton & Perrott
Hunteman Bros
Runa Ale
East Tennessee
Frank Miller
Springfield
Ohio
Frank
A Elks
M. I. Gump
W. ©. McKee J
Embreville
Embroville
Moser Bro
Carnegie Development Company
Jhiat
Sproles Bar
J. H. Moser
Southern Express Company
Jas. Henry
Jas. M. Henry
Henry
Baptist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Circuit Court
Tyler
Allen
Tom Collins
Wm. Humphreys
Calaboose
Wil
St. Louis
State National Guard
National Guard
Col
Alexander
General Assembly
H. B. Cavanery
Love's Grove
Union Depot
Dr. Fahrney
Gough
M. H. Gammon
Brushy Mountain Prison
Rormance
Dulaney Bros
Fabrney
Swetzel
Knorville
Watauga News
Lley
W. & 8. W. Railroad Company
Elkanah
Molesworth
Lula McClure
Arents
Charles McClure
Willie
Union Church
Fob
Kittuns
Draggiste
Miles
Unaka National Bank
Tor Wesowe
Banihoas Taauiay
Matie
Ain
Ankofer
Stanton L. Perdue
Freres
George L. Shaner
129Th Regiment
South Walewis
U.S
U. S
National Nankx
United States Cp
Tor
Aia
Bank
Basnent Cashier
Correet Attest S
Lalla
Dettier B. Cox
Strmetor M.S. Plawa
Abbenetta
Xworn
Bafara
Junuyroy
Warnolin
Notary Publ
Chamberlain
Palmetto Stable
W. C. Snapp
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