Local News Briefs from Town and Vicinity
Miss Mollie Odell visits Jonesboro while Mrs Cloyd visits Tonesboro and H L Williams goes to Knoxville. Thomas Wellborne visits Knoxville this week and Mrs L Taggart leaves for Bristol. O P Gass, cashier of Elizabeth ton Bank, in the city this week. Episcopal Mission services Sunday evening in October. Mr and Mrs Campbell visit Greene County home. Rev Baxter to preach at Greeneville Sunday. J A White leaves for Atlanta to take a position. Miss Tda Wright of Bristol visits her uncle J W Millard on Fairview Ave. One share Mag eel stock offered at office. Rev J B Stone of Hosssville visits W F Riley. Rev Hale preaches at Buffalo Ridge. Capt C T Bayless of Knoxville visits homefolks. Squire George R Duncan of Fall Branch visits sister Mrs J B Lady. W Johnson of Greeneville back in town on business. Morrell & Williams man Thomas Williams on business, Wednesd ay. Col W P Brownlow of Jonesboro supervises telephone exchange. United Brethren hold services next Sunday night led by Rev D J Nelson. Col W P Harris offered lucrative Plant System position. Ladies Aid to serve ice cream and oysters Friday 4 to 10. Miss Alvin Crouch from Carrollton leaves for Pall Branch Tenn to visit Dr Geo R Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cloyd
Tonesboro
H. L. Williams
Knoxville
Thomas Wellborne
L. Taggart
Bristol
O.P. Gass
Elizabethton Bank
Episcopal Mission
G. F. Campbell
Greene County
F. P. Baxter
Greeneville
J. A. White
Atlanta
Tda Wright
Bistol
J. W. Millard
Fairview Avenue
J. B. Stone
Hossville
W. F. Riley
Tucker's Ridge
Rev. Hale
Buffalo Ridge
Antioch
C.T. Bayless
J. W. Bayless
Brush Creek
George R. Duncan
Fall Branch
J. B. Lady
W. Johnson
William Snapp
Thomas Williams
Morrell & Williams
Stony Creek
W. P. Brownlow
Jonesboro
United Brethren
D.J. Nelson
P. E
Col. W. P. Harris
Ladies’ Aid Society
First Presbyterian Church
Campbell, Cass & Co
Alvin Crouch
Carrollton, Mo
J. B
Second Avenue
Pall Branch
Tenn
Geo, R. Duncan
Flour and patent medicine testimonials in a 19th century ad
The ad touts Gold Dust flour and Ayer's Hair Vigor with customer testimonial from D P Davis of Neal's Landing Florida. It also mentions Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder winning awards at the World's Fair. The piece presents product endorsements and prize claims in a compact promotional card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Price
Runaway marriage and local notices in October issue
A.J. Sollark and Miss Mattie Lilly wed in a runaway ceremony on October 8. The Epworth League held a devotional meeting, with officer elections planned at the next gathering. Various visitors arrived, including O. J. Kengiwell from Chicago selling books, and John Little from Peabody selling machinery. Local deaths and illnesses cited amid drought conditions. A liberty bell sighting drew a crowd. multiple residents reported illnesses from stagnant water. Notices include shipper activity, railroad workers, and upcoming sermons. A catarrh remedy ad warns against mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.J. Sollark
Mattie Lilly
Epworth League
O. J. Kengiwell
Chicago
John Little
Peabody
Mass
Watauga Tanning Co
B. Dudley Duncan
Will Martin
Harvey Waynes
Lick Creek Church
Watangs Valley Lumber Co
Edward
Washington
Eva Emmert
Elizabethton
Cordie Thompson
Turkeytown
Tucker
Rheatown
Smalling School
James Osborne
M. Ey Church
G. W. St. John
J. R. Hendrix
Plimmer
John Rumley
Enoch Rumley
Piney Plats
G. L. Scott
Southern Railroad
Old Taberty Htell and the Great Liberty Bell Visit
An era old Liberty Bell toured Johnson City on Sunday en route to Atlanta. It arrived at 3:01 and stayed about ten minutes drawing six thousand spectators. The crowd’s welcome was led by banners and a school procession was briefly altered by Capt. Hager. Col. Matson’s daughter posed on the bell and a local poet praised the moment. The Bristol Courier praised Johnson City as the first stop of the tour. County Court in Jonesboro approved land for a county farm and ordered a rock crusher and engine for road work. Ads and notices reference medicine and local personnel changes amid worn ties to a wreck earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oonkards
Willelevine
Knobreek
Shaw's Chapel
RB. R. Bay- Teas
Sunslay Sinnta
Hayes
Nauk
Johnson City
Indian Ridge
Speirs
Taberty
Atlanta
Inston
Hager
Col. Matson
H. H. Hyder
Bristol Courier
Bristol
Jonesboro
F. ©. Austin Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Ill
General Missionary Convention Opens in Dallas October 18
Public notices announce the General Missionary Convention to be held in Dallas Texas from October 18 to 25. The Southern railway will sell tickets October 16 at a first class limited fare for the round trip with return limited to October 30 1895. Ramon’s Nerve and Bone Oil is advertised as a cure for rheumatism cuts sores barns and bruises for asc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Southern Railway
Ramon
Asc
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York
Hamilton Brown
Dana
Hegtal
Piedmont
Tennessee
Ivery
Old Jobé Stable
Buffalo Street
Piedmont Hotel
Ors_ford
W.C, Snapp
M’o’r
Buck Mountain Lumber Compadiy
C. D. Collins
W. P. Cooper
U. Megahyn
Geo
E. Gorale
PF. Can
J. L. Cooper
C. F. Camp
A. Megahan
Millaon Buck Mountain
Soow
South Bristol
Een Ee
George Blevins
Are
Mr. Gray
Brownsville
Texs
Owen
Joux T Gray
Price
Mollie Odell
Ayer
Laura C. Phoeos
Milwaukee
Wis
Miles’ Nervine
LaGrippe
Mirk
Miles
Nervine
Foutz
Hienam
Cate
Peevent
Peevent Hooptr Vowlers
Peereet Waren
Porniare
Ane
Dakar
N. M. Taylor
Teistar
Waai
Lake George St James
Charles Monroe Parsons
Pikeville
Hlemora Iselin Horn
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
C. N. Jones
Girard
Ala
O. H. Markwood
J. M. Brown
Markwood
Chattanooga
J. M. Thomas
Brown
A. J. Tucker
Bristol News
Mates Pere
Johnson ciTy College and Novice Institute
Praci
Waleye
Pulritulin
Sven
Bridgeport Brass CO
Bridgeport
A. Summers
W. J. Barton
Montevista
J-E.brading
Clary
JNY
Bestor
Aciing
Sisom
Ter Eae
Frank W. Floyd
Sollee
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!