Local notes from Greene County to Washington and Bristol
Local items report John L. Davia visiting Knox ville and numerous friends in Greene County. Misses Mary and Mabel Gildersleeve visit Greensboro Alabama. Mrs L A Bittle returns from Newport. RTL Bruner back in Knoxville after visiting. Mrs J W Matthews and daughter visit Washington DC. Mrs Chas Taylor returns from Embreeville. Haskett Wood returns from Memphis with Manous for Scottiat Rite degrees. Mrs Guy L Smith returns from Rogesville to nurse. Mrs Cass stays with her mother in Johnson City en route to New York to study voice. Also notes on George Barr McCutcheon novel Grills lark and Mrs Robert Love Taylor in Washington. An ad promotes Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion and safe use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5. A. Bowman
Greene County
Mary and
Mabel Gildersleeve
Greensboro
Ala
L A. Bittle
Newport
R. TL. Bruner
Knoxville
J. W. Matthews
Miss Mitéred
Washington D. C
Chas. Taylor
Gen
Mrs. Taylor
Embreeville
Haskett Wood
Memphis
Guy L. Smith
Rogesville
Mer
Cass
Hick M of M Company Stove Wood Delivery
Advertisement notes good oak and hickory stove wood cut and promptly delivered. Includes phone numbers 1215 and 1425-11 for Hick Manufacturing Co.
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Hick M
Nations normal student body spans nineteen counties
Eighteen Tennessee counties and one West Tennessee county are represented in the 1st Tennessee state normal student body. Meals during the first four weeks cost eleven and one half cents each, or 1.60 for the period. Dr. Sam Bright and Mrs. Dr. McCrary of Norfolk Virginia visit their gravely ill mother Mrs. J. M. Bright in Chuckey.
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Tennessee
West Tennessee
Tennessee State Normal
Chuckey
Sam Bright
Dr. McCrary
Norfolk
J. M. Bright
Right
Milligan College Reports Record Enrollment
Professor T. K. Utterback, Milligan College president, said work at the college is progressing well and the roll is larger than in previous years. The college, under the Christian church, has been established for thirty five years.
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T. K. Utterback
Milligan College
Millian College
The
Christian Church
Southern Railway to Dispatch Trains by Telephone
Vice-President and General Manager Coapman announces that the Southern Railway will extend its telephone dispatch system along the Knoxville division from Chattanooga to Knoxville, a distance of about one hundred eleven miles, to raise efficiency.
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Coapman
Southern Railway Company
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Youth's Companion Calendar for 1912 Preview
The Youth's Companion will, for subscribers paying 191% for 1912, present a beautiful calendar. The cover features a watercolor of New England coast with breeze swept ocean and sunny attire. Eight colors reproduce the original tones faithfully.
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Magland
Preacher Killed Rabbit Hunting in East Tennessee
Knoxville dispatch reports Rev. Henry Brooks, a prominent East Tennessee pastor, was killed yesterday afternoon at Cedar Fork in Claiborne county when his rifle accidentally fired during a rabbit hunt. The tragedy ends a long life of local ministry. The notice includes an unrelated advertisement for Cham berslain's Cough Remedy.
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Knoxville
Henry Brooks
East Tennessee
Cedar Fork
Claiborne County
Rail office move and salary boosts noted in Erwin
The Erwin Magnet reports U S & O rail office staff will relocate from Johnson City to Erwin this month. J & O Ry shop workers received a voluntary raise on November 1, applauded by the company and their faithful employees. Levy Phetteplace, now in charge after M J Cupples resignation, is praised for handling road affairs and may rise to president in time.
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Johnsonity
Uhe Rail, Foul Company
M. J. Cuples
U.S
D& 10
Ryu Levy Phetteplace
Phetteplace
Phietleplace
Old Soldiers' checks mailed to Johnson City pensioners
A $51 402.86 check was mailed to 1 203 pensioners at the Old Soldiers' Home in Johnson City from the local pension agency in the federal building. Payments began last Saturday and continued today as officials distribute funds after the checks arrive.
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Johnson City
Old Soldiers
Federal
Knoxville
Former Johnson City Officer to be Sent to Virginia
Marion Wilson a former Johnson City police officer held since Saturday for stabbing Charles Sellers will go to Virginia without requisition papers. Sellers was stabbed in the left lung. Wilson once was regarded as a top Johnson City officer. He is married with a family. his aged father aided him. He will cross into Bristol Virginia for a preliminary hearing and expects to post bail.
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Bristol
Marion Wilson
Johnson City
Charles Sellers
Virginia
Sellers
Wilson
Dulaney Appears in Supreme Court After Embezzlement Charge
Knoxville reports Foy W. Dulaney, jailed for embezzlement, appeared in the state supreme court after appealing a Washington county sentence. The court affirmed the lower court’s decision, ruling on an indictment described as among the first in the case.
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Knoxville
Foy W. Dulaney
State
Washington County
Supreme Court
Two Convicts Escape From Main Prison
Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 4 Charles Burch of Knox county and Will Harris of Davidson, each serving 20 years, escaped tonight from the penitentiary. Burch, the prison electrician in charge of the powerhouse, cut the lights. They used a ladder Urey had built and sealed the walls, and have not yet been captured.
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Nashville
Tenn
Charles Burch
Knox County
Will Harrris
Davidson
Burch
Urey
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Dosser Bros
Millinery
John L. Davia
Mins Rhea Hunter
New York
Herald Courier
George Barr McQutcheon
Grillslark
Messrs
Baker & Castle
Robert Love Taylor
Mr. St. John
Washington
Stoneleight Court
Samuel Beverly Williamson
Sentinal
Chamberlain
Milligan
Otograph
Ator
W. Z. Harshbarger
Red Cross
Summers-Parrott How Co
Haskett
King Building
Preacher
Francis Turpin
Junction City
Ore
Erwin Magnet
Walter H. Robertson
Unicoin Construction Company
Hostetter
Ee Sa
Hoss & Hoss
New Telephone
Harrow
Johanon City
Denn
Ward & Friberg
Meat Choppers
Kately
Summers-Parrott Hardware CO
Johnson City, Tennesseee
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