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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1903
Page
2
Mixed dispatches detail hospital construction at a Holston Home site including the administration building progress, septic tank and laundry operations, and staff changes. Separate items report a resurrected Holston Methodist history volume, church debt and a public appeal for funds to save the church, plus local notes on politics, journalism, and domestic life.
Rapid progress reported on barracks and upper floors with weeks of work left before completion. Dining hall described as 218 by 74 feet with three entrances and 28 radiators. heat and steel racks to support History District staff. A court, on September 28, 1903, ordered a hearing for October 13, 1903, in Knoxville, to consider a petition, with notice to creditors by mail.
An ad touts Scott's Emulsion with a testimonial of weight gain from twelve pounds for a twelve pound purchase and free sample offer. The piece notes a Tennessee politician resigning an office due to staying at home, as reported by the Birmingham News.
George J Carter leads a $3.5 million corporation the Crane's Nest Co to seize Virginia coal lands and build a coal transport line from the mines to tidewater. Carter serves as president with an all star board including Evans Dick, George Blakistone, P J Lisman, Nelson Perin, Otto Barnard, Miles White Jr, Samuel Hunt, and Midh Reymont Mandelbaum. The plan extends the South and Western Railway from Johnson City toward Spruce Pine and the coast, with a northward link to the coal fields and a Seaboard Air Line connection anticipated.
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