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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
3
Local notices report Jackson's offering fresh meats, fish, and oysters this week plus fresh month varieties and advertisements urging customers to visit. Several names travel or visit nearby towns. town politics and real estate moves are noted along with church and civic events. The item highlights local merchants and community notices.
Jas Range buys residence on Pine Street and Wm Gales purchases home on Spring Avenue. Rev A A Ferguson family to return and occupy a Johnson City residence. I DeArmond aids Tue Comer locally but unpaid. Clyde Keys loses two fingers at McColam factory. Bristol Paving Co starts granolithic paving on Main Street and works on Watauga Avenue sidewalk. R L and B Broner store sold to Johnson City Mercantile Co effective Jan 1 1908. An upcoming issue promises a promising advertisement to boost business.
Knoxville visitors bring surprises to Gov and Mrs Taylor while the community mourns Mrs Shawver, a Cox sister, in Virginia. Linville lands Soldiers Home office bid. Johnson City Water Co chartered to supply the home. New houses rise on Willow, Harrie, Roan, and Holston avenues as local families prepare for autumn events. Captain Henry Lyle dies at Johnson City aged about 65, last editor C H Lyle mourns. Washington report hints at Brownlow's influence over federal patronage and Tennessee politics.
City council forms site committee for a new city hall with three plots under consideration. The parcels are opposite City Stables on Ashe Cherry and Buffalo streets, H W Carr lot at West Market and Boone, and West Main street lot behind Hotel Greenwood. A quiet wedding Friday at the Hyder home joined Addie Hyder to Geo Barnes with attendants Clyde Keys Nora Goforth John Wheeler Allie Crowell.
Mrs Taylor Dyer died at her city home after a brief illness. Funeral held at the residence with Rev. Ferguson and Stuart officiating. Interment at Oak Grove cemetery. Also notes contracts for houses and a veneer mill project in Bristol area.
The Group of Stars brings Dr. Homer T. Wilson to the Opera House on Tuesday evening for his new lecture Sparks from the Anvil. His past season work has made him a popular entertainer with a magnetic style and humorous flow. Reserved seats are at H C Miller's drug store.
From Watauga Tenn Cot 2 Work on the new steel bridge is being pushed. Mrs B A Yensor wife of the manager arrived last week from Lehigh Pa to be with tor hunb and the bridge incomplete. W B Reynolds arrived here from Promo Cal on the night of the 14th. The first quarterly meeting for the new conference year will be held here next Saturday and Sunday. John Milone whose mind has been unbalanced and who has, in consequence been unable to work for some time, will be sent to the poorhouse today. Hon C Taylor of Milligan was here last Saturday on business. B J Bitton was here last Saturday on business for the Johason City Foundry and Machine Works. D S Bowers traveling salesman for W B Lockett Co of Bristol was here yesterday. Married at 4 p m Outieth at the home of the bride Ma W B Raynolds of California and Miss Ethel lane Reese youngest daughter of
The Southern Methodist Conference last week pledged $1,000 to support Dr RB N Price for the coming year so he may devote full time to writing the history of Holston Conference. When published, the history will belong to the conference and any resulting funds will aid superannuated preachers.
An old newspaper ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pill claiming to banish weakness and fatigue, boost energy and mental power, sold for 2 cents per box at the city drug store. It also notes a curious estimate that hairpins serve 147 different purposes for women.
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