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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
1
Legislative body may order street improvement, hold hearings, and decide on paving, sidewalks, sewers or curbing. It may issue bids, ads, or proceed with city work, with payment in cash or improvement bonds, and with contractor guarantees and repairs as prescribed.
The text outlines a municipal process for approving and funding street and utility improvements. It covers cost estimation including maps and legal services, public notices, assessment methods on abutting property, and specifics on bids, bonds, and contracts. It also mentions enforcement if bidders fail to execute contracts and includes unrelated notices about cholera remedies and wireless communications.
An Arbuckles advertisement extols ARIOSA coffee as superior and warns against loose purchases. It claims ARIOSA’s first roasted packaged coffee sales in three years exceed all other packaged coffees combined and urges buying sealed packages only.
Fragmentary OCR notes show informal banter about weather and a garden party with references to Pat Ol and Mike, mentioning not working and parish activities. Sparse names and phrases hint at a community gathering, but content is garbled and incomplete.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets for the General Assembly Presbyterian Church in Birmingham Alabama May 16 to 25. Tickets on sale May 1 14 15 with return limit May 30 107 and possible extension to May 15 107 by depositing ticket with a special agent. Contact Southern Railway ticket agents for details J L Meek D 2 Feie Ben.
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