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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
3
A sprawling rural storefront list promotes groceries, medicines, and household goods while real estate and personal notices appear between bids for a modern dwelling on Watauga avenue and a child’s gold necklace found with a reward offered. News items touch county death, illness, a Soldiers' Home discussion, and local business moves including the Harris Manufacturing stone wood department and a Knoxville office promotion.
A catalog entry lists diverse hardware items including Oliver Chilled plows, Studebaker wagons, Superior grain drills, Black Hawk corner stoves, Majestic ranges, Anchor cook stoves, Coles airtight heaters, Black Diamond combs, Portland diamonds, Gaudy belting, Backfield leather, Clauss razors and scissors, Walden pocket cutlery, Mastic paints, Berry Bros varnishes, DeVoes oil colors, Rochester nickel ware, Atkins thin back saws. Each item names a brand and product type, portraying a broad early hardware assortment.
Reports from various towns recount a marriage last Saturday evening at the residence of Mr and Mrs Howington, with Judge Lyle officiating, uniting John T. Leach and Miss Rottie J. Strickland in matrimony amid local celebrations.
Watauga Tenn Jan 22 1900 reports birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Chris Britts. Mrs Alice Welch visits Chilhowie Va. O Gardenrath Shelbyville and J H McGornell Gate City Va examined cedar timber for Dougherty and Mast and plan shipment. J Taylor tobacco drummer visited. Mrs J N Reese visited son W E Reese at Johnson City. McMillan Hozon Co Knoxville member visited. News from Prof Rh L Garner alive. sister Mrs Alice Welch and Mrs M S Bennett distressed by false reports of his death at San Thome French Africa. sister received dispatch and letter from S A Morrill Mechanics National Bank Boston confirming he lives.
The piece recalls Garner visiting his sister and nerce, Wilson Ooverhulser and wife returning to Virginia, and a Mars earth wireless gag attributed to Tesla. It also contains aphorisms on wit and justice, and ends with word of a mob burning Fred Alexander, a Black man released from Leavenworth jail.
Johnson City residents celebrate Rep W P Brownlow for securing passage of the soldiers home bill at Solouson City. The page also offers health tips and home remedies, including emetics, throat care, digestion aids, and cold prevention practices.
A rumor mentions Mr Brownlow securing 0.25 million for Johnson City while a pension official sought 86.0 monthly for a bridge burner. The quirky contrast hints at odd funding and possible pension allocations.
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