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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
3
A fragmented classifieds column notes placers and sales: lost item a lady’s gold watch engraved FEL, a gentleman’s portrait, and a reward offer. items for sale include a couch and a fireproof safe. rental and office space advertised aboard Main Street. Eastern Market area Holton house. lumber price quote for first sinew licks and handles. Star Restaurant promises comfortable meals.
Directory lists MP Alig First Baptist and My Prayer Meeting details at various streets. It names Rev Wodames Kobiivon Rev J Lou Reevil and others, with pastors and Sunday School times. Included are Episcopal and Presbyterian churches with street locations and midweek prayer meetings.
We are authorized to announce Dr A Dobson as a candidate for Representative to the General Assembly for Washington county at the November election. We are authorized to announce J B Pritchett as a candidate for Sheriff for Washington county at the ensuing November election.
Local and Personal items list visitors, births, travel and business notes. Names include Mrs Geo W Hardin in Knoxville, Walkett Wood in Philadelphia, Charlie Taylor family, Georgia Pearson, Caroline Rangel, Miss Hannah Matson, J O Lewis, J A Martin, Prof J B, Wm Silver & Co, and many more. Community updates on trades, jewelry design, furniture, wall paper, and gasps at Star Restaurant. Several political notices and candidacy announcements appear for Washington County offices.
The Patton Drug Co offers a strong wallpaper line with scents to 1.50 per roll. See the sample. prices are affordable and the shop aims to interest customers.
Matt Cox the seventeen year old son of Gov John Cox was badly injured after a fall at Big Creek lake. He suffered a broken ankle and multiple bruises with doctors considering amputation if necessary but no internal injuries expected. Local notices mention Emancipation Day events and Johnson City activities including ball games, band concerts, and a barbecue. Mrs Elizabeth Rankin died at age 88 in Johnson City. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with Rev J Albert Wallace and Rev M P Garioo assisting.
The Bristol Courier reports a contract for the BS and W railway section from Kingsport to Marion will be let soon. It notes possible abandonment of the Jonesboro route and a Hoe line via Johnson City to the South Carolina coast, backed by Seaboard Air Line. An injunction allegedly blocks dirt work until right of way is paid.
The Comet reports that American Cigar Box Lumber Co will reconstruct its Buffalo plant after a devastating fire. A larger, better equipped facility is planned with machinery orders placed and construction to start immediately, aiming for rapid completion. In a separate case, Buffalo supreme court grants injunction against Paul B. Huden and others over Foot-Easy imitator products, upholding Allen S. Olmsted’s Foot-Ease trademark and ordering liability for similar infringing goods.
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