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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1904
Page
3
A reader from Bowling Green Ohio reports Doane's Ointment stopped a burning itching sensation on the leg after struggling with a sore. The claim notes quick relief and a position cure, attributed to Chad Gear and W Lembert.
Votes in the Coster piano contest accrue weekly until the closing date with results published. Each dollar spent at Wm. Silver & Co or The Corner office yields 100 votes. ballots are cast at Main Street or the Corner office. Names and places such as Miss Leuia Wanken Flora May Grant and many others are listed among supporters and donors.
A jumble of names and happenings from Johnson City Tennessee including visits by George Whiteside and J. Cargillo, multiple references to Sinven & Co and Bell firms, plant sales, and social events at Watauga Avenue homes. Mentions of Bristol trips, plate sales, and a Washington county World’s Fair contest winner Mrs Laula Hunter. Also notes about lodge meetings, college term discounts, and a poetry errata correction.
Whitesburg visitors Mrs Rolan Hurst and Mrs Jas Ray arrive in the city. James Summers travels to North Carolina for Summers Barton Parrott hardware. Miss Grace Piper from Greeneville guests in town. The Maccabees announce a musicale next Tuesday. Rev Earnest Caldwell preaches at M E Church. Johnson City and Bristol base ball at West End Park Saturday 8:30 PM. Local residents plan real estate deals.
The column reports on Mrs. Taylor's health improving after returning from Texas. It mentions fishing trips by Oran Ward and friends near the Fish Hatchery, the sale of Robin's Roost to Gol W. BE. Burbage, and Taylor moving to Chucky Valley. A concert and ball are planned at Austin Springs. Samuel Hunt airway visits the S and W route, and baseball catcher Eligia Leake marries Lona Rhea Hamwit in Bristol. Funeral travel for Rev. Allison Jones is noted, along with Pope and Loubot Vatican tensions affecting French authorities.
H R Parrott has qualified as administrator of the estate of H B Easterly, deceased. Debtors must settle with the administrator, and all claims must be filed properly proven within the legal time. Creditors failing to prove claims will be barred. May 25, 1904. H B Pasnorr, Adm'r.
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