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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1898
Page
3
Bristol city buzzes with visitors from Knoxville Morristown and Martinsburg. Many locals and guests dine attend Michigan College exercises, church events, and charity gatherings while promoters tout new goods and nearby towns report daily arrivals and departures.
Edward Slater repairs the Harris building opposite the water tank to open a restaurant on American and European plans. He anticipates great success in the new enterprise. Also offered is a projectoscope for sale for 200 dollars cash, with all essentials, usable with electricity or calcium light, valued at 500 dollars. Address W F Samson, Johnson City, Tennessee, for particulars.
Rev George F Hall of Decatur Illinois delivered a lecture on The Model New Woman at the Christian Baptist church last evening. Johnson City residents are invited to organize a military company meeting Friday at 4 30 near Columbus Pewall School Building. Six hundred able bodied men are urged to enlist in the National Volunteer Reserve Corps immediately. Major General Nelson passed through Enerville en route to Knoxville and may rejoin service if another call for volunteers is issued.
Washington County to the Verne Again Johnson City plans a county fair with a new race track, display hall, stock stables, and a six foot board fence topped by barbed wire. Ground is west of the city near the square, with premium lists printed soon for a September fair. T.J. Cox outlines steps at a Board of Trade meeting and gains unanimous support.
Samuel Hunt president and general manager of O. R. & CO arrived in Johnson City last Saturday in a special car and stayed until Monday. He traveled with Philadelphia capitalist Mr. Dick and rail official H. L. Strouge to inspect the line from here to Erwin and discuss repairs to trestles with aims to extend connections from Elizabethton to link with O. R. & C. This would grant an eastern outlet and benefit local business.
A large crowd witnessed the marriage of Thomas Young to Olivene Ford at Snapp's livery stable Tuesday evening. The Vridal party arrived in a carriage drawn by two grays and the ceremony was performed by Eaquirs Gump. The couple received household items including a cake of soap, with Judge Lyle delivering a speech, then proceeded to Tom Murphy's home for a wedding feast.
A $200 reward is offered for the arrest and conviction of those who set fire to James M. Bacon’s barn on April 16, 1883. The text also contains mixed advertisements for medicines, salves, and rat control products, with various names and locations.
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