Fire destroys two story house on Second Avenue
A blaze tore through a two story frame house on Second Avenue in Carnagio, owned by J. J. Patterson of New Jersey. Eb Tickle and Henry Johnson families were asleep inside. occupants narrowly escaped as the fire spread rapidly, with incendiary origin suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue
Carnagio
J. J. Patterson
New Jerey
Eb Tickle
Henry Johnson
Tts
Vicklo
Johnson
Gow
Aman
Commission on Correspondents Sign Names for Faith
A note from THE COMET urges correspondents to sign their communications for validation, while true names will be withheld if placed in parentheses. The policy emphasizes faith and accountability without publication of the sender’s identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apen
W. F. Youna
G. W. Horas
H. B. Crumey
Se en and Hea rd Personal and Other Hems
A digest of social notes from Bristol and surrounding towns lists visits, health updates, and local happenings. Names include Harry Gump Hugh Kirkpatrick W. W. Gilmer Maj Ash Pettibone J.T. Browning Ben Fraveon JN Edwards Judge Chandler Nat Perry May Rhea and many others with arrivals, departures, births, and travel details across Knoxville Greeneville and Unicoi County.
EeGor Taylor Lectures at South Pittsburg Meeting
EeGor Taylor returned Turley from a short trip and gave a talk to a large audience at a house in South Pittsburg on Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EeGor Taylor
Turley
South Pittsburgh
Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy Promises Cure All Stomachs
Advertisements tout Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy and Ramon’s Tonic Liver Pills as cures for stomach disorders, headaches, and biliousness. A pencil puzzle prize and local social notes mention Mr. G. W. Slater, Jim Worley’s baby, and a Board of Education meeting naming next year’s principals and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramon
Wofford & Go
Board of Education
Tof
Freeland
Wincipal
Columbus Powell
B. W. Pauoette
Martha Wilder
W. K. Martin
Will Crouch
Misses Dora Cargille
Sallie Chandler
Vandalia Fuqua
Mary Johnston
Minnie Easley
Qua Iingham
Hood's Sarsaparilla Claims Greatest Cures
Ad copy touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best most reliable remedy and greatest cure. It emphasizes effectiveness and dependable results for health concerns, presenting Hood's as a trusted medicinal tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Don’t Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life Away
A promotional note for a No-to-bac cure by Sterling Remedy Co advertising a harmless habit changer. Mentions J A Proas as author and Todiana Mineral Springs Indiana. Also reports Gen J T Wilder taking his family to Unaka Springs and Mr Stratton moving to Roan Mountain for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Proas
Sterling Remedy Co
Todiana Mineral Springs
Ind
J.T. Wilder
Unaka Springs
Mr. Stratton
Roan Mountain
Local notices and sports mix with business and family news
A fragmentary local page notes a ball game between Johnson City club and Embreville with a 10 to 0 Johnson City win. It mentions a new Lumber Yard by Price & Mould in Baltimore serving Shell Creek timber, and a university scholarship plea by Representative Mathes seeking morally suitable youths. Obituary notes Julia Conley and her daughter dying of flux and John A. Conley and Miss Julia Rankin’s marriage and move to Texas, nine miles from Dallas.
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Embreville
Johnson City Club
Embreville Hoya
Johnson City Hoya
Price & Mould
Baltimore
Haut
Tennessee
Shell Creek
Julia Conley
Conley
John A. Conley
Julia Rankin
John Rankin
Our City
J. C. King
Texas
Dallas County
Dallas
Two Teens Fined After Alley Brawl Over Gutter Spat
Tom Scott and Earnest Murphy, both about seventeen, argued near the Water tank on Sunday May 27. Scott drew a weapon and struck twice at Murphy, injuring coat and chest but missing the chin. They were arrested. Scott fined 7 dollars 90 cents and Murphy 4 dollars 90 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Scott
Earnest Murphy
Tom
Murphy
Scott
Interior remodeling at the New York Racket Store expands shelves
Weeks of carpentry created a wall of shelves from top to ceiling with a surrounding walkway for clerks and customers. Mr Bruner in New York is buying goods as stocks promise to be among the largest in the country. Memorial Day observances by the 8S. K.N. Patton Post featured a Greeneville address by Maj. Pettibone, cemetery decorations, and youth orations at the opera house. A shooting incident near Snapp tl Englasing disrupted Henry Butler's supper. no injuries beyond fright were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cox
Bud
New York
Bruner
Henry Butler
Henry
Henry Reid
Local Social Roundups Highlight Host Dickinsons Hotel Party
Tuesday evening guests enjoyed ice cream at Hotel Dickinson hosted by Bill Dickinson at his expense. The Longfellow Literary Circle plans a picnic at Austin Springs next Tuesday. The Monday Evening Reading Club hosted a luncheon at Lake Wataueee with notable attendees. Friday night Florence Harris entertained at her Second Avenue home with prizes for Miss Shortridge and Mira Campbell. The scene featured music, conversation, and festive social chatter with about twenty five invited guests.
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Bill Dickinson
Hotel Dickonon
Longfellow Literary Circle
Austin's Springs
Friends of the Circle
Lake Wataueee
Mrs. Ward
Mra. Friberg
W. W. Faw
Mra
J. B. Crandall
Mra. Hart
W. P. Harris
Mineea Jonnie Crumley
Sallie Faw
Florence Harti
Nettie Shortridge
Messrs
J. W. Crumley
Paul Shortridge
Florence Harris
Second Avenue
Shortridge
Mira Campbell
Joneon City
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Patterson
de Lo” Trark
Crandall & Wilford
East
Atrontessnewd of Dawn
Ina
Tewis
Elizabethton
Jas
A. Martin
Nat Williama
Arrant
Remine
Robertson & Co
Lewis
Will Martin
James Martin
Jake Payne
Milligan
Lewis Arrants
Robertson & Coe Mill
Arrants
Martin
Jonesboro
Gorneux
Jones Janes Lew
Elisabethton
Tene
Speedwell
Whitehead
Cald Colliery
Healao
Creck
Sexton Coal Company
Roanoke
Mike Sexton
Will Cannon
Mossy Creek
Rascal
Tennenses
North Carolina
Bristol
Virginia
Curla
Congress
Ae. Afeo
DeLong
Hamburg
Laces, &c
Johnson City
N.Y
Broadway
Harry Gump
Hugh Kirkpatrick
Ed Lynn
W. W. Gilmer
Maj
Ash Pettibone
Grenneville
J.T. Browning
Linestone
Crumley
Wack
Ben Fraveon
J ‘Limestone
Thority
JN Edwards
Midland Pottery Co
Judge Chandler
Cleveland
Knights and Ladies of Honor
N.jb. Remine
Sadie Bickley
John Bell Sunday
Davie Patton
Tim Donohue
East Tennessee Depot
Knoxville
Will Hunter
Capt. Dickinson
Dickinson Hotel
W. B. Harrison
Lebanon
Mr. Harrison
Fitzhugh Smith
Inez
Fits
Nat Perry
Jd. Range
Greeneville
Pierce & Myler
Gorley
I. M. Warren
Columbaa
B. H. Stevenin
Tod P
Columbus Powell Building
Gertrude
Frank Mitch
Marbleton
Unicoin County
Dr. and
W. J. Peebles
Zeke Mathes
Washington College
Wm. G
Cincinnati
G. Kirkpatrick
Tommy
W.W. Kirkpatrick
Misa Karner
A. W. Kirkpatrick
W. H. Gammon
Hon
Miss Florence
J. A. Merchant
Missouri
P. HE. Wofford
Watauga! Avenue
W. Rogers
Adams
Hale
McFarland & Co
Tyner
G. W. Slater
Mr. Camp
R.G. Johnson
Pine Street
Jim
Jim Worley
Sattie Collin Guy
Fara
Konavat
James Beall
Public Square
John A. Mathesmis
University of Tennessee At
Oll
Lnst Sundy
Teddy
Evry
Wright Place
Nashville
Janeith
Boddy
Bex
T. Wann'e
Picule
Presbyterian Sunday School
Lake ‘Watangpe
P. H. Ponder
BEE Hive
the Bee Hive
Tenn
S. B. White
Tewn
Merch Myler Roofing CO
Florence Harrie
Johnson Cuy
Washington County
A. PB. Henderson & Co, Et al
J.P. Crumley Et al
and Sourth
Jobe
Deere
Carnegie Land Company
Causa
Wpr
Wisconsin Central
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Northwest
Ashland
Duluth
Lake Superior
Wisconsin
Tas. C. Porn
Wis
BRA
Pomona Hill Nurseries
J. van Lindley
Pomona, WC
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