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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1906
Page
3
Fragmentary notes describe a comet Tavga Lover and a meeting of visiting brothers in Melbourne with scattered references to poets and odd phrases. The readable text hints at a travel or literary scene but lacks clear events or identities.
A fragmented directory lists multiple churches and pastors including St Johns Episcopal on Main Street with Sunday service at 100 am and Wednesday prayer meetings at 740 pm, and Watauga Avenue Presbyterian with Sunday School and preaching times. Additional entries reference Mount Zion and other local churches with varied service schedules and parsonage addresses.
Classifieds request traveling salesmen, wage earners, and helpers with details on pay, expenses, and travel. Advertisements mention the Wheeling Roofing & Cornice Company, D S Taylor, and numerous labor and sales positions with names and locations across multiple towns.
Foy W. Donaner announces candidacy for County Court Clerk in Washington County subject to Republican primary. Oras 8. Mason announces candidacy for Register of Washington County opposing the revision party. If nominated he aims to perform duties to the best of ability. WL Vixen endorses orator roles or candidacy.
A mix of personal items and shop ads recounts births and visits, restaurant prices, and upcoming sales. It highlights Mrs. J. B. Crouch’s daughter, Beatrice Beaver’s trip to Athens, and Star Restaurant meals. Also mentions wall paper varieties at Patton Drug Co and a Russell & Harnish barber shop repapering.
The Johnson City ball park is ready and will host six daily games next week beginning Monday afternoon. The schedule features games on Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday and Saturday with Milligan and others visiting. Games start at 3 o clock admission is 25 cents.
Cargille's Art Gallery announces completion of its spring moulding line with all new late patterns. Visit to view selections before they are picked over.
Supplemental registration will be held in four wards of Johnson City Tennessee from Thursday May Wth through Saturday 12th before the June 5 1904 election. Voters will decide on 27500 of bonds for public school buildings and other improvements as called by the election commission in Washington County.
A long and uneven column extols Dr Audey Great House hold Remedies from the Kentucky Remedy Company Lexington Ky as reliable cures sold with money back guarantees. It notes advertising tours by a large vaudeville outfit to tobacco town for these medicines and discusses library lending rules and proposed town bond expenditures for schools and streets in Johnson City in 1906.
A personal letter from Cy H. Lyle in Johnson City Tennessee discusses tobacco farming in a political context. The writer endorses Bob Taylor for senator and predicts victory in Groove county.
Notice set for four wards of Johnson City Tennessee to vote on bonds totaling 817,500 for school improvements and 10,000,000 for street improvements for twenty four years at five percent interest with funds to be spent within the town. Ballots will list School Expenditures Bonds and No Bonds and Street Expenditures Bonds and No Bonds.
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