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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1901
Page
3
High prices fade as Jackson's advertises fresh meats oysters and groceries at low prices. Mentions Bristol visits by residents, holiday events, and local notices. Includes lost items, local trades, and community happenings amid Thanksgiving references and town commerce.
Rev J W Repans presided at a Sunday service as pastor Rev Jackson was called on by B S McGuire optician of Greenwood Hotel Johnson City for eye fittings. A fatality: Charlie Crumley, 18, died at relatives in Atlanta. Train schedule changes shift No 15 west and No 16 east. Pavements advance on Main and Watauga corridors. Miss Billie Lacy, 19, dies. services by Rev Ferguson. Continental Plant Co advertises berry plants with a free 120 page manual. M E Church South meetings progress with Rev S T Center and Rev A N Jackson. Six year old girl burns fatally near Elizabethton. Daniel Crow rescues. Carbograph Tracing Frame offered for color pictures. 20 cents No 1, 95 cents No 2. dealer network sought. Thanksgiving Dance at Hotel Carlisle. Recorder Ponder moves to Opera House block.
Pardue and Rogan announce the sale of their entire grocery stock and fixtures plus the lease on their Johnson City building. The business is established and profitable, with plans to open a department store, so only a buyer seeking an up to date grocery operation should invest.
Rev J A Ruble pastor of the M E Church married Miss Effie Mc Fall of South Knoxville at South Knoxville Presbyterian church. They reside at the parsonage in Knoxville. The Soldiers Home board plans a 60 acre purchase north of the reservation to gain a rear entrance, action in New York on the 30th inst. Also life of Andrew Johnson by Rev J S Jones issued, 400 pages, $1.50, agents sought in East Tennessee.
The city elected aldermen on Wednesday with Linville in ward one, Hart 120 and Jackson 62 in ward two, Sizemore 34 and Watson 31 in ward three, and Wofford 28 in ward four. The new board will be 6 Republicans and 2 Democrats. Linville and incumbents were present at the meeting. The city ordered Johnson City Street Railway to operate or lose its franchise, with a 12 month notice period for possible cancellation. The franchise remains unless the company reconstructs or stops service.
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