Local Tobacco and Variety Notes From Johnson City Tennessee
A miscellany from Johnson City Tennessee notes Imperial Flavoring Extracts made in Jabnaonity by Imperial Chemical Company. Local society items include Mrs George Hamilton and Mrs Sam Ponder hosting gatherings, Miss Nora Stern visiting Bristol relatives, and Mrs E E Ellsworth entertaining friends. News briefs cover railroad watchman at Roanst crossing, real estate movement, millinery department changes, revival meetings, and trips by residents to California and New Orleans with various local updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial
Imperial Chemical. Company
George Hamilton
Star
Sam Ponder Han
Theta Bestadert
Cora Peoples
Jonesboro
E. E. Ellaworth
Nora Stern
Bristol
H. D. Gump
Gump Bros
Nellie
Ward & Friberg
Community Notices From Rogersville Star And Mountain City Tomahawk
Local chatter notes May Day activities and horse trades in Kentucky, plus residents moving to Johnson City. Wade Patton visits from the Rogersville Star with a 20 day furlough after a wreck. Geo E. Burbage seeks Republican nomination for representative. Rev J A Moore assists in a protracted Presbyterian meeting in Mountain City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Patton
Geo
Burbage
J. A. Moore
Second Presbyterian Church
Johnson City
Mountain City
Presbyterian Church
Colonial Party with Old Glory Decorators and Hatchet Prize
Meadames Hart and Gildermeave hosted a colonial themed event at Gildermeave’s residence. Guests wore period costumes, displayed portraits of Washington and Martha, and participated in a hatchet naming contest to spell a name, won by Lady Washington. A cherrywood prize from George Washington’s hatchet honored the winner. a church concert and local engagements followed with patriotic songs and community remarks. The Bristol Telephone Co. announced upgrades and moved offices on Market Street as part of improved service.
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Haines
Wm. Silver & Co
Main Street
Meadames Hart
Gildermeave
George
Martha Wanhington
Wille Cox
Misa
Emma Miller
Deaie
George Washington
van Renesclear
Mra
Sam Carr
Mosdames J. A Martin
Jobn Bowman
Frank Evans
H.W. Kirkpatrick
F. By
Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church
Eakin
Hall
Sevier County
Suwanee River
Mr. Hall
Bristol Telephone Company
Ite
Market Street
Scarboro-Henderson Co
Officials visit to inspect smallpox situation in Jonesboro
Kirkpatrick and Mason, chairmen and clerk of the comms power, traveled from Jonesboro to Bristol this afternoon with Dr. B. L. Patton of Telford to oversee the smallpox situation. The Oneida Chair Co. secretary treasurer John W. Boring reports strong business in Lexington, North Carolina. W. P. Harris of Johnson City spent time in Bristol pursuing a lumber deal for Carter county, with 10,000,000 feet stored near the Strong Lumber Co. site. Chas. P. Wofford toured from the south to New York, rising to general southern agent for a leading American insurer, a rise his friends find gratifying despite a speech impediment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkpatrick
Mason
Jonesboro
B. L. Patton
Telford
John W. Boring
Oneida Chair Co
Lexington
N. C
South
W. P. Harris
Johnson City
Bristol
Carter County
Chas. P. Wofford
New York
Charlie
Wardrobes ordered for Soldiers' Home by Tennessee company
The Tennessee Furniture Company has ordered 1016 ward robes from Exum Furniture Co. for the Soldiers' Home. The wardrobes are finished in white maple with modern style and flawless workmanship. Preparations proceed to lay a third rail on the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad between here and Elizabethton as weather allows. Superintendent Hardin has ordered materials and will start operations when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Furniture Company
Exum Furniture Co
Watauga News Notes Local Visits and Dull Business
Miss Roxie Slaughter visits Mrs W A Gillespie and Mrs W W Scott improves from typhoid fever. Lee Smith loads logs for Anaka Lumber Co while M S Bennett grades road links. The Rev W J Carbaugh preached from Amos. Laura Salyer, five months, dies. interment in Mottern cemetery. Carter County court approves bridge project. Joseph Bowman plans return west. 1908 taxes due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie Slaughter
W. A. Gillespie
W. W. Scott
W. J. Carbaugh
Amos
Laura
Frank Salyer
Mottern
Turkeytown
Eighth District News Bits and Local Anecdotes
A meditation on a neighboring Mrs. Hise's health as age and illness cast doubt on recovery. Pleas Leach seeks the exact meaning of party amid a string of humorous quotes and pie exploits. Light items note A F Hous's illness, Edith Barton's illness, and W K Martins's declining condition in this local digest.
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Leach
Peck
Elder
Mary Ellen Lease
Ignatius Donnelly
A. J. McMackin
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Wataloa
Hendon
George E. Burbage
Washington County
Tennessee
Georgia
New Orleans
Frosh
The
Star Testaurant
Je Watauga] Lighting and Power Co
Unaka National Bank
Ak, Johnson City, Tenn
Negee
National
Dearborn St
Chicaen
Pakrne
Jas. A. Martin
W. B. Crouch
Cripple Creek
George A. Reeves
Southern Railway
Roanst Crossing
Knoxville
G. A. Aaron
Mrs. Aaron
City
Mr. Aaron
KR. 1
Broner
Mehrling
Hart and Houston
Jere A. Moore
W. £. Hale
Riverside
Cal
California
Henry Hale
Boone's Creek
James W. Rogan
Flemington
N. J
BR. A. Wood
Frank Taylor
Taylor
J. R. Herngon
Glade Spring
J. J. Brown
Parrish Haw
Nentucky
Boru
Akon
Lon
Mt. Vernon
Owen
Soldiers
Rogersville
O'Bryan
Watauga News
Lee Smith
Anaka Lumber Co
Tom Klepper
A.N. Molesworth
Corps of Engineers
Bennett
Waitauga Flats
M. 8. Bennett
Fourth Avenue
U. B. Church
Jos. Bowman
State of
Washington
H. K. Bowman
Far Western
Sahity Taxea
Aix-Payers
Oata Cordar
Hells
Loggins
Plowe
Biddle & Ellhworth
Palmetto Stable
W. C. Snapp
West Market Street
Hawes
America
J. A. Parsons
G. E. Hinkley
James McTuturif
John Thornburg
Mra, G. T. Walter
Chas, Lilley
Ollie Harvey
A. J. McMuck
Flora Babb
A. M. Carr
Joseph Carter
Will Carr
Arthur
Mollie Poarch
Fannie and
David Carr
Lizzie Burleson
Chas, Carpenter
Lone Oak Sunday
Minn Leola Feathers
Johonon City
Poe Serail
Indies
John Cae
Bell
Jobo
Jose Collins
Ella Leach
L. A. Leach
Limestone
Minnie
Jennie Fine
Hannah Vines
Bessie PF
Oake
Florence Loach
Raymond Carter
Elijah Morefield
Isene
Alfred Hise
Jefferson Burleson
Mary
Sosax
W. Lyne & Co
Mia
Win
Curtix
A. F. Hous
Edith Barton
Monsles
W. K. Martin
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