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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 01, 1905

Page

1

Big mining deal ties Carter to 1900s Virginia properties

The Clinchfield Corporation buys Interstate Coal and Iron Company coal lands totaling about 71 000 acres across Russell Dickinson Buchanan and Wise counties Virginia for roughly 1 500 000 dollars. Deeds will be recorded in Raguel county Lebanon Virginia. Key stockholders include E S Clark New York and Thomas Clyde of Clyde Steamship. Nearby notes mention a Bryan funeral eulogy and Chamberlain's remedy promotion by J T Barber Irwinville Georgia with H C Miller selling details.

Bratol Clinchfield Corporation George L. Carter Union Trust Company Baltimore Judge Golf United States Circuit Court Richmond Carter Tnterstate Coal and Iron Company Russell Dickinson Buchanan Wise Virginia Raguell Lebanon Tommorrow Interstate Coal and Iron Company E. 8. Clark Cotkin Exchange New York Thomas Clyde Clyde Steamship Company

A Bad Break At Religious Convention

A convention incident disrupted proceedings as a layman offered twenty five dollars to start the fundraising, prompting laughter when the chairman learned the donor was a local prankster. Separately a Cherokee Indiana man credits Electric Matters with curing severe kidney disease and restoring health, praising the tonic and its maker.

Blank June Lippincott O. P. Collier Miller

Country life vs city urge echoes in era opinion piece

A collage of items contrasts rural longing with urban life, noting farmers flocking to Chicago to fill striking teamster roles while city dwellers yearn for wholesome country air. It includes commentary from Bristol Herald on Tennessee politics, a joke from Harper's Weekly, Roosevelt era insurance questions, and a Paris banquet for Gen Horace Porter.

Chicago Columbian Herald Horace Porter France Paris Watterson John Fl Paul Jones

Will Build Coal Line Seaboard Director Confirmed

Seaboard Air Line President J M Barr writes from Portamouth Virginia confirming a press report that Mosars Ryan Blair Dennis Ream and Coolidge purchased the Clinchfield property near Tom's Creek Virginia and plan a railroad development. Seaboard says no connection or conclusions yet. The Clinchfield includes Crane's Nest coal fields and reports link to South and Western Railway plans from Johnson City Tennessee to Dom's Creek and onward toward a Seaboard connection in North Carolina.

J. M. Barr Seaboard Air Line Portamouth Tom’s Creek South & Western Railway Johnson City Tenn Dom's Creek North Carolina

Watauga Notes and Local Happenings in Brief

Watauga Notes records a flurry of community snippets from residents including Thelma, Crackerjack, Dr H L A, Dr John W. Wallace and families visiting after a conference in Asheville North Carolina. It notes a pastor dispute among negro Baptists, travel to Charleston and Jellico, farm work amid late rains, and a mix of social updates and advertisements from Detroit Free Press style cures and products.

Piano Sales Offer With Easy Monthly Payments

The ad promises affordable pianos with simple forms and small selling costs. It highlights a monthly payment plan around 10 dollars and asserts the buyer can easily arrange payment without financial strain.

Presbyterian Assembly Hears Union Telegram Amid Contention

The Northern Presbyterian assembly at Winona Lake Ind faced a telegram from the colored Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly at Huntsville Ala announcing a committee to confer on church union. Justice Harlan was named vice moderator in the forenoon and later addressed the group on his Presbyterian cathedral project.

Northern Presbyterian Assembly Winona Lake Ind Cumberland Presbyterian General Assembly Hunteville Ala Justice Harlan Vica

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York Garey Booth Booth Road ‘Street Thad A. Cox Hart-Burrow Lh Kirkpatrick Williams J. H. Bowman Kirkpatrick Williams & Bowman Chancery Tennessee BE. Miller Arrommer G. A. McClain Paysictan and Sunaron Brown Tews D. A. Vines Courts of City Harber Johnson Ci Russell & Hamsch Buffalo Chas Longley Polite Katte Piedmont Hotel Allright J. A. Ankrom W.C. Phillips Southern Ry Nat. Hyder Lee Ohnson City, Tennessee Jorger Buffalo Street Southern Ballard-Snow Liniment Co Louis, Mo Clinchfield Concern Bryan Co W. J. Bryan J. T. Barber Irwinville H. C. Miller Thug Tack Lula Perkins Bartor-Nichols Hardware Company Oliver Studebacer O. K sBation Nichols Hardware Main Mr. Burrow Kobt Burrow Bristol Tyler Supreme Court Knoxville Barrow Sigror Bristol Herald Hodge Garrett Jimmy Iit James Samoa The Elephant’s Harper's Weekly Roosevelt Department of Commerce and Labor the Tribune Equitable Mull’s Grape Tonic Co Third Aventis Rock Island Ill Mathews Dutro A. Garrett W. Hodges Hodgen Porto Rico Memphis Catro Fleda Hodges Lester A. Fisher Commercial Appeal Middlesboro Summers Parrott Seaboard Clinchfield Watauga Thelma John W. Wallace Dora Gwendolyn Asheville N. C T. J. and W.S. Whiting D. N. Reese Jonesboro Marchan Featherseirs John ©. Dempsey Elkanah Carr Blast Guy Elizabethton C. C. Carr W. &. Reynolds Samuel Shell George W. Wells Thomas Carter William Lyons Charleston, Tenn Henry K. Bowman Miss Ida Reetway i Jellico Robert Bowman Southern Railroad Onur William Scott Pulaski Lee Smith Washington Bean Bois Daire, Greene Co J. C. Robertson Greene County DON. BR Dr. Fabrney Mother Gray Mather Gray Narne Allen LeRoy N. Y Mans Pierce & Mann Jno. F. Pierce Main Street Ce Eee Roya Detroit Tribune Pennsylvania Kimble Oil Co H. W. Lyle & CO Coheanren Rto Tam Ae “Team Laundry East Market Street RK. Williams & CO
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