Johnson City Growth Touts Local Factories and Rail Links
Johnson City reports rapid Building and Improvement in ten months 1887 boosted by iron and coal access. The Charleston Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina line, and local beds of magnetic iron ore and coal fuel plans for a regional manufacturing center. A reorganized Johnson City Furniture Company increases capital to thirty thousand with new leadership and expanded production capacity, shipping furniture to Birmingham and Virginia and planning to source lumber and hire more workers.
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Tennessee
Charleston, Cincinnati and
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Ironton
Ohio River
Charleston
D. C
America
North Carolina
South
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Birmingham
Ala
Virginia
Suttons Failure and Local Tax Notes in 1886 Report
NS Sutton failed for the benefit of his creditors last Monday with liabilities of 2200 dollars and nominal assets of 2500 dollars. Real assets will likely pay 80 cents on the dollar, Knoxville and Baltimore creditors largest among them. The article also compares taxes collected and fines assessed by Recorders Hart and 1886, praising Hart’s efficiency. It mentions a proposed new depot and Col Nimson’s plan to build a stone depot from granite in Johnson City, contingent on ET and G RB RR erecting the building.
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Knoxville
Baltimore
Sutton
Hart
Harthoe
Col. Nimson
Ohingon City
BE. T.V. & G. RB. R. Company
Johnson City
Place
Sullivan County
Weavers Church
J. B. Harr
C. B. Cook
B. Gale
B. Cook
R. W. Lilly
J. J. Wolford
A. F. Dean
Holston Institute
Wolfe & Hughes
Caa
McNeil
Lewis and Dickey
Briatol
Piney
Sam
Flynn
the Bluff
Blair City
W. G. Colbough
Martin
P. Bolton
Bristol
M. Cromley
Corporation of
Tenn
M.C. Hart
Tmood
Hood
Poldby
Apothbearton
Lew
Naas
Christian Hoss Hodge ad sells everything in town
A verbose old column advertises Christian, Hoss & Hodge offering boots shoes and clothing at low cash prices. It mentions tax records, institute notices, local politics, and various town happenings while urging readers to shop there for bargains and to bring produce for payment. The piece includes local gossip, prices, and community notices from Johnson City Tennessee in 1887.
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