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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1899
Page
3
The John Robinson Show slated for Johnson City October 5 has canceled there and will perform in Bristol instead. A telegram from Bristol ordered the Bristol staff to update the advertising to reflect Bristol on October 5.
At the Wood residence on Friday Oct 6 the Indies of the First Presbyterian church host a musical evening with recitations and social time. A Bazaar is announced for the Tuesday before Thanksgiving offering Thankegtying cakes and other items. Also reported is the death of Alma Wofford and funeral details, plus a society notice of the marriage of Mary Elvire Matlock to Henry Duncan Tittsworth on Oct 4 at Woodlawn Riceville Tennessee. The coda recounts a Chicago stockman and a contractor who cashed a shingle check for 800.
The supreme court handed down opinions in several cases from Washington county. The court reversed a damages ruling in Powers Taylor Drug Company v Wofford et al and affirmed Mrs. Carrie L Gilmer vs A S Savings and Loan Company. It discussed municipal liability in The Town of Johnson City v Mollie P Wolfe and Husband, noting implied dedication of property for street, estoppel, and authority limits. The opinion also covers Be a instructive ruling on Bhea Armatrong v W J Exum, John W Boring v Ike T Jobe, and T R R Company v Thomas Davidson, with verdicts affirmed or remanded as appropriate. The stray notice ends with a personal injury action affirmed at $700 and a promotional line about Miles nervous remedy.
Allied naval force including Charleston monitor Monte Rey and gunboats Concord and Za fro bombarded Olangapo in September. The town was riddled with shells. an enemy gun was captured. Gov Taylor to lecture at Elizabethtown on Saturday. a special train departs at 7 and returns after lecture for 40 cents round trip.
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