Local notices and social notes from Johnson City area
Snippets report visits by Miss Lula Butler Miss Mae Smith and others. local movements include Miss Florence Beckner from Anilins College and Ethel Mathes from Washington visiting relatives. Car killed by train at Roan street crossing. library hours change. Halloween party planned. building contract for a storehouse. legal suit in federal court involving Norfolk and Western.
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Lula Butler
Jonesboro
J. R. Taylor
N. W. Taylor
Asheville
Mae Smith
Henderson
N. O
Lila Taylor
Pine ‘Street
Ethel Mathes
Washington,d. C
Taylor
Maple Street
Mary Wagner
Joe
Mountain, Crycesta
Carlo
P. H. Wofford
Roan Street
L. B. Caldwell
M. E
New York
Lusk
Will Hodge
Brower McKeen
Norfolk & Wester Railway Company
Abingdon
Sam Lusk
Norfolk and Western
West Virginia
Aunt Katie Caruthers Dies In Jolson City Home
Aunt Katie Caruthers, a longtime Jolson City resident living alone in a northern log cabin, died Tuesday afternoon at about 90. She retained a life interest after selling her farm during the boom. the land passes to Dr. J. H. Preas. She was well known and liked by old inhabitants despite her peculiarities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katie Caruthers
Jolson City
J. H. Preas
Katie
Watauga
Tenn
Comer
J. E. Kennedy
Cushing
W. Va
Geo. A. McLane
Greene County
Oscar Ferrall
Ferrall
Richard Garner
Chicago
Elizabethton
L. B. Moulton
Boston
W. T. Plummer
Knoxville
Mr. Plummer
Lynchburg
Johnson City Library Moves to New Building
The Johnson City Public Library relocates to a new building near Hawkins Brow occupying two rooms. Judge C. Hart provides a free room. The library reports a successful year with about 100 new books added and the Britannica encyclopedia. Revenue from entertainments and fees totals about 145 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Hawkins Brow
C. Hart
Orphanage Debt Paid and New Clothing Hub Opens
Mrs E B Wiley announced the Holston orphanage debt is fully paid as the institution expands with a proposed Baby Children Building to shelter more children. In Johnson City J A Parsons moves from Athens to open The Hub a clothing store on Public Square with stock from eastern markets.
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Holston 1
M. IE. Church
South
Bluefield
W. Va
E. B. Wiley
Holston
J. A. Paraous
Athens
Johnson City
Burrow
Market Street
Parsons
Hart Block
Hawkins Bros
Public Square
Mary Carriger obituary and local social notes
A community notice reports the death of Mary Carriger, oldest daughter of O. O. Carriger, after a long illness and burial by the Ruth House of Providence Society. It also covers social events including Mrs. Guy J. Smith hosting a second avenue gathering and Mrs. S. W. Wilson’s farewell tea before wintering in Alabama. A Nashville Banner item notes Bill Gillonwaters plans a congressional bid from the Fleet district as a free silver Republican challenger with strong bravado about defeating any opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Carriger
O. O. Carriger
Ruth
Guy J. Smith
Second Lavenue
Mra
W. Wilson
Alabama
Mra. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Congress
Nashville
Upper East Tennessee
Bill Gillonwaters
Fleet District
Bill
Lavish Knobside Wedding Sealed With Rural Banjo Feast
Two souls, Miss Mary Livingston and Mr Nat Adama, married on a hilltop knob near East Carnegie with M Jackson and Uncle Tennearee Adams as guides. Neighbors gathered for a porch ceremony shaped like a horseshoe, followed by a hearty dining room feast as lantern light and moonlit country life framed the union. Watauga notes report further local notices and two families moving to new homes, plus a baby’s death and local visits.
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M. Jackson
Tennearee Adams
East Carnegie
James Adams
Mary Livingston
Nat Adama
Tiney Able
Sam Sneed
Bob Bailey
The Jay From Jaysville At Opera House
Last Monday evening hundreds gathered to see the Jay from Jaysville. The performance is described as a theatrical failure with only the music rated decent and six in ten entertainment value not worth the fifty cent admission. The company is criticized as talentless and unengaging with post show ticket pitches and filler music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Jaysville
Opera
Brownlow Confers With Republicans In Nashville
About forty prominent Republicans met in Nashville to discuss party interests. Walter P. Brownlow dismissed claims of factional significance, calling the gathering a state and national conservation effort. A state at large delegate selection was not on the agenda. A parallel Evans supporters conference is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Friends
Walter P. Brownlow
Brownlow
Evans
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OY H, Lyle
Jaackson's
Kingan’s
Jackson's
White's
Ralston
J. H. Carr
Charles St. John
Chilhowie
Florence Beckner
Anilins College
W. King
Los Angeles
Cal
Will 'T
Erwin
Misa Mary Swadley
Marbleton
Brio
Messrs
Ward & Friberg
Nora Cunningham
Watauga Avenue
Stuart Street
County Board of Health
Bristol
Chae & Sanborn
Jones
Eunata
Junkwon's
P. O. Box
Covington
Allen
Japan
Agen AteriRiret
Ohio
Memphis
Vaughn
Connecticut Mutual Insurance Company
Tennesves
Ladies of the Public Library Association
Nettie C. Waggoner
Public Library
The
California Fig Syrup Co
Mila’ Nave
J. W. Cramley
OG. Gr City Coal Co
R. M
F. W. Dulaney
Mae
Armbrust & Smith’s
Jewel Eee
Lpt
Tearee
S. B. White
Main Street
W. W. Whiteside
Weyers
Squire
H. Gray
John H. Bowman
Jotee
U.S
Johnson City, Tenn
Aardwaire
Clover
Timothy Seed
Hammer
theEantu Ward
Friberg
Hong
Hart Building
J. W. Cass
Watauga Bank
Purdue
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