Local notes on trains and town progress
Local items report M L Fox leaving for lines along the C C O railway, Dobson building nearing roof, and plans for new Johnson City Steam Launch move. Visits from Capt W H Nelson and J F Armsley noted, with fabric repairs offered by Geo R K Hurlbut and new stores and tenants filling Main Street. Several residents improve health, others entertain, and a party of New York capitalists to inspect the C C O line arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Crest
Market Street
South
Fish Hatchery to Be Enlarged News Update
The government buys 2 acres more land at the Fish Hatchery to enlarge spawning and hatching nurseries and to erect another building. A clerical error corrected: Jas M. Gaunt, not E F Young, spoke on Kentucky highways in the Commercial Club roads piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Good Roads
E. F. Young
Mr. Gump
Jas
M. Gaunt
Mr. Gaunt
Kentucky
Three Bootleggers Before the Recorder
Monday morning three men appeared before Recorder Ellsworth on bootlegging charges. Two were white and one was Black. all were found guilty and fined 20 each plus costs, with sentencing postponed to Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellsworth
Prominent Johnson City Attorney Urged for Attorney General Race
Republican leaders in East Tennessee push E. N. Moore a prominent Johnson City attorney to run for attorney general succeeding Dana Harmon. Moore, recently moved from Greeneville, built a lucrative district practice and ranks highly in party circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. N. Moore
Johnson City
East Tennessee
Dana Harmon
Moore
Greeneville
Hel
Republican Party
Quality Clearout: 25¢ Items Now 19¢ and 50¢ at 38¢
Bargain sale offers all 25 cent goods reduced to 19 cents and all 50 cent items marked down to 38 cents. Shoppers are invited to visit the store to take advantage of the discounted inventory.
Sewer Tunnelling Under Roan Street Begins
Work began Monday near Gump's Wholesale Grocery as tunnelling under Roan Street proceeds on the trunk sewer line with completion planned soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roan Street
Gump
Services at First Methodist Church Sunday Schedule
Sunday School at 9:15 a.m. and preaching at 10:30 a.m. Junior League devotional at 2 p.m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. study topic The Parable of the Mustard Seed Matt. 13:1. AM members urged to attend mid‑week service and all are invited to attend all services.
Mme Jarley’s Wax Works at St Johns Guild
The Womans' Guild of St Johns Episcopal church presents Mme Jarleys Wax Works directed by Geo T Wofford at Joe P Summers home 106 West Watauga avenue on next Thursday night January 18. Principal wax figures include Mrs Geo Hardin Charles Biddle Jer
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Womans' Guild of
St. John's _ Episcopal church
Mme. Jarley
Geo. T. Wofford
Joe P. Summers
West Watauga Avenue
Geo. Hardin
Charles Biddle
Jer
Toledo Ad Promises Reward for Catarrh Cure
An early 20th century advertisement offers a reward for a catarrh cure by Halli & Co. Toledo. O J Che claims ability to fulfill obligations and promote a remedy from Wholesale Druggists. The copy mentions Mall's Catarrh Cure and vague testimonials, urging readers to try the treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halli & Co
Toledo
O. J. Che
Hee
Mage
Ian
Watpino
Kannana Manvis
Tole
Mall
Unusual entertainment and church plans outlined
The article lists local figures Ty Stone and others involved in a community event with refreshments and admission details. It reports the First Baptist church planning a new building, with a committee to sell Main street property, another to find a new location, and a projected cost between 10000 and 250000 dollars. Completion depends on securing land and disposing of the old property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flurry Williams
First Presbyterian, Church
First Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Ty Stone
First Baptist Church
C. L. Bachman
J. W. Heuty
Main Street
Dlstriel
Laughed Till They Cried at the Discula Theatre This Week
Crowds flock to the Discula Theatre for Tau Beck in song and story, followed by Dawson & Booth’s comedy and Marvelous salt skating with Connelly. Miss Martin captivates with song and dance. The Widow’s Baby closes the program. Boston Joe Smith stages the finale. New pictures daily. Whitman Pros offer underprice sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Discula Theatre
Tau Beck
Dawson & Booth
Swith Rith Connelly
Prince of Fan Makers
Boston
Joe Smith
Wmid
Ministers urge city to curb hogs and clean up area
Local ministers' association met to press the city council to pass and enforce an ordinance removing hogs from city limits and to demand stock-law enforcement. They urge residents to clean up to prevent an epidemic of typhoid fever and protect public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vity Hras Heen
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M. L. Fox
Edisonia
L. P. Huddieson
Stephenson
Ala
T. W. Newman
Kintreet
Winsilver & Co
Dobson
W. H. Nelson
Backwoods
Tenis
A.J. McMacken
George R. Hurlbut
West Market
Ponder
Dad Aine Street
Satunday
Astunnier
Hob Dorsey
Dolson
Tlon
Geo
LE Burbage
Nashville
W. Market St
R. E. Smith
Woolsey
Young
J. F. Armsley
Spring Street
Kirst M. Be
O'Brien & Company
W. B. Crouch
Feroealel
Duvall Music Co
Bluefield
W. Va
Pardue’s
Annie
John EL. Davis
Davis Addition
Cherry Street
March of Eternal Progress
Geo. Carter
Johns Hopkin's
Iospital
Baltimore
HL. J. Bimon
Bristol
Simon
Jacob F. Miller
Jonesboro
12Th Ll. Cavalry
W. C. Pair
Lith. Tenn. Cavalry
Watauga
New York
Peloubets
Hagerstown
East Main Street
WM. Silver & Company
Watchmakers
Jewelers
Opticians
Knoxville
S. E. N. Moore
SA. McMeehan
Petra
Umonia
Weisman
Brothers
A. F. C. Ginghams
Pingree
Hamilton-Brown Co
Whisman Bros
Johnson City, Tenn
First Methodist Church
NEW Baptist Church
Whitman
Pisis
Edisonia Theatre
Bessie Nitham
Medical College
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