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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Nov 05, 1908

Page

3

Repairs and goods offered from West Market Street and local firms

Notices urge repairing shoes from W. Pierce on West Market Street and promote Uneeda steel range from 5 B White. Also public bids open for a variety of supplies by Aebasier Mountain Branch N H D V 8 and Paul & Divine with deadlines in late November and early December 1908. Local testimonials praise Red Bond Pare Septirs and Heimer fertilizer from Tennessee Valley Ver tiliger Co with high oat and wheat yields.

W. ©. Pierce West Market Street Mountain Branch National Solders Paul Divine Aebasier

Col W M Tipton Dead in Elizabethton Tenn

Col J W Tipton longtime East Tennessee lawyer dies at home in Elizabethton from heart failure amid broader report of his age about seventy. He leaves a wife two sons a daughter and a sister. Funeral planned for tomorrow with arrangements pending. Tipton born raised in Elizabethton owned family home in Bristol Now.

Elizabethton Tenn J. W. Tipton Upper East Tennnessee Tipton Mindy Tennessee A. H Jol Sweetwater Hiiabethton Tipton Homestead Bristol John W.tipton Elizabethtan Ucis Worming East Tennessee First Bar Association East Pennessee S.J. Kirkpattick Newton Hacker Ton@boro

Improvement District No 6 Created in City

At a Thursday night meeting the board created Improvement District No 6 by petition of property owners to fund curb and gutter sewer and sidewalk work. The district runs from To To WON OC Rif to the north side of Locust Street on Spring Street with many signatories pledging payment. Citizens are praised for enterprise and determination to match other city areas.

Board of Mayor and Aldermen To & Won Rif Locust Street Spring Street

Home Marriage Celebrates Miss Mettye Waddell and Fred Laughon

Miss Mettye Waddell wed Fred Laughon of Portsmouth at the home of the bride on Spring Street in a ceremony attended by a large circle of friends. The bride, daughter of Mrs. J Watklell, is popular and the wedding party includes members connected with the Seaboard Air Line railway at Portsmouth, Virginia.

Pride Spring Street LW Welockast Mettye Waddell Fred FP. Laughon Portemouth Moir

Sewer Work Progressing On Buffalo Street Trunk Sewer

The trunk sewer on Buffalo Street is completed and the Panama Canal alert will soon be closed. Local crews report progress on sewer improvements with the main line nearing completion and closures anticipated as work ends.

Buffalo Street Panama

D A Rechristened the Utopia Cafe

The D A Cafe is renamed Utopia after a Wednesday night vote by a committee of young ladies led by Mrs Fannie Moser Snapp and Miss Bertha Rosenblatt. Management promises high class dining with dinner parties and banquets, praising chef Du Bois and East Tennessee hospitality.

Utopia Fannie Moser Snapp Bertha Rosenblatt Pearl Mary Lyle DaBvis L. E. Clark Wilds Mitchell H. W. Pardue Cy HL Lyle du Bois Hnsen Tennessee

Mrs Lever Dies After Prolonged Illness at 62

Mrs John Lever died last Thursday at the home of Mr and Mrs P W Baum after a long illness aged 62. A native of England she came to America with her husband and lived several years in this city returning from Knoxville to reside with her daughter Mrs Baum. She survives her husband and daughter. Funeral services were held at the Episcopal church last Friday by Dr Osborne, the first service in the new church. Interment followed at Oak Hill.

John Lever P. W. Baum England America Knoxville Baum Episcopal Teeheen Osborne New

Halloween Party at High Point South

Miss Katherine Watson hosted a Halloween gathering at High Point South inviting guests to bring sheets and pillow cases for a Hale Jone'en ghost dance. The event ran from seven until late, featuring a luncheon and festive decorations with pumpkin faces and playful pranks.

Katherine Watson High Point South

Peculiar Accident at Walauga Depot Injures 16 Year Old

Two boys stood on the Southern depot platform near an empty gasoline barrel when a lit match dropped through the bung. The barrel exploded tearing a roof corner and badly injuring 16 year old Jack Dempsy whose nose and eye were damaged. he is recovering.

Walauga Jack Dempsy

Johnson City Traction Extends Watauga Avenue Switch

The Johnson City Traction Company extends the switch on Watauga avenue by about seventy five feet to allow three cars to pass more easily.

Johnson City Traction Co Watauga Avenue

Holiday Goods At Win. Silver & Co. Shines In Display

Johnson City merchants push early shopping with the largest holiday lines in years. Win. Silver & Co. showcases sterling silver, brass novelties, cut glass, china, clocks, and musical goods. The firm aims to remain East Tennessee’s leading jewelry and art store with stock far above average and prices described as right.

Johnson City Win. Silver & Co East Tennessee

Dave Moser Suffers Broken Nose in Practice Game

David Moser wore a football badge on his face after sustaining a broken nose during a Friday practice game preparing to face Bristol. The incident paused play but his ambition to compete remains undimmed as the report notes his family and life insurance plans. the quote from Puck adds a political aside about last campaign support.

David Moser Bristol Puck

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