Norfolk and Western agent honored on 74th birthday
Nobert Mitchell former Am agent at Uncle Jack Crumley's shop celebrated his 74th birthday this week at Palls Mille Virginia. The piece mentions a new concrete memorial around the Monsey Memorial church lot and cement walks to entrances with marble steps.
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Nobert
Mitchell
Jack” Crumley
Norfolk and Western Am
Palls Mille
Kiehl
Mond
Virginia
May Medical College
Monsey
Thoroughbred Tramp at Hippodrome October 2nd
Local notes show many residents visiting Bristol and nearby towns. J M Martin returned from Philadelphia while Mrs Chas Y Daederick and others planned trips. Dr J W Cox was elected second vice president of the East Tennessee Medical Society at Newport.
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Hippodrome Opera House
Mattie Powell
Bristol
J. W. Cox
East Tennessee Medical Society
Newport
Rail work prompts moves to centralize freight facilities
Local notices discuss rapid railroad developments with plans to move freight depot, build yard tracks and connect lines through the city. Caroli- 1870 hardware ads and passenger service are noted, along with travel by residents and theater listings.
Local Social Roundup Highlights Visitors and Events
Mrs Gay H Shown entertained Dr Doggett of Texas and wife as relatives and friends gathered in Greenville. Notables include J B Brading building a West Main corner storehouse and a Watauga Valley Farmers Club meeting slated for October 3. Camp Good Luck party at Walnut street featured autumn decor and a bonfire spread with many local households represented.
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Mra. Gay H. Shown
Dr. Doggett
Texas
Miss Hayes
Fred Johnson
Greenville
Spring Street
J. B. Brading
West Main
Boone Streets
J. L. Pile
John W. Pile
Chattanooga
Tempsie
Ruby Baxter
Walnut Street
O.G. Schenk
Sam Garr
Misees Nema Deming
Knoxville
Reggie Crawford
Cordelle
Elizabeth
Nellie
Sarah Gelersleeve
Kathleen Gaunt
Bessie Slaughter
Roma
Regina Eiseman
Mesars Lit $Wood
Walter Miller
Harry Miller
Wiley Eaton
George Burbage
Paul Carr
Will Miller
H. A. Reagan
C. Miller
Bridge awakening on north track near Johnson City
Evacuation notices issued for nearby buildings as work begins on a massive steel bridge eight miles north of Johnson City at Boones Creek. Crews lay track and erect steel superstructure in a months‑long project expected to connect with northern rail lines once the bridge nears completion. Large steel deliveries arrive this week to support the mammoth construction effort.
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O. H. Vialls
Mountain City
Star Planing Mills
Elizabethton
W. O. Hodge
Memphis
Clyde
Wainy
Johnson City
Boones Creek Bridge
Candidate Tillman Will Speak Here
Hon G N Tillman the Republican candidate for governor will address the public in Johnson City at the Hippodrome Opera House on Wednesday October 7 2008 at 1 o clock.
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G. N. Tillman
Johnson City
Hippodrome Opera House
Street guides adopted by city directives
At a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, Ash and Walnut streets from West to Spring and Union and Wall from Walnut to Cherry were adopted according to profiles from the Unaka Corporation. The company will guide the streets immediately, especially near the Government post office plot.
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Sammers-Harrottta
Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad
Hardware Co
R. R. Co
Union Depot
Buffalo Street
Cherry and
Bufalo Streets
Big Spring
Stevens Bros
Spring Street
Board of Aldermen
Cherry Street
Gange Road
Ash
Walnut
Union
Wall
Cherry
Unaka Corporation
Daughters Plan Monument Trip With D A R Delegates
Mrs. J. H. McQuire Mia Joseph Owen and others traveled by train to Johnson City to meet John Sevier D A R and Bonnie Kate D A R delegates. They toured Sycamore Shoals and historic grounds recalling frontier events and two chapters hosted a reception at Mrs. FE Reading’s home in Johnson City.
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J. H. McQne
Mia
Joseph Owen
Hal Lewis
Robert Gray
Johnson City
John Sevier
Donson City
Bonnie Kate
D.A.R
Knoxville
Sycamore Shoals
Patr. Ferguson
Bonnie Kate Sherrell
Jack Sevier
Johoe City
McArthur Brothers Win Contract to Build C C and O Road
McArthur Brothers of New York awarded the contract to build the C C and O line from Bostic North Carolina to Spartanburg South Carolina a distance of 42 miles The firm advertises plans to complete the work in five months and commence construction promptly.
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McArthur Bros
New York
Bostic
N. C
Spartanburg
Enblet
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Brading & Marshall
Hippodroke Opera House
Jed Carlton
Millers Drug Store
J. P. Briscoe
Ed Rogan
Presbyterian Church
W. W. Kirkpatrick
Hamblen County
Geo. T. Wofford
Baltimore
Joe Horton
Town
M. L. Fox
Mias Margie Kyle
Mra
Bob Kilby
G. W. Seaver
Blountville
Hippodrome
Bessie Bishop
Mayberry
Daniels
Frank A. Parker
Geo. E. Wiley
Jim Thomas
Lynchbury
Clarance Painter
Pulaski, Va
Harry D. Miller
B.D. Parsons
J. E. Parsone
Pinoola
Fl. Weiler
I. Cooper
Emma Lee
Martha Washington
Porticulars
the Hippodrome Opera House
Netz
Toleda Blade
Christian Church
Gump
R. Davinia
Patton Drug Co
Geo
L. Carter and Son
Hillsville
M. Thomas
Vint Thomas
Miss Patton
Noah T. Vaught
Dandridge
B. Vaught
W. E. F. Milburn
Ralph J. Miller
Greeneville
Hippodrome Opera
D. L. Million
Washington County
Charlie Beasley
Gov. Smith
Soldiers Home
South
Fredrik the Great Magician
Golden West
Tracy & Carter
Tillman
Street Guides
McArthur Brothers
Quitin
Soolkang Boo
Arrett Hardware Company
Cait Bol
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