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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1908

Page

3

Local and Personal Notes From Elizabethton City

Local items report visits by Miss Ailolyn Denderick in Jonesboro and John Monry Sanders from Washington feller, wage cuts at Johnson City Foundry, a killing at Elk Park, and various ads and notices. Faculty changes, hardware firm activity, legal notices, and community events fill the page with short bios, shop promotions, and local updates.

Johnson City Misa Ailolyn Denderick Jonesboro John Monry Sanders Washington Feller

Notice of Attachment in Johnson City Tennessee

W B Burleson indebted to plaintiff in Johnson City Washington County Tennessee. Defendant cannot be served locally and no attachment levied. Publication ordered in The Comet for four weeks. Burleson to appear March 9, 1908, at the Weiler Maseingill building in Johnson City to defend or ex parte proceedings. P Q Miller 14th Justice of the Peace Vines and Price Att y for Plaintiff.

Hiram Johnson Tannerkee Thia Court I. A. Sareanny J.B. Gardner D. D Mox & Secus Burl Tennenses Comet Johnson City Washington County Tennessee Burleson Weiler- Maseingill P.Q. Miller Vines & Price

Sheriff Sale Notice in Johnson City Tennessee 1908

Sheriff Hawkins schedules a public auction of Lula B Emmert and R R Emmert property, 14 acres in Johnson City, to satisfy judgments for Cowan McClung Co and Barton Mountcastle Hardware Co. The sale will occur March 1, 1908 at the courthouse door in Johnson City, with bond by adjacent neighbors and street boundaries named.

Law Court Johnson City Washington County Tennessee Court House Johnkot City Lula B Bamert BR. Emmert Caruthers Alice J. W. Cesmlsys Steven Sanders BH. Cox Boonestreet W. H. Cox Aid Lula Emmert RR. Emmert Cowan

S and W Shops Move to John son City Foundry

S and W shops will relocate from the burned temporary site in the Carnegie yards to the Johnston City Foundry and Machine Company's plant around March, taking machinery there until permanent shops are set up. The uptown plant was recently bought by S and W and leased to Mr. G W Sitton, with new operational arrangements improving their machine capacity, signaling trains may run uptown soon and Carnegie yards abandoned.

Johnson City Carnegie Johnson City Foundry and Machine Company Marob Tet G. W. Sitton Tennessee

Banks to Close Saturdays at 1 P M Beginning Feb 15

Banks will close on Saturdays at 1 p m starting February 15 with state-wide half holiday trend. Many mercantile and manufacturing houses already close at noon Saturdays. Bristol Kuosville neighbors have acted earlier as noted by Uxaka Nattonan Bank February 4, 1908.

Bristol Kuosville Uxaka Nattonan Bank Oury

Large 400 kilowatt generator energizes Watauga plant

Mrs Nellie Brownlow King visits relatives as the Watauga Electric Company installs a 400 kilowatt 28 000 volt generator weighing 29 000 pounds. The up to date Johnson City plant will supply power to operate trolleys and lights with spare capacity. Also notes a poll tax reminder for 1907 and a coal of 75 cents, plus court and accident news including Walter Gartner’s foot amputation after a narrow gauge train incident and multiple circuit court dispositions in Jonesboro.

Watauga Electric Company Johnson City Walter Gartner Gartner- Hancock Lumber Go Gartner W. J. Matthews E. 8. Miller Daniel Trigg Matthews Hotel Carnegie

Governor offers reward for arrest of Tshom Elrod

Gov Patterson proposes a reward of 160 dollars for the arrest and conviction of Tshom Elrod of Claiborne county wanted on murder charges. The crime occurred in September 1907 involving John W. Reed.

Patterson Tshom Elrod Claiborne County John W. Reed

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