Ongoing star restaurant ads and town notices flood local paper
Local diary page lists Star Restaurant meals and oyster pleas with Best oysters in town. Mentions Miss Phantta Smith visiting Knoxville and C Williams family in New York. Includes rental notice, fabric store promotions, market ads, and staff changes at Hugh Webb and Furnace Store. Also reports on Soldiers Home notes, church guilds, and Blue Ridge area personalities like K M Galloway and Will Braswell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Furnace
Mra. A. D. Hughes
Star
Phantta Smith
Knox~ville
Farnage
Weiler Dies at 27 After Rheumatic Ailment
Fred Weiler of King Street died early Saturday morning from inflammatory rheumatism. He had returned home weeks earlier due to rheumatic trouble and had worked as a motorman for Johnson City Traction Co. He was 27, survived by a wife and three children, with funeral services held Monday at his residence and burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Weiler
King Street
Johnson City Traction Co
Oak Grove
Gillespie Joins Bristol Real Estate Scene
A. Gillespie traveled from Watauga and will reside in Bristol to enter the real estate business. The note praises his enterprising character and anticipates his contribution to Bristol’s growth. Dibrell named successor to Theo. F. King as comptroller with March 19 start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Gillespie
Watauga
Bristol
Tom
Mr. Gillespie
Dibrell
Sparta
King
Nashville
Frazier
Frank Dibrell
Theo. F. King
White County
White County Election Commission
Local News From Johnson City Area Highlights
County Correspondence reports illness in the community improving except Mrs. Geo McInturff. Rev Daniel Bowman preached at Bell school house. Will Carr attends church after illness. Notes on local characters and a Mrs Leach’s visit plans. Holston Conference Baby Roll led by Johnson City Auxiliary and youth orphan care, with prayers and missionary work. Death of David R West near Washington college. Wiley Lowe loses fingers in a derrick accident. One Minute Cough Cure advertised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. McInturff
Daniel Bowman
Bell School House
Will Carr
Greenwood
Walter Carr
J. P. Gray
Farmers Institute to be Held in Jonesboro in 1904
The Bee Hive notes a Farmers Institute in Jonesboro on February 10 and 11 1904 with sessions on Livestock Forage crops and grasses Insect enemies to fruit culture Market poultry Horticulture Rural school and more led by state and university experts including W W Ogilvie R H Kittrell A M Soule S M Boil and J W Rosamond supported by local officials and the department of agriculture
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Jonesboro
Farmers’ Institutes
W. W. Ogilvie
R. H. Kittrell
A. M. Soule
8. M. Boin
Fragmented Local Newspaper Snippet Harbors Quirky Notes
A jumble of droll verse and social blurbs appears from a St Louis Post-Dispatch style page. Items mention a charity prayer meeting, candidates for matrimony electioneering, Robt. L. Fine visiting homefolk, and mournful notes about Bill Dann and a pet potato bug.
Society Notes From Johnson City and Nearby Towns
Miss Daisy Mae Plores wins Johnson City slot in Chattanooga News popularity contest. Milligan College student BP Leak visits town. Bristol society ladies Virginia and Ethel Horner travel via Johnson City to Milligan. Madison era socialite Alice Mountcastle misses home while visiting Virginia and North Carolina. Local salesmen and residents move to Carlisle Hotel and Bristol. A play titled A Texas Steer fascinates audiences across the South. Card of Thanks expresses gratitude for sympathy after a death. dated January 28 1904. Oysters Star Restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Mae Plores
Johnson City
Chattanooga News
Virginia
Ethel Horner
Bristol
Alice Mountcastle
Mra
Frank Mountcastle
North Carolina
Jefferson City
Knoxville
Watauga Avenue mud sparks reader question on repairs
In a People Forum letter, concerns rise about road conditions on Watauga Avenue before the streetcar line, the macadam’s clay covering, and whether cement work on sidewalks will improve. The piece questions responsibility for past poor work and calls for action on upcoming bonds and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga Avenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Srumorn
Imperial Chemicat
Wotan
LODGE
Heston Mulldike
Stree Street
Recorder
H. Pounen
Hatt
Qold
D. M. Buck
Bald Mountain
Unaka National Bank
Tate L. Earnest
Mrs. Prank Patton
Little Son
Hugh Webb
My. Nola Manning
G. BE. Hinkley
Ant Tailorens
Mugh F. Webb
Fara
Janos A. Sammera
Will McKee
Texas
Star Restaurant
Charlie Mason
Transac
Lolies
Galloway
Boone's Creek
Swiss, N. C
Is, Conningham
Healey
N. O
Law Boring
Toe Coser
Los Angeles
Cal
Booth Union Aye One
West
Will Braswell
Lee & Nackola Hardware Co
Braswell
Iawin
Boo Hive
Women's Guild of
The
Episcopal Church
A. N. Molesworth
J. P. Summers
State Guard
H. W. Lyle & Co
N. W. Taylor
Hon
A. A. Taylor
McGuire
Knonville
Lee Hotel
Lee
Buffalo Street
Tuunsell & Hamach
James Ankrom
Moridan
Miss
Soldiers’ Home
Social Review
Cornet
Holy City
Adams
Lloyd Brownlow
Williams
Moeller
Geo. W. McPherson
Capt. McPherson
George Smith
Ned
George. McPherson
Washington County
Herrison
Our Town
Taylor
Hugh Marshall
National Home
California
Wambly
David Baum
National de
Marion
Ind
Sidney J. Cooke
Kansagy
Gov. Smith
Jon the
Fort Leavenworth
Bean
Department of Missouri
Hannah
Atlanta
St Augustine
Fla
Adjutant Generals
K. P. Jones & CO
Main Street
G. E. Hinkley
Wm. Silver & CO
Phoebe Leach
Robertson
Mr. Dufunny
Saya
Tajas
Bvsan
Home Mission Society Notes
Home Mission Society of
M. E. Church
South
Holston
Greeneville
God
David R. West
Washington College
TA. West
Wiley Lowe
Harris Mfg. Co
Goughs
H. Robertson
Col. J. W. Rosamon
A. Mynders
Abe
St Louis
Waltertown
Eden
Wheeler Markwood
Robt. L. Fine
E J. Lynch & Co
Bill Dann
Mc. B. Fisk
A. J. Vinon
Payless
Bell
Horace Miller
Rosae Jones
Lona Haunptoun
Carlisle
Milligan
BP. K. Leak
Milligan College
Walter Haun
Summers
Barton & Parrott
Cotton
Cecil Weems
Brent Harrell
J. W. Summers
Carlisle Hotel
J. A. Summers
W. ©. McKeon
Cona Vernin
Oysters—Star Restaurant
Peoples’ Forum
Tax Corner
Martha Wilder
Teast
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