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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1891
Page
2
Local notices mix with political chatter as Johnson City votes on mayoral and magistrate races. Ike T. Jobe wins mayoralty by 157 votes over A B Bowman. city aldermen and officials listed with votes and margins amid bustling election day scenes.
A large knitting mill proposed to relocate from Hardeen New York to Johnson City. If built the plant would employ about 300 workers with a 100 by 120 foot four story brick building and a monthly payroll near 10000. Land and building subsidies are being gathered as officials push the deal.
The Watauga bank re-elected A B Bowman president W B John vice president Will Harr cashier N H Harrison teller and named J A Martin Lide Teane Harr Hon Pat Dungan J F Crumley Judge John P Smith C P Cans B H Went Will Harr G D St John as directors. Mountain View Land Company elected Dr J S Apperson Marion Va president M M Harris Glade Springs Va secretary treasurer and directors J S Apperson G C Chandler J W Hunter John son City W B Earnest Glade Springs Capt D D Hull Marion Va. The firm organized a year ago bought 40000 in real estate in Johnson City sold 2000 this year and estimates 70000 in lots remaining. A party of Connecticut capitalists led by Mr Young of the Watauga Lighting and Power Co visited Johnson City and Cranberry to inspect iron ore deposits and urban improvements. the trip promises substantial benefit and reflects strong support for Johnson City as a manufacturing hub.
A jumble of reports from Johnson City Bristol Morristown and nearby areas covers political visits from Patton and Kirkpatrick, lectures by Sam Jones and Bill Nye, fires and accidents, business openings and plans, and local social news including travel to Birmingham and Bristol. The Bristol Courier and Knox ville papers note civic events and a rising subscription drive as well.
Society notes recount visits and movements in town with names like Sam Jameson W L Jomen J P Cramley Misa Ete Wood Misses Paw Annie Miller and others. It mentions Temple of Fame at Jobe's Opera House, lectures by Quiver, and a large audience at Baye ist church. Local gatherings include L L C meeting and Easter preparations while residents travel to Knoxville Bristol Morristown and Jonesboro.
In Savannah a light weight bout at the Athletic Club tourney ended when 18 year old Willink, son of Henry J. Willink, was knocked down by Byrvie Murphy and died from brain coronasion. The incident follows a report box noting local growth and a Chamber of Commerce push to attract new citizens to Bristol and East Tennessee.
A non resident notice from Johnson City Tennessee states defendants A B Harris and B A Johnson must appear before the Chancery Court on the first Monday of June 1891 to answer the bill or the allegations will be confessed. Publication is required for four successive weeks in the local paper. March 10 1891. Clerk and Master A B Bowser. By P H Pouper and M.
Milligan couples visit. band returns from Newport. women's suffrage chatter at polls. German Club and lectures at Baptist Church featuring Bob Burdette on the Rise and Fall of the Mustache. Northern capitalists toured Cranberry. Burdette praised for humor and pathos. local notary and patent medicine ad wrap the page with 1886 Oaths on Calomel and Catarrh cures.
A garbled notice asserts a verdict by a group named Bors Groves meeting in Johnson City. It claims one of the largest groceries stocks in East Tennessee and urges local residents to support their efforts to foster good times, peace, and plenty.
Fragment from a 19th century text laments hard times and urges spending with W M Christian in Johnson City. It argues the sun as a center of the solar system and then shifts to a local sales pitch promising cash savings and low prices on farm produce and general goods to keep money in circulation.
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