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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1901
Page
3
The faded clipping lists job ads and notices for office work and clerical positions, local business updates, medical cures advertised for women, a barn fire, and city happenings. People named include J A Bowman, W A Darden, J Hodge and wife, T Hart, and M L Booler. Mentions Knoxville and Bristol visitors, a U S recruiting station closure, and a tax deadline.
A compact retail notice lists hardware items for sale including Oliver Chilled, Studebaker p i ws Waynons Superior grain drills Black Hawk corn drills Majestic ayies Anchor Gook stoves Coles Airtight heaters Black Diamond cement Portland Diamond and related brands. The fragment indicates a multi-brand hardware and farm equipment sale with a focus on tools and heating and cement products.
Ward and Friberg report Frank Taylor will travel east to buy spring stock for his dry goods emporium. Miss Lightfoot of Hart and Houston's millinery plans a market trip for ladies fashions. Hotel Piedmont slated for repapering and refurnishing to host Soldiers Home managers. W W Burbage of Brunswick, Ga examines Soldiers Home water needs and Watauga Water Co proposes supplying. The Barton family welcomes a fifth son James Summers. Bill and Mrs Jones celebrate a daughter after fifteen years of marriage. A barn near Wa tanga burned, loss several thousand dollars. Don Alexander uses bloodhounds but no arrest yet. Guy Lodge No 486 F and A M hold degrees with 50+ Masons present and banquet at Geo. Brown's. Masons flourish in Johnson City. An exchange promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and Grove's Chill Tonic. Valentine reception at Gildersleeve residence on East Market featured decor and hosts Mrs Gildersleeve and Mrs Ward. Missouri Pacific announces settlers rates to California, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Utah with 30 day round trips. inquire E Reanasven, Chattanooga.
Eliza Glass and J.8 Click of Greene County wed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.H. Wofford in Bristol Tennessee with Bristol reporting the couple's first ceremony and the union taking place on a Wednesday.
In Washington on February 19 Senator McComas introduced a bill and resolution mirroring Senator Hale. The proposal would choose view-admirals from those who participated in the naval battle off Santiago. The resolution would extend thanks to Schley and Rampeon and include officers and men involved in the Santiago action.
A home event hosted by Mr and Mrs H W Lyle featured a unique Valentine party with a large turnout. A literary and musical program raised twenty three dollars for the M E Church South and refreshments delighted attendees. Mrs I N Boring, Mrs M H Weiler, and Misses Cox and Crouch aided in presenting the program.
Census bulletin No 4 percent population figures for Washington County Tennessee for the years 1900 and 1800 are issued by the director of the census in Washington DC. The bulletin records population totals and changes over the century, reflecting settlement patterns and growth.
Greeneville faces a likely telephone war as Cumberland Telephone drops contracts with Moser Rankin, ending year. Independent firms plan a franchise to establish local service for town and surrounding country, reaching areas Cumberland does not. Information and maps requested by I E Rentas, Pacific Railway System official.
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