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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
3
Fresh meats and oysters at Jacksons announced with revival meetings and visits from Mt Vernon to Knoxville. Notices include Dr Caldwell remedies sold locally and a Jonesboro mower claim. Residents travel from Bristol Cambridge and Knoxville while marriages and property moves are noted. Portrays bustling Jonesboro commerce and social updates.
Local notes report J T Linville & Co advancing brick work on the new Jonesboro jail with cell work ready soon. Entries mention Watauga Light and Power figures, Cranberry Furnace overhaul, and various repairs and bids. Also noted are pensions, a Johnson City plant start, a Cranberry youth injury, and spring school events and graduations in the area.
Miss Sue Deakins died suddenly after years of feeble health at her home southwest of the city. Several local figures and relatives, including J. P. Lyle and Mrs. Nancy J. Good, are noted amid a series of deaths and health declines in the county. Community mourning extends to Squire W. A. Hanchar of Telford and Mrs. Chas. Carson of nearby streets, with tributes to their roles as farmers and caregivers. John Hart, a familiar Johnson City shoemaker, died from bromidia overdose. his life and family ties are traced. The Watauga Lighting and Power Co plans street-light improvements. A colorful item recounts a visitor’s costly debts and departure. A wedding at Brown’s restaurant joins Mrs. Mattie Schwain and W. P. Eaton in room 11, amid a lighthearted tone. An amateur theatre production, Capt. Rackett, played to goodwill, with proceeds aiding Civil War veterans.
Several locked-out bricklayers in Nashville have been offered positions on the new soldiers home project at Johnson City. The job spans eighteen months, with Cold Dust flour noted as a local sponsor.
Claiborne Widener aged 16 is charged with assaulting and outraging the five year old daughter of Rico Ford at Damascus Virginia. He was captured in Johnson City and brought to Bristol where he was placed in jail in Abingdon. Widener confesses malicious intent and says he fled with his father to Johnson City where he has relatives. He fears return to Virginia amid local sentiment.
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