Jackson's Busy Town Notes and Local Trades
Local notices and chatter from Jackson's shopfronts and vendors. Names like DeLong, Delaney, Summers, Barton & Parrott appear with ads for flour Gold Dust, oysters, gasoline, fresh meats, and groceries. Mentions of visitors from Knoxville, Cranberry North Carolina, and New York reflect a bustling, small town economy and daily commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra. J
Englebert
Cranberry
N. C
Lacy
Jackson
Geruine Oieor
Barton & Parrott
Bee
Galliher & Co
Johnson City Bits From The County Press
A jumble of local notices and items: residents traveling from Ashland to Erwin, new tannery block, and repairs planned on Main Street. Local officials discuss police readiness, church moves, and a hospital head injury operation. Civil service exams announced with opportunities for youth and adults nationwide.
Remarkable cure claim for Chamberlain cough remedy
Joel Demont of Inwood Iowa credits Chamberlain Cough Remedy with saving his boy's life. After giving the medicine as directed the child, initially difficult to breathe, expelled thick phlegm and began to recover. The user reports purchasing the remedy from City Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
A. E. Steere
Goodwin
8. D
Joel Demont
Inwood
Towa
City Drug Store
Thousand Sent Into Exile and Health Ads In One Row
Excerpted notices mix dubious medical claims for a cough remedy with local business ads and social notes. Mentions Sr King’s New Discovery for Consumption, City Drug Store trials, and prices, plus a marriage plan in Trinidad and a Bristol residence.
Danze at Hotel Carlisle Evening Dance
On the first Tuesday evening the society young folks enjoyed a dance at Hotel Carlisle with good music and lively feet making the night pleasant. Pecatur Moore died after a short illness near Cedar Creek. he was about 25 years old, a former Southern fireman, and brother to Gus Moore and Ad Moore. Funeral held from his parents’ home, interred at the family burying ground by Watauga Lodge I. O. F. of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Folkn
Carlisle
Pecatur Moore
Cedar Creek
Clara
Gus Moore
Ad Moore
Flintstone
Watauga Lodge
Samporamaley
Cox
C. A. Royston
Ellaworth
Franchise Committee
Brownlow
Edwin B Smith Venoor Company Chartered in City
The Edwin B Smith Venoor Company received a charter with 25000 capital stock. Corporators include Exlwin F. Smith Chester Bllen Jerome B Thomasa Tuto L Marvest and Jobo J Bowman. A large plant on the Southern jint above the Foundry and Machine Co will be operated soon. The description notes quartered oak veneers and a top equipped plant in the United States. City leaders discuss purchasing a city hall and court home site near Akard property. A fatal shooting involving W J Peoples is reported with connections to Dr A J Poepter and Dr M T Paogles. details are sparse. The Whist Club met at the Archer home on Watauga avenue with progressive whist and a late feast. attendees included Mr and Mrs Wyman, Dr L McCullum, Miss Cariwon McCallum, Mrs Waggoner, Miss Mattie Henderson, Miss Frances Bolton, Will Johnson, Mayor Summers, and Miss Henderson taking honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Smith Venoor Company
Exlwin F. Smith
Chester B.llen
Jerome B. Thomasa
Tuto L. Marvest
Jobo J. Bowman
Foundry and Machine Co
United States
A. 8. Archer
Watauga Avenue
Wyman
L. McCullum
Cariwon McCallum
Mra. Waggoner
Mattie Henderson
Vrancia Bolton
Will
Local merchants relocate and expand after fire damage
Frank Taylor moves his dry goods store to the former Gaup Bros. site in the ope house block and plans a grand stock refresh. A fire damaged much of the stock in the adjoining building. J. S. Byrd & Co. will occupy the vacated Taylor room, with repairs completed quickly. Byrd & Co. have outgrown their current space and will move to larger quarters to accommodate growing hardware business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barton & Parrott
Frank Taylor
Gaup Bros
Taylor
J. 8. Byrd & Co
Summers
Gumy Bros
Parsonage Burglary During Sermon At Baptist Chapel
A Sunday night break in at the parsonage occurred while Rev. Johnson preached and Mrs. Johnson attended services. About 40 to 50 dollars in cash and a cherished 1878 $2.50 gold coin were taken. Clarence Hale was arrested after helping identify the coin and implicated John Ford, who remained at large. Hale was bound to court and jailed.
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Johnson
Baptist
West Market Street
Clarence Hale
Remillc
Hale
John Ford
How Great Hopes of Johnson City
D G Dent of the Standard Sewing Machine company reports returning to Johnson City from a resident period during its listed days. He praises the town’s prosperity and plans, noting railway and industrial activity, a Soldiers Home project, track work by Southern Railway, furnace repairs, and new veneering plants as evidence of growth. Habits of early 20th century booster prose are reflected along with a note urging Miles Nervine for grip sufferers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
D. G. Dent
Standard Sewing Machine Company
Southern Railway Company
Huntdale
Marion
Charleston
Development of a Sandow type event draws large amateur entries
The police Gazette sponsored physical culture contest in pursuit of a diamond championship attracts over two hundred amateur athletes nationwide with judging by Corbett Davenport and Sam Ans. Separately local stockholders of Anake National Bank held their annual meeting, approving regular dividend and a robust asset growth. The city council discussed street railway franchise, with extra sessions planned, while public school reform fanned debate on English instruction and grammar teaching amid concerns about literacy in New York area.
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America
Police Gazotte
Jim Corbet Arson
Davien
Sam
Ans
Anake National Bank
Wteck
J.D. Cox
Williams
Tate L. Earnest
Sha
Antioch
Cicero
Duke of Wallington
Lord Macaulay
Juline Cueear
Asia
England
William
Longfellow
United States
Tynite
Wil
India
Great Britain
Boar Ar 1
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New York
E. EB. Butler
Hovereignit
Jackson's
Chet Thorn
Kentucky
Phoebe Burleson
Luray, Va
Geo, I, Brown's
Mra
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Aileen Cox
Cleo, R. Brown
J. A. Tuble
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Judge Campbell
Hin Fenens
Thin City
Caldwell
Oliver
Barton & Parrott's
Will Ponder
Hot Springs
Sanday
R.A. Smith
John Lipdon
Whewbethton
J. Davis Morrell
Watauga Valley
Mike Massengill
Sullivan County
John P. Fountain
Cheaton
Rowr
Bonnow
Toesday
Ashland
Erwin
Waxrno
Laquire
Ponder
Recorder's Office
H. Wilbourn
M. Jackson
Henry
Buna
Taylor Sisters
Mesdamap
Evan Jobe
Rhoda Roover
Milligan
Jore Moore
Tusen- Isie College
Raymond Lylé
Happy Valley
Thomas
Ity Ding
W. L. James
M. E. Church
South
Range
A. H. Moore
Flintatone
Wick
Geor Fia
Phoebe Cherley
Peterson
Dan Sotsor
Baltimore
Johna Hopkins Hospital
City Coal Co's
Main
Market Atrevts
V. Barnett
Michigander
Ilas
T. Wilson
Barnett
Crae
Tom
Burnett
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Columbian Correspondence College
Washington, D. C
Civil Service
Tutt
Hart Building
Public Square
Tennessee
J. D, Cox
Provident
TATEL
Earnest
Cashier
8. C, Williams
The
Anaka National Bank
Tenn
Hess
Rochester
Rochester Lamp Co
Park Place
Barclay St
Sr. King
Tim
Erwin Magnet
Swan
Banton & Pannorr's
Cen
Columbus
Ohio
Weiler
Capt. Tube
Mra. R. L. Hale
Dacklen
Louis JD. Gump
Trinidad
Col
Benedict
Misa Elia Jaffa
Jolson City
Mx. Graip
Danze
Decatur Moore
Court House
Vily
West Market
Saul
Oklahoma City
Oktibous City
M. T. Paogles
Marbleton
Buffalo
Unicoi
Will Peoples
Prensa
Tn New Quarters
Gump Bros
Main Street
Norpole
Stockholders Meeting
Opera House
Ellsworth
Oratory
Texas Gueher
F. A. Stratton
Johnson City Traction Go
Coupell
Wofford
Old Company
Soldiers Home
Mr. Cox
Eorror
Q.T, Li
Public School
Engltht
D.D
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New York Sun
GB. Walworth
Maxwell
Saphaxard
Sey
Oman
Eagle
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