Local notes and elections push in Jonesboro 1900
The Comet reports a bet on Tar Cooter’s Pilot store giveaway on October 2 1900 with fifty votes per dollar for subscriptions and ads. It lists numerous town visitors, marriages, moves, religious and social events, and a Democratic county executive committee meeting called for July 14 at the court house in Jonesboro setting local civic activity amid July 1900.
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Tar Cooter
Ggiven
Tay Gomar
Mra
O. Mampower
Democratic County Executive Committee
Court House
Jonesboro
Geo. W. Winnerr
Cham
Tenn
Tragic Injury At Anoka Springs Claims Johnson City Worker
Charles Craig of the O R G was crushed when his leg was caught under a locomotive near Anoka Springs last Thursday. Dr. Whitlock rendered aid but Craig died that night after being brought to Johnson City. Charles M. Taylor and family plan to move to Walla Walla Washington, leaving Johnson City after years here. Miss Quinn, head of the millinery department, will return to Johnson City for the fall season and study New York styles in August, aiming to elevate the shop’s offerings in East Tennessee. Watauga Notes record Mrs. J. G. Clark’s July departure to Brookville Pennsylvania.
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Charles Craig
Anoka Springs
Whitlock
John
Chas. M. Taylor
Walla Walla
Johnson City
Miss Quinn
New York City
Tennessee
Henson
Galt
Ethel Reese
Richard Shelton
Bristol
Bennett
Charles Denton
Bluff City
T.H. Garrier
A. Smalling
Bogart’s Knob
M. ©. Bucker
Murfreesboro
D. N. Reese
D. Welch
J. K. Bowman
Pittsburg
N. Reese
Will Lusk
Lida Boalon
Eva Lusk
Minnie Cooper
Tohnson City
W. ES. Reese
Reese
George Berry
Opera
Mer
Arthur Burefest
Win
Hientington Conley
Washington
Jonesboro
Tolneon City
Earnest
Hostonia Opera Cy
Nui
Pawek
Mr. Couley
Washington, D. C
Elizabethton News Reels From Johnson City Visits and Races
Local residents from Johnson City and Bristol visited relatives and attended gatherings last week. A shooting incident occurred when John Tipton Jr fired at Geo Swift after a dispute over Swift's attentions to Tipton's wife. July Fourth celebrations drew thousands with pony and mare races at the fairground, including a contested finish judged by officials.
Housewife confronts grocery foul play over flour quality
A reader recounts a confrontation with a local grocery proprietor over poor quality flour and careless service. The writer praises a brave housewife who urged better practice and warns that grocerymen risk exposure in the paper if they continue faulty habits.
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Tru
Ithiea
Osme
University of Tenn sees autumn session opens September 2
University of Tennessee registrar advertises the Literary Scientific Engineering and Law departments at Knoxville with superb location and equipment. It notes low expenses and that Tennessee students receive scholarships for the 8609 year in the Academy department, with a beautifully illustrated annual catalog.
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University of Tennessee
Tennessee
Adireys
University of Tenn
Knoxville
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