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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1898
Page
3
Knoxville and surrounding towns see visits from J B Campbell J W Faw and others with multiple trips amid illness business and social calls. Prominent locals including Col J K Miller facing illness in Bristol and Dr J B F Dice named postmaster candidate. new store ventures and manufacturing plans spark activity.
The ceremony took place at Southern Methodist church in Johnson City on Wednesday at 10 AM. Ushers included Jas A Summers Wu Caldwell Frank Miller and Sam Millard. Will Martin served as best man and Miss Fountain sister of the groom was maid of honor. The couple left on the 11 o'clock train for their future home in East St. Louis.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption claiming reliability and money back if no cure. It also markets Smiths Sure Kidney Cure with a 98 percent cure claim and promises refunds if not successful. Local druggists are listed as sellers.
Aldermen approved an ordinance giving the Southern Railway a right of way over Cherry Street for a siding from the stock yards to the Veneer factory. The Board of Trade lobbied for the measure, noting it will unlock manufacturing value by repurposing land unsuitable for homes. Authorities aim to extend a spur from near the Ice factory to reconnect with the Southern at the Veneer factory.
Immortalized chorus praises Southern rights and the Bonnie Blue Flag with one star. It invokes Virginia and the Confederacy, urging continuation of secessionist spirit and readiness to die rather than submit to federal authority.
A dated 1808 testimonial praises Wood Fertilizer for wheat, noting it outperforms common fertilizer, drills better, and yields good satisfaction. Farmers W. G. Loxe and J. urge early use, comparing favorably to commercial blends.
By deed of trust dated May 25 1896 and recorded June 1896 in Jonesboro Tennessee the property in Johnson City Washington County is offered at public auction on Friday February 18 1898 at the courthouse door to the highest bidder cash in hand free of redemption. The list includes Carnegie Land Company blocks 16 28 lot 4 1 and 39 40 blocks 3 Wilder addition and C D tracts on High Street with half interest in several blocks and other parcels in Johnson City.
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