Local notices and social updates from Johnson City week
A parade of brief items reports on pension increases for Sam A. Roberts and Frank S. Leonard, visits by Mrs. K. P. Jones and Mrs. J. Hopwood to Knoxville and Maryville, and various residents in and around Johnson City including Capt. W. FH. Nelson, Miss Mary Baylons, Miss Grace Hart, and Miss Pilla Burrow. The Herald Square Stock Company comes to the opera house, piano tuners and clothing services are advertised, and a handling of Carnival week visitors, local market notes, and a mild accident involving Miss Mabel Jackson are recorded.
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Lee House
Sam A. Roberta
K. P. Jones
Knoxville
Maryville
W.T. Johnson
Frank
Leonard
Will Ponder
Lucy Ponder
New York
Mra
J. Hopwood
Milligan
Sculf
North Carolian
Opera House Herald Square Act Promises Thrifty Tomorrows
A fragment from a local page highlights the Herald Square Stock Company touring with a full week at the opera house. Tickets are listed at ten to thirty cents, with charming acts between scenes. Other notes mention Mrs. Givens purchasing the City Livery Stable and plans to move to Johnson City.
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W.T. Givens
Milligan
Special Water Notice Warns of Cutoffs Without Permit
Waravoa Waren Co issues a warning that any consumer who sprinklers lawns or gardens without a special permit will have their water cut off without further notice. Also reports a fatal accident in which Require D P Depew and wife suffered injuries when a mule frightened a buggy, causing a rollover. Mrs Depew died from her injuries.
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Waravoa Waren Co
D. P
Depew
Waraves Warn Co
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Claim Refund Policy
The advertisement states that druggists refund the money if the remedy fails to cure. It notes that W. Grove's signature appears on each box and mentions a quantity of 250 units.
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W. Grove
Herald Square Stock Company at Jobe's Opera House Next Week
Herald Square Stock Company slated for a week at Jobe's Opera House. Reports from Ashland and Marietta praise the company as a top repertoire group with popular four act melodrama Master and Man and A Man of Fate. Crowd scenes, illustrated songs, and strong specialties are highlighted.
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Herald Square Stock Company
Acta
Jobe
Opera House
McEnroe
LaPorte
Marietta (O
Daily Times
Ore House
Marietta
Anna Marvin
Johnson City Camp Gordon Represented at Confederate Reunion
Johnson City and Camp Gordon are represented at the Confederate Reunion in New Orleans this week. The delegation is led by Capt. W. A.
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Johnson City
Camp Gordon
New Orleans
W. A
Anti Bond Mass Meeting Appoints Ward Committees
An enthusiastic anti-bond mass meeting was held in the opera house Friday evening. Several speeches were made by prominent citizens and a large working committee was appointed in each ward for service on election day. The Johnson City team faced the Athletics in a Border City series. First game Sunday Bristol won 9 to 1.
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Opera House
Johnson City
Athletics
Border City
Bristol
Mrs Cambridge Dead in Carnegie Grippe Claim
Mrs Mary Cambridge died Thursday afternoon at her Carnegie home from grippe complications. Born in 1847, she was the wife of C H Cambridge. Funeral service was held Friday afternoon at the residence by Reverend A A Ferguson.
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Cambridge
Mary Cambridge
Carnegie
C. H. Cambridge
Rov. A. A. Ferguson
Odd Fellows to Decorate Graves at Oak Grove Cemetery
Dickinson and sponsors including Col Henry DeArmond and Capt W H Henderson will honor departed brothers. On June 7 Odd Fellows plan a graveside ceremony with Rev Ferguson at Oak Grove Cemetery. Watauga Lodge members depart hall at 2 PM to proceed to the cemetery. all Odd Fellows and the public are invited. bring flowers for the graves.
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Odd Fellows
Oak Grove
Ferguson
Watauga Lodge No. 219
Dr J D Donnelly Dead at 75 a Mountain City Physician
Dr J D Donnelly of Mountain City died yesterday morning after months of illness. He was seventy five, the oldest physician in Johnson County, beloved by many for his tireless rounds to aid the sick. His loss removes a landmark and friend to a large circle of relatives and townspeople.
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Ovelock
J. D. Donnelly
Mountain City
Donnelly
Johnson County
Bristol Courier
Railroad Magnates Inspect South & Western Route
Railroad magnates and executives led by President Samuel Hunt of the Detroit Southern and President George L. Carter of the South and Western toured the Spruce Pine area in North Carolina. The visiting party, aboard Hunt’s private car, included bankers and business leaders from Baltimore Cincinnati New York and Philadelphia. They returned by 0:00 p.m. and proceeded east. The report notes no comments from Hunt or Carter. The ad promotes Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as the best medicine.
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Samuel Hunt
Detroit Southern
Jeo. L. Carter
South and Western
Johnson
South & Western
Spruce Pine
N. C
Southern
George Blakintone
Union Trust Co
Nelson Perrin
Seymour
Election Notice Johnson City Bonds Vote May 26 1903
Election officials in Washington County Tennessee announce a May 26 1903 vote in all four Johnson City wards on issuing 24000 public improvement bonds for twenty years at 5 percent interest. Ballots read Bonds or No Bonds with funds for municipal improvements mapped in an itemized expenditure estimate by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
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Washington County
Law Court
Johnson City
State of
Tennessee
United States
Board of Mayor and Allermen
Boone Street extension and street repairs plan details
The town considers expenditures for right of way purchase and grading of a fifty foot Boone Street extension from West Market to West Main near the Presbyterian church. If not opened, 400.00 is redirected to repairing macadamized streets, plus 1,000.00 for a wooden bridge on Brush Creek and 31,000.00 for Unaka Avenue grading. Additional funds cover grading of several streets and constructing walks or sidewalks as authorized, with surplus applied to listed streets.
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Buffalo Street
Dalvort
West Main Street
Pablin Square
Summer Street
Limont Street
Lamont Street
Gradin
Mcadambing
West Main
Lamont
Tanant Street
Sunimer
Johnson City Traction Company
Market Street
West Main Sree
Boone Street
West Market Street
Presbyterian Churchy
OW Watachs Avenue
Wray Wain Street
Watauza Avenue
Brush Creek
Lifelem Nee E Pe
Kading Unara Avenue
Unaka Avenue
Watauga
West Market
Ford Alley
Public Square
East Market
Roan
Holston
Railroad Crossing
Carlisle Hotel
Cherry
Rown
New
Division Street
Roan Street
Board of Mayor and Assett
Board of Mayor
Actprey
School House Bond Proposal for Powell and Wilder Buildings
The town proposes bonds to fund a brickStoryteller addition at Columbus Powell school, desks for Martha Wilder and Powell, and warm air or hot water furnaces in four public schools. Total $4,1000. Bonds run 20 years at 5 percent interest, semi annual payments in US currency. Dated Johnson City April 1 1903. Gro W Winners Treasurer.
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Columbus Powell School
Marthe Wilder
Columbus Powell
Johnson City
Tannerasee
Gro
W. Winners
Tuan
Ay Ofdas, A
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Hen” Hoss
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Opera Louse
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Mollie Boals
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Jno. W. Cameron
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