The Comet Will and Allan Harris Return from Knoxville
Miss Daisie May Pierre invites in Elizabethton this week as The Comet Will and Allan Harris return from Knoxville.
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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1900
Page
3
Miss Daisie May Pierre invites in Elizabethton this week as The Comet Will and Allan Harris return from Knoxville.
Will Gilderslooye visits his parents in the city for a few weeks. Mrs. O. B. Clark of Birmingham is visiting Dr E. A. Long. Water rents due by October 15 threaten disconnection. Water company warns against waste and leaks. Notices on property purchases and local commerce. Stray dog sought with Liberal reward. Local ads urge Gold Dust flour, gasoline, and hardware. Salesmen sought for oils and paints. Typhoid study notes and medical society meeting reported. Senator Daniels will speak at Bristol, with a planned Jolson City appearance. Union meetings for WCTU this winter scheduled. Nathaniel Peoples, jailed for murder, dies in prison. Moris and Longmires obituary notices, pastor schedules, and public library events. An excursion Bristol to Chattanooga scheduled for Oct 22-23.
The page combines a broad array of fall and winter stock highlights from Hart and Houston, promoting underwear, ribbed vests, wool ensembles, and children’s hats at Old Time Prices. It also carries a lengthy election notice detailing voting districts, officers, and clerk roles for Washington County Tennessee on November 1, 1900, plus a note about the Opera Co. of New York presenting Olivette at the Opera House October 18 with ticket prices.
Train schedules show depart Johnson City at 6 15 a m and reach Chattanooga at 6 80 p m with ample time to visit local attractions. Round trip fare is 2 96. Fare respects both white and colored passengers. For details contact the Southern Railway Ticket Agent.
The Jackson family gathered at The Oaks, the Tama homestead, on Sunday for an old fashioned reunion. It was the first time in twenty six years the whole family had been together, recalling life in the fifties before the railroads reached Tama.
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