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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1906
Page
3
The Uneka Handle Company proposes paying 38.00 per card for all dead last hickory brought in. The notice specifies required dimensions of 4 inches or longer, aiming for pieces up to 38 inches. The text is garbled but indicates a purchase offer and size requirements.
A historical directory lists multiple churches with addresses and service times. It names pastors, parsonages, Sunday School hours, prayer meetings, and sermon schedules across many congregations including Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, and Reformed churches, with location cues and weekly meeting details.
Real estate dealer Henry DeArmond and others advertise buying selling and renting property. Frequent social and travel notes include visits by Miss Bessie Lyle to Bristol, Mr. and Mrs. Edie Wade returning home, and Mrs. Rhoda Scott and Melba Scott visiting Rogersville. Cultural events include a Thursday musicale at Hotel Carnegie with Mrs Nicholson, and a dressmaking opening by Hart & Houston Store. Also noted are business shifts in Johnson City and regional societal updates with church and political snippets.
Good of the Club names numerous members across departments including Finance Transportation Advertising Insurance and Parks and Public Improvements. The next regular meeting is Monday night September 17 at 7 30 p.m with urges for every commitsman and especially every chairman to attend and report if possible.
The bank reports a prosperous condition at close of business with deposits up about 40,000 since the last department call, total resources around 51,719.55, and cash on hand exceeding 75,000. The article profiles Hunter, a longtime city businessman in real estate and insurance, praising his leadership and reliability.
The fragment shows capital stock paid in 0,000.0 bay insurance fund 700.00, undivided profits, items like hemand certificates of deposit and United States deposits totaling 45,000.00, with unclear figures and misspellings indicating a partial financial statement.
On Friday morning a house on Unska avenue owned by K C Hunter and J J Galloway was destroyed by fire. Occupants included the Ledger family. Mr Ledger was away. The fire started in a second floor room, discovered in flames by neighbors, and the building was practically destroyed though much of the household goods were saved. The text notes a line of xenoglyphs and mentions Beckner door to City Drug Store.
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