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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1899
Page
3
Scattered items report business openings and sales in Johnson City and Greeneville. Notices include Millinery store moves, furniture and hardware ads, railroad clerk promotions, court and grand chapter elections, and local merchants announcing price cuts and new stock. Includes names such as J. H. Brunner, Summers Barton Parrott, and C. A. Pearce.
A fragment discusses Syrup or Fige as a permanent remedy for constipation and notes California Fly Symup Co. as maker. It then presents funeral lodge resolutions from John Sevier Lodge No. 50, K of P, mourning the death of Brother M. R B. Miller's wife on January 17, 1809, condolence wishes, and instruction to publish and furnish the family the resolutions.
TR I Denner informs The Comer that Noluchaucky Potophione Con qway has employed T Mallingeworth an expert electrician of Payetteville to take charge of the telephone bays in this city. Hallingeworth expected in the city this week to oversee operations. The service growth outpaces staff causing poor service and no extra help for patrons. Rural delivery to Johnken City and Jonesboro offices extended, with John Miller and Tack Reed hired as mail carriers at $40 yearly plus $100 for home service. Carriers cover 20 miles each, four miles from post office, no Sunday delivery. Carriers may deliver parcels and subscriptions but not collect. Blue Pennant oil and threshing supplies sales pitch included. For Sale seven acres near town with six room house. Dr Miles Nervine advertised.
The second annual convention of the Tennessee Technical League met in Nashville with a broad turnout. Reports urged tax equalization and comprehensive coverage of state assessable property, with recommendations forwarded to the Legislature. Papers on taxation, mortality taxes on mortgages, and good roads were presented, and resolutions urged Tennessee manufacturers to push for representation at the Paris Exposition and to enact a Massachusetts style fire marshal law to curb arson. New members joined the governing board representing East Tennessee and other divisions.
Press dispatches report Tuoob W Free near death, famed as Immortal J N, at his nephew W H Free's home in Champaign Illinois. Also notice Mins Hardy to open new millinery parlors in town, plus a card of thanks from M B Mrmun and accident report on John Stevens struck by an iron wedge, and funeral for Captain J E Reaves in Asheville North Carolina with services and burial details.
Ev Galloway's crew drives piles on the railroad bridge south end to lift the structure for a new pier. Depot repairs and repainting planned by railroad company. Notices of visits, marriages, and business pitches, plus upcoming Sunday Sabbath meeting and executive committee actions for state industrial development.
An appeal promotes illustrated magazines led by The Cosmopolitan and a bundled subscription offer for one year at $1.15 along with this journal. It highlights The Cosmopolitan’s reach and past projects, then promotes Ellis bookkeeping sets as home study aids priced at $1.75 retail, now available with the paper.
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