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!
This newspaper page contains 11 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1898
Page
3
Local ad notes City Drug Store offers school tablets and lard cans, Jacksons sells fresh meats and produce, Gold Dust flour and Winona hose praised, Galliler Co flour mentioned, and a second hand piano for sale. Crumley confined to his room per local notice. War tax cuts referenced with no detail.
Notices report telephony complaints from subscribers in Johnson City Tenn urging the company to restrict in-home connections to immediate family or remove phones. Included are local notices from Aug 1898 and various social items about residents visiting, births, and the Winona stockings campaign. The text also mentions Mahala Mullins, a known moonshiner, marrying Sam Johnson in Hancock County and a general mix of community notices.
Prospective buyer in Johnson City offers to pay 10.00 to 12.00 per thousand feet for round logs with bark. Accepts single logs or larger lots. Logs must be 28 inches and up at the small end and 10 to 16 feet long. Wants two or more carload shipments at other railroad stations. TeHAt JAS A MARTIN
Local notice urges attendance at the Big Fair and directs readers to contact their merchant for a catalogue. The brief emphasizes visiting merchant stalls and obtaining pricing or product details.
The column lists patent medicines including Chamberlain s Golic Cholera and Diarrhora Remedy and Syrup of Figs with warnings about fake cures. It notes Rider D T Buck of Warsaw Ky preaching at the Christian Church next Sunday morning. Visitors Miss May Lyon Nannie Lyon Annie Lynn Ada Lynn Effie Smith and others picnic at Austin Springs. Oak Hill Cemetery Association calls for cleanup Wednesday morning September 7. Democratic party notices invite county and district meetings on September 3 and 8 with Baxter Taylor slated to speak.
Mr E T Hart travels to Eastern markets and returns with a full stock for Hart and Smith of dress goods trimmings notions and shoes. The firm promises stylish goods at affordable prices and urges readers to watch their Tuesday Cosmo advertisement for details.
Indications point to rapid progress as the furnace project moves closer to blasting. Owners notify neighboring land users to vacate and an active region mood grows, with ore coke and limestone to be placed on the ground over the coming weeks.
Governor Taylor has fallen ill after returning from Nashville and remains in bed under doctor W J Miller care. Attorney A A Cox reports all bank collections for the First National Bank except two. after asset liquidation a 24 percent dividend is expected, with 35 percent already paid. New county officers assume duties Monday with two changes: C S Mason becomes county court clerk and Vines succeeds A M Stuart as register. Sheriff Pritchett and Trustee Byrd are re elected. Foy Dulaney continues as circuit court clerk.
William Lilly hosted a birthday dinner in Rock Hill for his 68th birthday drawing 105 attendees. Guests enjoyed cake and flowers as families gathered to rejoice. Also noted are local trades, school teaching start, river melon harvests, and new Little Town store openings.
A collage of items from Ward and Friberg includes cure and health ads, a Bristol fatality at a rail yard, bank receivership notices for Johnson City with a Middlesborough contact, a social at the Miller home with Misses DeArmond Miller and Klepper, a Dr Miles Pain Pills promo, Titan ship sinking near River Styx, and Clarksville tobacco crop reports noting unusually large leaves and potential yard-long plants.
In Johnson City and Bristol regions, notices include a photography order offer with 27 cents for a dozen photos, a 50 cent Platine finish option, and a guarantee of lasting quality. Local posts report Rev J D Tadlock visiting Bristol relatives, soldiers from Company D 4th Tennessee returning from furlough, a new postmaster appointment for Wm N Thompson, and Baptist church leadership changes. The Imperial hotel in Knoxville is changing hands from R W Farr to McNulty with W T Ortzel arriving.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.