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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1891

Page

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WATAUGA BANK DIRECTORS LIST AND OFFICERS

The notice lists bank directors including Judge John F Smith and E A Weather, along with Carter and others in the region. It appears to be an official financial or governance record detailing who oversees the Watauga Bank and related county affairs.

John F- Smith E. A Weat Cae John Lee Bowman Martin Imley Will Horr Taylor Lake Neai Carter Counties

Brummer Visitors Welcome At Any Hour

J H Brummer invites visitors who are welcome and expected at any hour during the day.

A Day at Emory and Henry

A report of a Sunday visit to Emory and Henry College, noting its scenic valley location, strict grounds access, and a morning sermon led by Dr. Jas D. Kennedy. L. M. Buckley delivered a talk from James 4 12, emphasizing one lawgiver, moral law, and the need for a personal revelation from God.

Bristol Emory Great Southern Methodist College Norfolk & Western Sam Small James Heaven

Garden Spot of the World by Felix L Oswald

Felix L. Oswald discusses Professor Edward Atkinson's view that the southeastern United States will become the continent’s most prosperous region. He extols the area’s unoccupied potential, contrasts southern climate with fur clad Europe, and praises North Carolina and East Tennessee landscapes and natural riches.

Felix L. Oswald East Tennessee Mountains Philadelphia Times Edward Atkinson Amercan South Italy Old Spain North Carolina East Tennessee Val de Ticino Europe Hiwassee River Marietta & Northern Georgia

Sullivan at Bush Street Theatre Draws Stirring Laborious Night

John L Sullivan headlines at Bush Street Theatre in San Francisco performing Honest Hearts and Willing Hands. He makes a controversial racist line about Black people, provoking wild audience reaction and police-like chaos. The show ends with lighthearted mischief and a baptism at Christan Church.

San Francisco John L. Sullivan Bush Street Theatre Variety Theatre Sullivan John L Mr. Sullivan John Joe Lannon Barnett

Old Sayings and the hidden origins of proverbs

A survey of famous sayings tracing origins to authors from Shakespeare to Milton and Bacon. It notes many proverbs arose from common speech, with some credited to Thomas a Kempis, Beaumont and Fletcher, and Dryden, among others, while Shakespeare supplied numerous enduring lines.

Milton Chaucer Thomas A Kempis Thomas Tuster Francis Rabelais Peter Paul Edward Coke England Lord Brooke Christopher Marlowe Bacon Beaumont and Fletcher Samuel Butler Tweedledum Tweediedee Demosthenes Chieronea John Mennis Dryden Earl of Thomas Southern John Bunyan Nathaniel Lee Matthew Prior

Co-Operative Town Company Chooses Site Plan

Hon Robert P Porter, president of the Co-Operative Town Company, discussed locating a site for the new town during a Knoxville visit. He noted ten proposals and that two experts will inspect designated sites and report back, with a final decision expected in about thirty days.

Porter Robert P. Porter Co-Operative Town Company Journal Knoxville

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Watauga Bank Irs J.H. Brummer Main St Johnson City Johnson City Institute Johnson City, Tenn County Rey J.B. Snow Johoson City George & Maff Agnansa Henry Amos, Turrance Aevat Nd Arermtat Hoainwenere Mutual A Tosurance Co the Besty Mechanics Balldinam Loan Association Sinan W. J. Miller M.D Miller Drs. Miller Physicians & Surgeons Opera Home King Street Tenn Cox Bolton Cox & Bolton First National UK J. W. Qyx J. GC KING D. D Citizens Bank D. L. Shaver M. D Eagle Building Main Street Jobueen Chu, Tenn TD. Verguson Watauga EA. Long M.D. Res Walnut St Ferguson & Long J. H. Moninger Second Avenue Fair Kite & Gemnt Buddie Say BR. Johnson Merck Johnson & Burch Mats H. Carr ANB Chancery Johnson City, Tenn Iobert Burrow Eers Johnson and Antoin Tenseaste A. B. Bowmas G. W. St Joux Witt Haze CG P, Cass Emory and Henry Garden Spot OF the World Christaan Church Pries Hart, Armbrust & Co THE Bargain Store A.p.henderson & Co Newell's Watauga Lumber CO Groner Urplus Reain Spring Streets Coal and Timber Lands East Carnegie Carnegie Addition Arnegie Addition 6Th 16Th Avenue 6Th Avenue Wilder Addition 2D Avenue 3D Avenue Block 10 Jesse Beam Dean Swift George Farquhar Edward Young Oliver Goldsmith Young Pope Thompson John Gay Lawrence Sterne Gray Campbell Robert Blair Norris of Bemerton Byron Menander Drummond Shakespeare George Gascoigne Ralph Venning Rochefoucauld Napoleon Perrette Lafontaine Talleyrand Compte de Montrand Marie Antoinette Voltaire Goldsmith Selden Sallust Cicero Washington Irving Daniel Judgmen
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