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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1903
Page
3
A chaotically worded page lists taxes due with penalties, business tips, and local notices. It mentions Col. W, Morris, Watauga Lighting and Power Co, and J.P. Lyle among others, plus social greetings, visits, and forthcoming commercial changes in Johnson City and nearby towns.
Miss Lena Barton, noted soloist from Park View Baptist church choir, was chosen to perform an illustrated solo at a Portsmouth lecture. Rev BE Kilpatrick of Boston brought the event, and the Portsmouth Star described her rendition of The Holy City with many views shown during the song.
Information reached Johnson City that Jack Curtis fell from a log and drowned while crossing a swollen creek near Morgantown West Virginia. His brothers Matt and Jim have gone to the scene to recover the body. Curtis lived in Johnson City but was working in West Virginia.
The M G R Club met with Miss Frances Bolton Thursday. The fifteen to eighteen enjoyed themselves at Miss Regina Kiseman’s Watunga avenue home. Progressive whist and a luncheon followed at Mrs John H Bowmans in honor of Miss Mayfield. The Archer entertainment featured an elaborate afternoon with guests including Mrs W P Harris and many others. A note on lighting and inspection concludes with an invitation to call.
The piece reports a marriage between Chas W Moore and Miss Callin Croneh on Sunday afternoon with praise for the bride’s family and character. It also notes Washington's Birthday observances by Johnson City children with patriotic recitations and costumes, and Brownlow Riflemen by laws for weekly meetings and membership rules led by LeRoy Berry, captain.
The article describes a heated vote on abolishing a charter amid legal objections with Chairman Smith ruling the ayes prevail. It mentions a petition urging election commissioners to call a charter-abolishing election. It also reports St Valentine’s Eve gatherings at the Arnell home with prizes for valentines and a comedic auctioneer impression, listing attendees. It ends with advertising King Bros sensational motor cycle whirl show at Jobe's house and Gump's store.
Wednesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs A F P Hoss a quiet wedding joined Nat Tyler of Conkling and Kate Young of Jonesboro with Rev J B Chase of Conkling performing the ceremony. The bride is a daughter of W F Young and will reside in Conkling after the nuptials.
In pursuance of an order by Justice of the Peace G. T. Lee, the attachment suit against Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company requires their appearance at noon on February 28, 1908 in Johnson City Tennessee to defend the action filed by C. H. Lyle. The writ, issued January 19, 1908, garnished $104.00 in the hands of Tennessee Furniture and Supply Company as debt due.
In 19th century sentiment favors current fence law or no fence law as opinion polls show residents want hogs contained and landowners relieved. Writer Thomas Scorn notes lawmakers consider cleared land and timber scarcity, urging self enforcement and better hog control for meat.
Miss Evalyn May Rice of Carrollton Kentucky married James M Gaunt president of City National Bank Johnson City Tennessee on Wednesday at the Grand Hotel Cincinnati Elder D T Buck officiated The couple plans a bridal tour to Washington and other eastern cities before settling in Johnson City The paper wishes them happiness. A stray bronze gobbler weighing 43 pounds is missing from Boiltless County and a smallpox scare prompts notices about cases in Telford Limestone and Greene counties. A dog license law outlines collars tags registration fees and penalties for non compliance.
A proposed Senate bill by Senator Grahaw requires annual July registration of all female dogs six months old or older in each county. Clerks would maintain a county registry, issue numbered collars, and collect a two and a half dollar fee upon registration, with exemptions for spayed females.
At the depot on Monday forty five passengers bought tickets to Washington Iowa Missouri and Texas. Ten to fifteen more departed Tuesday for western points. The Herald and Tribune quips that the newcomers resemble a cat that always returns.
Citizens contended over how to vote on the saloon issue with the antis pushing a viva voce ballot and the majority favoring the Dortch law. A public meeting at the Opera House on Tuesday night led to a chaotic start but a plan to hold the election on February 27 was approved for all qualified voters.
Three residents A B C bring 120 960 50? dozen eggs respectively and sell at the same price per dozen. Each receives the same total money, so the total value must be proportional to the eggs they contributed. The equal revenue implies A B C must have earned equal amounts by trading the eggs at a constant price per dozen.
The piece notes a repeal and act taking effect, with Hon George R Wendling slated for a lecture on Death the End at the Johnson City Lyceum and details a fatal accident where a loaded gun discharged by a boy killed his 18 month old sister, prompting community sympathy.
In Watauga Tennessee on February 17 the community reports visitors from Washington College and Telford, and notes a Friday wedding between Lee Smith and Suzetta Vauhoy with officiant B Hendrix Ray. The revival draws a large crowd with thirty baptized. Weather shifts from a mild spring day to a blizzard with snow and 10 degrees. Local commerce includes A G Weatherby selling groceries and residents traveling for work.
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