Lost Necklace and Local Notices in 1000s Era
Lost December 18 1000 a child’s gold necklace with two hearts one engraved Mary. Reward for return to Tom Cowrr GC Best Prescription for Malnrin Bottle Geove'a Tasteless Chill Tonic note iron and quinine in tasteless form No Cure No Pay 10c. Various local society notes Chester Bristol Knoxville Greeneville Whitesburg and Knoxville visitors while Water rents due by Jan 15 notices from Wartavoa Warrr Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Tom Cowrr
Grove
Wartavoa Warrr Co
Christmas News Notes and Local Items in Johnson City
Local brief items include remedies for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine, church and social notices, visits from relatives, lectures by A. A. Taylor, new millinery by Miss Lightfoot, and a humorous Christmas goose tale. Mentions of Wofford Bros. memo book gift, ex-Governor Taylor’s health, Miss Luella Villa’s Greene County visit, and Beeffy Hart’s goose mishap provide a slice of daily life and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lightfoot
New York City
Hart & Houston
Johnson City
New York
Childs Letter From 1900 Little Bessie Slaughter Near Limestone
A fragment from Johnson City Tennessee dated August 29 1900 shows a child named Bessie Slaughter writing to Lillian Gillespie. The missive mentions a person named Miss Coleman arriving in the city and a gesture from Alinn offering grapes followed by a poke fall. The text ends with the line yesterday I was frying with incomplete context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Slaughter
Limestone
Lillian Gillespie
Johnson City
Tenn
Lillian
Short Dog
Miss Coleman
Alinn
Far-Reaching New Year Notes From Local Society
Ernes t, grandson of Mr and Mrs D N Reese, shows improvement after illness. Moulton vacationed in Atlanta while Mrs Vina Hendrix visits relatives in Washington. John Bishop from Marshall Iowa visits his father W M Bishop. Public school resumes after holidays. Watauga Valley Lumber Co kept plant running under a pre January 1 contract. Christmas and New Year reflections include a large M E Church South watch meeting and a festive dawn on Unaka Avenue. A humorous goose cooking recipe follows, with family anecdotes and social notes from Miss Fannie Bolton’s party and the Merry-Go-Round Club New Year reception at the Harris residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest
D. N. Reese
L. B. Moulton
Atlanta
Vina Hendrix
Moshiem
D. C
Watauga Valley Lumber Company
Vicuur
W. P. Harris
Harris
Social soiree marks Johnson City holiday season
Twenty young society folk gathered Monday at the Barton home on Unaka avenue for a festive evening praised for charm and decor. The Tuesday Club migration to Jonesboro highlighted the season with 160 guests at Mr and Mrs J Hoots Anoka avenue residence, where orange white club colors, ferns and holly framed a lavish table setting and music by local talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton
Unaka Avenue
Mira Barton
Mrs. Bartow
Eva and
Pearl Lyle
Ethelrod Anna Barrow
Bila Burrow
Mable Thokeau
Judith Sibley
Am’ Miller
Maude Hodge
Univerpal
Johnson City
Jonesboro
Re J. Hoot
Anoka Avenue
Newton Hacker
Somiette
Kern
Guy Smith
A.N. Molesworth
Dora Cargille
John H. Bowman
W. L. James
W. Wilson
Ernest Miller
Josie
Judge
Mia
Mra
Frank Patton
Justus Whitlock
8. C. Brown
Mason
Consor
Reeves
Patton
Mosurs
Anderson
Bartlett
Simpson
Shipley
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W. G. Mathes & Son
Boots
Galliber & Co
Jackson's
Galliler & Co
Bay
Jackson
Qold
Kaon
West Percolator Co
Columbus
Tid
Heven
Annie Patton
Corner Boone and Watanga
Watanga Avenue
MoNnes
Wyman
Bristol
Uenday
Jas. F. Cenmley
Letty
J. J. Grant
Cincinnati
Russell
Greeneville
E. FP. Young
A. H. Bowman
Capt
Jon
H. Hardin
Sam Millard
Knoxville
Miss Sue Reynolds
J. St. Herndon
Mra, J. A. Denton
Little Daughter
Texas
W. R. Sabin
Chicago
Pene
The
City
BR. K. Collings
Misa Leove Wagoner
Indiana
Mattie Wilder
Mrs. Scott
Gen. Wilder
Mrs. Maher
Bessie
Florence Moore
Whitesburg
Lila Taylor
F. P. Baxter
Ponce
A Davidson
Boo
W. H. Henderson
Trafic Department
Roanoke
RB. M. Parrott
Vietios Apent
H. R. Parrott
Leanne
Miss Sallie
C. P. Faw
Sullivan County
J. M. Lrown
H. W. Lyle & CO
Studeb Ker
Oliver
Summers, Barton
Paro
B. White
Alaney
Wilson
SILVA
Ss. B. White
EF. W. Grove
L. C. Hoss
Mth
Mel. H. Weiler
Gertie Weiler
Mollie Wolfe
W. 8. Mitchell
M. T. Poeblet
Marbleton
A. A. Ferguson
Carrollton, Ky
C. O. Woodward
Milligan
J. B. Cox
Gate City, Va
Cox
J. B. Richmond
Carson
Leesburg
Wedner
First Baptist Church
J. O. Davidson
Gordon Henderson
Johnson
Roano A
Hollins Institute
L. W. Wood
Philadelphia
Ada Wood
J. W. Rogan
Flemington, Nd
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
T. B. Russell
H. A. Roop
Wm. E. Uptegrove & Bros
E. C. Kirkpatrick
Roan and
Maple Streets
Oil Trust
A. Mathes
Wofford Bros
A. A. Taylor
Thin City
Robert L. Taylor
Robert
Taylor
Knoxville Journal
Waravoa Waren Co
Watauga
Mr. Jones
Nashville
Banner
Luella Villa
Greene County
Thomas Morrow
Putnam
N. C
Chub
Galliher
Hart
Burr Millard
Crawford
W. I. Hann
A. Rew Tilmgs
M. E. Church South
W. J. Barton
Moxie
Pete
Ashe
John Alninny
Baby
Amy
Mamma
Society Notes
Misses Wood
Mies Sue Reynolds
L. Whitney Wood
M. Jackson
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