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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1909
Page
3
Help wanted in multiple communities offering 25 dollars salary plus benefits. Advertisements seek a responsible man to take orders from nonerkot Farias, with sewing machine agents and other roles described. Several lines promise opportunities for farmers' sons and business connections, plus references to hardware, coal, and real estate listings.
Tax notices announce county taxes for the year 1908 due in Johnson City on Wednesdays and Thursdays starting December 10. The Recorder’s office on Tipton Street handles collection for Ith, fh, With and Lith civil districts during business hours. Receipts for state Lane County taxes available on all other days. Trustee 72 H. 0. Jackson.
Circuit Court at Jonesboro presided by acting judge W P Young in Tyler's absence due to illness. Docket chiefly petit larceny and Appling. Owens fined six months and 50 dollars for plying. Several cases will be thrown out for lack of evidence. Advertisement for Fabreny’s Toothing Lump promotes a baby remedy.
The government designates Unaka National Bank as depository for new post office funds about 65 000 dollars and appoints Tate 1 Marnest cashier as disbursing agent. The bank also becomes depository for Johnson City Tennessee money order funds, increasing deposits. Contractor M B Wells of Philadelphia will arrive in Johnson City within days to commence post office work.
J J Brading and S C Williams returned from New York where they met with Rev Molt McKenzie and J J Severance to review the Carenie Hotel proposition for Washington and Tusculum College. The group aims to inspect the property and assess terms for potential college use.
Mr. Meverance has seen a large donor to several schools and shows keen interest in our offer. The situation grows more encouraging as the project may receive needed funds. Dean's Regulate ads promise mild regularity with no griping and urge asking a druggist for them.
Harrison Hendrix, Civil War veteran and noted East Tennessee bridge burner, died Monday at his Watauga home after a brief illness. He was about 70, proud of his war record and enjoyed recounting the conflict. a local history of encounters may be published from any papers he left. Interment will be in Cheeneville Wednesday.
December 1908 school report details attendance and enrollment figures. It lists totals for boys and girls, overall attendance, absence rates, and disciplinary cases, reflecting school district performance for the month.
Rev J A Ruble, chaplain of the Soldiers Home, will preach at 10 am Sunday at the First Presbyterian Church. Dr Dayton A Dobb of Watauga Avenue Presbyterian will speak at 7 pm Sunday. Public invited to all services. Mrs B C Staples dies at 75 in Bristol from Fospreumonta.
R Fabian opens wholesale produce house at 2 West Mall Street corner of scene. He arrives from Morristown to run general produce business handling poultry butter eggs herbs hides and more.
A child died from burns after a fire linked to an open flame. The notice lists Mr and Mrs Jenkins as parents, mentions relatives in the Merce brothers family, and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy with prices 25 and 50 cents available through 8. C Miller.
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