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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
3
Gold Dart Hour best made. Tir B A Long was in Bristol Tuesday. C Williams spent Thursday in Katal. Gore T Woffird was in Bristol Thursday. L N Beckner and wife in Portland for a pleasure trip. Mike Toth Tichwels guests of friends in New York.
Johnson City briefs cover business updates from George Brown's cafe to Wilds family visits. Alf Taylor plans to move to a Nolachucky river farm in May. Wu Silver & Co. lease 288 Main for watchmaking and engraving. A bronze gobbler goes missing from Ruildens. tips welcome. Various residents travel to New York Boston Philadelphia and Nashville. Public notices include tax collection and lighting contracts with Watauga Power Co. and state pension board additions.
In Roan Mountain last Saturday Wm Hampton and three companions were in a woods hewing a walnut tree. The log slipped from the stump and struck Hampton fatally, trapping him near the back and heart. the other men were unharmed. The Elizabethton Mountaineer reports the tragedy. Smallpox in mild form found in Red Row at the Carnegie furnace. Four cases in one house. Dr Preas and County Physician Stuart ordered quarantine. Furnace employees vaccinated and precautions taken. no other cases expected.
Community notices include death of Mrs. Hann wife of a station agent at Tonesboro funeral details from Limestone Tenn. reports of Mrs. George Keys death at Watauga avenue and service at M E Church South. Also stockholders meeting East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad Company to elect directors March 11 1903 and dissolution of partnership between J P Lyle and T A Young with J P Lyle continuing business.
Miss Emma Turner, longtime kindergarten conductor in Norton, Va., departs Monday night for Johnson City to continue similar work. Her sweet disposition and popularity leave a strong farewell impression among local friends who hope she visits Norton again in sunny Tennessee. The Norton Free Press extends a cordial welcome to her and notes that well lit stores signal prosperity and inviting commerce for visitors.
In Johnson City a wet vote resulted in eleven residents supporting saloons while 073 voters favored prohibition. The community celebrated the dry outcome with prayers and schoolchildren marching to the polls as plans for a four mile liquor ban near the Soldiers Home move forward.
Embreeville Junction track grounds marked for permanent access. Four 80-bore boilers installed and near breeching. fires planned by March 20. Architect O H Frielander visiting. contractor J L Probst in town from New York. Canteen and hotel funds pay staff and library books. liquor remains a major issue with detailed 1902 figures from various homes showing beer sales and costs per inmate.
The Johnson City board discusses a street light contract with Mr Stratton for five years at $80 per lamp per year, with price cuts for added lamps, while a minority argues for prices tied to Knox ville Chattanooga and Bristol comparisons. A move to self supply is explored as officials plan a Morristown visit to study a municipally owned plant with potential state legislative action expected.
The article argues indigestion causes catarrh not the reverse. Repeated indigestion inflames stomach membranes and nerves, altering gland secretion from digestion to mucin, producing catarrh of the stomach.
Ads describe DeWitt's Hit Salve for piles burns and sores and advertise Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain Route excursions with tickets on February 8 and 17 March 15 and 17 April 21 to Arkansas Texas Oklahoma and Indiana Territory. Travel agent J E Reblander invites inquiries for schedules routes and safe comfortable travel details.
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