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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1893
Page
5
Local column lists residents visiting Bristol and Abingdon, court attendance in Blountville, and travel through Johnson City area. Social events include a Christmas sale and supper, a musical at Johnson City Institute, and a ladies club program with multiple performances. Advertisements offer school supplies, books, and a hat promotion with a doll gift.
The Fortnightly Social Circle met at Dr and Mrs J W Cox residence with members including Mr and Mrs George Dr and Mrs Cox Mr and Mrs J E Brading Mr and Mrs Stevens Mr and Mrs J B Cox Mr and Mrs W J Exum and Mr and Mrs S W Wilson Miss Florence Harris hosted a Proresssive Needle Threading event with attendees Miss Chandler Carr Wilson Shortridge Wofford Armbrust St John Duncan and others at a separate Crokinole Club reception hosted by Alice and Mary Carr featuring Florence Harris Wilson Harrison Miller Hoskins Whitaker Hambright Gentry and many more. The Monday Hyenia Club hosted an elegant dinner and literary program at Mrs Crandall's home with members sharing duties and a customary dinner for husbands.
Robbery occurred in Cranberry North Carolina at Elk Park two miles from town on a Saturday night. W B Bowers store broken into and fifteen pistols and five guns stolen along with boxes of cartridges and other items. Police believe an organized gang active in North Carolina and Tennessee is behind the theft.
Hon Robert P Porter president of the Co operative Town Company and James Dubois editor owner of Inventive Ave Washington toured Bristol last night returning to Elizabethton to arrange for an approaching payment on the companys land. The town company faces the national money stringency and plans to relinquish outer farms in the original purchase to meet obligations and complete the town site payment.
A morning union service at the Baptist Church starts at 10 am with five short addresses by Rev. Vines Coleman Cowan and others on topics including national greatness, dangers, Christian progress at home and abroad, and temperance. A special song service will follow. all are invited.
The death of Mrs W A Dickinson at Greeneville after years of consumptive illness is reported. A Christian and longtime M E Church South member, she leaves a husband and many relatives. Funeral held at the M E Church South with Mr W S Neighbors officiating. burial in Old Cemetery. A local ad section follows.
E B Smart of New York contemplates buying a 24000 acre tract in Southeastern Tennessee near the Tennessee River from a syndicate led by Representative Mo Millin. The deal, once thought stalled by title issues, is said to have a clear title now. The land holds coal stone and timber and will employ immigrants to mine quarry and farm. Foreign capitalists are reportedly intrigued, and the project signals broader Southern investment plans. It may take weeks to finalize.
The item lists arrivals and departures around November 28 1893. Bennett boards in Knoxville with winter goods. Faucette travels to Piney Flats. Mrs E V Jackson and mother return to Christiansburg VA. W V Magee departs for Grayson County VA to sell Maryland Nursery fruit trees. the Watauga family plans to spend time at Lykens PA. George L D Smith and brother set up a sawmill near Williams Island to process logs. the stern wheel boat George L Shaner built by George Humphreys leaves for Knoxville with a ten man crew led by Wm Reynolds as master, John Knapp as mate, and Shaner as cook.
Bloomingdale Tenn Nov 27 With regret we chronicle the death of Mrs Wesley Ketron She was seventy seven On Sunday last she was hurried at the camp ground two miles east of this place There she consecrated herself to be and has lived a devout Christian life The husband of eighty seven survives her She is the mother of the Rev Samuel G Ketron
Meale offers 25 cent meals at Mrs. M. M. Brown and promotes B B cigars at Cafe Brunswick. Miss Mary Bachman showcases millinery and invites ladies to browse while Faucette Co. sells coffee sugar and more. Counterfeit railroad tickets flood Chicago lines, $200,000 seized, total losses possibly $500,000, Crandall & Wor handle rewards.
The fragment references attorney general candidates, Wan supporters in the county, and unopposed nomination for chancellor. It notes antistruction to district people and few reversals by Judge at higher court, attributed to Judge Smith.
A proposed sleeper service would run from New York to Bound Brook New Jersey via Jersey Central then to Philadelphia via Reading. From Philadelphia it reaches Shenandoah Junction then Bristol Town and on to New Orleans via the East Tennessee Virginia Georgia with a forty hour trip. The Royal Blue Line on the Washington segment may be used.
Miss Mattie Henderson, one of Johnson City's finest young ladies, visited Knoxville yesterday for a reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. W A Henderson. She returned home this afternoon to the regret of many friends who enjoyed her short stay and expect to see her again.
The Hancock county proposition to issue bonds did not reach the required two thirds. Returns were incomplete but sufficient to show failure. The editor laments the result, noting hard times and urging readers to plan travel routes and consider Wisconsin Central lines for trips to St Paul, Minneapolis, Ashland, West Superior, and Duluth. Tickets should read via Wisconsin Central Lines. Jas O Porn, Milwaukee. Wheat price and boot shop ads follow.
Dr Hartman leads a nationwide effort by The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co to provide a complete one month course of catarrh treatment at no charge. Patients may continue correspondence until cured with no costs. pamphlets and a free catarrh book are sent on request. Local ads promote bakery and shoe stores amid promotional copy.
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