Local social notes report area residents in city visits and travels
A long list of residents and visitors appears, naming Mrs BE Hart, Willie McMurt, Charl en Lide, Miss Grace Bradfute, Mrs Charles Oxborne, Attorney George E Boren, Gen John T Wilder, Miss Lizzie Burleson, Judge John Limerley, Col H H Taylor, Mrs R M Barton, Miss Carrie Taylor, Fay W Dulaney, and many others on trips to Chattanooga Knoxville Bristol Morristown and Roan Mountain. Distinct movements include business trips, visits to relatives, and arrivals for festivities and official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Hart
Chattanooga
Willie McMurt
Bristol
Thomas Cox
Kentucky
Vel
Walter Brownlow
Galliler
Atlanta
Charlen Lide
Morristown
Grace Bradfute
Knoxville
Kirkpatrick
Charles Oxborne
RB. L. Bruner
George E. Boren
Eliza
Hethton
G. W
Edward Slater
Annie Brownlow
Jonesboro
Thad A. Cox
John T. Wilder
Lizzie Burleson
Jefferson Burleson
Carter County
John Limerley
H. B. Crumley
Stackhouse
N. C
Sullie L. Cash
Big Stone Gap
Carrie Taylor
George
William Taylor
Buffalo
Penland
Will G. Anderson
J. H. Brnndner
Bonnie Doon
Mia
Charles Brown, Jr
Bessie Taylor
Nature Cures Most Ailments Says Advertised Remedy
An advertisement argues that medicines alone do not cure. nature does. It promotes Kushon’s Liver Pills and Tonic Pellets from Brown Mfg Co New York, claiming they cleanse the bowels purify the blood and stimulate the system to prevent future trouble. The copy urges readers to buy both boxes together for one price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Math Dembire
Terrall
Brown Mpg. Co
New York
Shoes and Custom Footwear Available in Johnson City
Local shop advertises a full range of shoes in many styles and prices. It highlights a best line of custom footwear with production in Johnson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
Dress Goods and Local News From Leasburg Area
Local merchant M. M. Crookshants invites customers to inspect dress goods and pricing. Reports note a horse killed by lightning near Leasburg. A barn fire near Jonesboro destroyed the building, three horses, two wagons, and equipment, with roughly 700 dollars loss. Furniture sold by C. F. Melcher to Wolfe & Co. and Melcher to return to Vevey Indiana. Wolfe & Co. to lead the new firm with plans for a large stock and low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Crookshants
Leasburg
Jonesboro
James Bacon
C. F. Melcher
Messrs. Wolfe & Co
Livery Stable Boom Under W. S. Snapp in Buffalo Street
W. S. Snapp announces the livery business is here to stay with the city’s only stable on Buffalo Street opposite the Piedmont house. The ad touts new turnouts daily, says they’re the handsomest money can buy, and promotes school supplies and patent medicines sold by local merchants like J. W. Cass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mutlile Street
Piedmont Hotel
Oxford
W. C. Snapp
M'o'h
Johnson City
Tenn
Snapp
Buffalo Street
Piedmont House
September 17 Community Notes From Gladstone
In Gladstone September brings harvest bustle and farm chores as a diphtheria outbreak recedes and school disruptions ease. Local activities include a water mela at Bon Air, a cow trade dispute near Brownsboro, church ice cream sale on September 21, and routine visits by residents to nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owl
Bon Air
L. W. DePew
Hegre
Squire Clark
Royston
Beeman’s Pep sin Gum and Other Patent Remedies
Beeman’s Pep sin chewing gum markets itself as the original pepsin gum from Beeman Chemical Co Cleveland Ohio and sold widely. An unnamed poet quips about gum aiding digestion and romance while a testimonial from Alexander Sanderson praises AYER’s Pills for bowel stomach and liver remedies. A business dissolution updates Lide Harris partners with Lide Russell Dickenson forming Lide Russell Dickenson dated Sept 17 1895. Hall’s Hair Renewal ad promises to prevent baldness by maintaining scalp health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beeman
Beeman Chemical Co
Cleveland
G. K. Lide
G. ©. Harris
L. A. Russell
W. A. Dickenson
Lide, Russell & Dickenson
Cranberry furnace to blast in October says official
Cranberry furnace will be put in blast the first of October after pending repairs. Cranberry Coal and Tron Go. superintendent Col H Nimson reported the plan at the cite last week. Johnson City creamery stockholders met Saturday and elected directors P Q Miller M Fackson W E Haun J A Broyles D E Swadley C Taylor and J A Summers. The directors will choose officers this week. In Green County Kentucky John and Simon Hancock danced on a wedding reception table. Host Jacob Hartfield and groom Lane Hartfield opened fire, mortally wounding the Hancock brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Nimson
Cranberry Coal and Tron Go
Johnson City
John
Simon Hancock
Green County
Theo Host
Jacob Hartfield
Lane Hartfield
Hancocks
New Georgia and Tennessee Railway Charter Filed
Promoters led by T Mersers Webb H L McChing and others filed at the registrar for a Georgia and Tennessee railway with two divisions. Route runs from Hamilton county near the Georgia Tennessee line near Chattanooga to Cumberland Gap Tennessee via Kingston Roane County and Bristol Sullivan County. McClung could only confirm charter obtained through reputable New York lawyers with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesers. T
Webb
H. L. McChing
Hum
W. R. Dancan
WW. Lee
Georgia & Tennessee Railway Company
Hamilton County
Georgia
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Cumberland Gap
Claiborne County
Tenn
Polk County
Georgi
Conasauga
Kingston
Roane County
Bristol
Sullivan
McClnny
New York
Knoxville
McClang
Knoxville Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Political Note
An old advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from Toledo druggists. The notice also mentions Ramon’s Nerve and Bone Oil for rheumatism and a South Carolina constitutional convention scene where Senator Tillman attacked ex Senator Butler over naming a county after Butler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Coneray & Co
Props
Toledo
J. Cheney
Iri
Wear & Trax
Wave
Kisxax & Manvix
Tillman
South Carolina
Butler
Saluda
Harper's plans feature Chinese tale in October issue
Marper's Magazine presents Aloe in Ching by Sulien Ralph, with illustrations by C. D. Weldon, as the first of six Chinese tales in Harper's October edition. A. T. Mahan contributes a piece on American naval power and peace, arguing for a stronger navy beyond defence alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marper
Sulien Ralph
Harper’s Magazine
Mr. Ralph
D. Weldon
East
Harper's
Ralph
China
A. T. Mahan
Gold Dust and Norfolk & Western Earnings Signal Decline
Advertisers tout Gold Dust flour while a Norfolk and Western earnings report shows a drop from January 1 to September 7. The text notes a $46,200 decrease and an 8 percent decline in the period, reflecting reduced revenue for the railroad in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk & Western
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Old Jobe Stable
Unaka Springs
yaeThis
Nola Chucky
Unaka Mountain
A.V. Deaderick
Anaka Springs
P. D
Duooes
Urig Matelious
Allen Ressfil spRentalare
United Ktates
Ohiewe Brokers
Tteke
Tanetugrom
Chicago
Sellan
Kider
Thomas & Co
Bankers and Brokers
Rialto Building
Iinois
Lilian Alp
R. P. Searle
Jock
Ned Roblig
Sram
Prlew
Girouler Foe
Addrew
Bridgeport Brass CO
Bridgeport
J A. Summers
W. J. Barton
Summers & Barton
Montevista Cemetery Company
J. Ebrading
Buck Mountain Lumber Company
Manutantnmes
Dutie, White Pie
Cheatiat and
Hemlock
C. Mulllow
WP Cooper
Megahan
Geo BE Gorsler
F Gamp
Dl Cooper
V. P. Cooper
F. Camp
U. Megahan
Mille
Buck Mountain
Preg
Nadty
Pica
Marbleton
Unicoin County
Henry M. Peebles
James T. McDoran
Martha J. Streets
Li, Tsrt
L. Taggart, Jr
G. L
Indiana
Chicamauga
Henry Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Embreeville
Elias Carr
North Carolina
W. K. Carr
Roan Mountain
Governor Carr
Sons of Veterans
Mra
W. N. de Groat
Rush Miller
A. B. Bowman
K. Collina
F. L. Waggoner
Joseph Lyle
George Naif
Phillip
Three C Railroad Company
McDonald, Shes, Co
G., Co. & C. Railroad Company
W. P. Harris
Wolford &Co
Brussels
Ruggs
York
R. L. & B. Bruner
Prop'is
Broadway
Good W. Cass
Ayer
Ramon
J. W. Qass
J. W. Quan
Gladstone
M.E. Church
South
J. H. Ae
Willey Road
N. Fair
Rock Hill Church
Guy Creek
Lacy'a
EB B. Smalling
Schoen
Watauga
H. B. Maupin
Wytheville
Manual Life Insurance Co
Joseph Pierce
Fas Stella Robertson
Greene County
J. C. Robertson
E. W. Roberts
Ricie Doty
Moulton
M. Schoen
D.N.R
Alexander Sanderson
Choudrant
Wilco
F.W. Floyd & CO
Tutt
Harper's Weekly
United States
F. M. Hewes
Autaumn
Watts
Humboldt
Neb
Miles
J. D. Warm
Wrumboldt, Neb
Cigar
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