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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1905
Page
3
The city hosts 25 and 95 cent meals at Star Restaurant with regular visitors from Bristol and Jonesboro. A three day supplemental registration runs June 26 to 28 in four wards for a school bonds measure under 1905 legislation. The article notes social visits, local events, church activities, and upcoming gatherings in the Johnson City area.
In the Eastern District of Tennessee a notice to creditors of William J. Feathers of Johnson City Washington County that he was adjudged bankrupt on June ith day of Jane A. D 1905 and that creditors will meet in Knoxville on July 1 1905 at 9 a m to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business Referee in Bankruptcy W Canowenn Knoxville Tenn June 22 1905
R. L. Hale was thrown when his horse startled by a car on Watauga avenue. The horse backed to the pavement, trapping Hale and breaking a foreleg. He was taken to the Arlington hospital where doctors feared the injury was serious, but he is resting as well as could be expected.
The Johnson City Orchestra led by Earl M. Jackson and several members arrived in Bristol from Abingdon, Virginia. They played for Emory and Henry College commencement exercises and aided the Bristol orchestra at a reception at Mrs. Geo. Roberson’s home in Fair pent yesterday afternoon.
Quiet marriage of Will Fleenor and Lena Bowman reported by Ter J A Moore at the mange. Col Toneray Sick ill at home southeast of Elizabethton. a Tennessee legislator who was prominent there. Austin Springs hosts season opening ball with Johnson City society in attendance. Plans for a July summer normal indicate strong turnout. Presbyterian church hosts installation service for Rev Robert McIntorff with choir, infant baptism, and Home Mission offering. South and Western line extension work advances from Spruce Pine South with limited early force and route surveying ongoing.
Lord's Supper was celebrated and the congregation dismissed. Rev. Robert McInturf, newly installed pastor, has been here a few months and the church is progressing nicely under divine supervision. In Tennessee a notable boy now thrives in the Lone Star state to the delight of friends.
Plans for a new union passenger station in Johnson City have been drawn and approved. The contract for construction will be let soon, with work to commence shortly. Alderman Allen saw the plans in Knoxville last week. The station will be built on the vacant space north of the existing building as a modern, ornamental structure. A large umbrella shed will cover the main track, and the old tank will be removed with two standpipes erected at each end of the shed.
The city hosts a grand evening on the Hotel Carnegia lawn with beauty and gallantry, refreshments, and all proceeds to the Public Library. Attend and ride the car line to support the library. The Western Union Telegraph Co. opened a line from Cranberry to Linville, NC with the first message sent Wednesday night. Linville office is at the Oseela Inn, Capt. W. L. McFarland in charge.
Report from Elizabethton Tennessee notes Mrs Thomas Jones who gave birth to triplets last Saturday with two thriving children and a surviving boy. A hen reportedly laid three eggs daily for seventeen days before its death. The piece also mentions poll tax changes and Chinese immigration into British Columbia.
Johnson City citizens are urged to observe a day of recreation with events at Hotel Carnegie including a children's lawn party from 11 a.m. to noon, a baby show with prizes, a band concert at the Soldiers' Home at 3:30 p.m., and a flag lowering at 6 p.m. The schedule runs from morning to evening with multiple activities and prizes for the prettiest and largest baby.
The Nashville American notes broad Democratic support urging Gen Hannah onto the State ticket for railroad commissioner race. Attenders claim his personal popularity and strong stump speaking ability would boost campaign strength across the state. Harvey A Munnah may enter the race if he runs.
Six year study at Cavendish laboratory Cambridge University by J B Burke shows cultures with vitality like growth and division using radium and sterilized bouillon in a teat tube. The report notes Burke’s long collaboration with Prof Thompson and mentions broader scientific implications.
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