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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1904
Page
3
The lecture course begins with an entertainment event at the opera house on Thursday October 1. The program marks the start of a series of talks and performances for attendees.
The piano contest will tally votes weekly until closing with results published. Each dollar given to Tm Comer or spent with Wm Silver & Co earns 100 votes. Votex may be cast at Wm Silver & Co Main Street or at Te Comer office. Names listed include Lena Barrow Daisy Huntare Pansy Parren Flora May Grant and many others.
Dr and Mrs George St John leave for Johnson City to reside where he will practice medicine in the Soldiers Hometown. They have been visiting Mrs St John s father ex Gov Robt L Taylor since his Bristol visit.
Local mentions include Rov John R Herndon and his wife visiting relatives in Glade Spring. Frien ds from Norfolk visit three times weekly near West Main. Miss Lizzie Mitchell travels from Eeesey to Coaldale to visit her telegraph operator brother. A man and his wife recover from injuries in a Markor wreck. Many social exchanges and thanks extend to Johnson City residents for kindness during illness and death in the Darden family. Greeneville Democrat coverage notes Cyprus Lyle prominence at the congressional convention.
Eye witness account from Rogersville Star editor John W. Brown describes a fatal head on crash on the Southern Railway near New Market Tenn. Train No. 15 and No. 18 exploded into wreckage after a high speed collision killing many passengers and leaving survivors amid scenes of devastation and prayers.
Johnson City reports injured colored boys in the New Market area who settled with a company for $40. A. M. Stuart Jr. and wife plan Johnson City residence. Dr. Stuart partners with Dr. Prensa. Mrs. Jane V. Dyer dies near Sweetwater. four-inch forehead gash on J. W. Wampler from a Southern train incident. revival planned at First Presbyterian with Rev. McLees and Rev. Wardlaw. Two more teachers added to public schools. Miss Lena Barton leads a class. Miss Maggie Martin assists in first grade. Small blaze destroys Lewis residence. Joseph V. Griffin and Gertude Weiler wed. requests for copies of The Comet.
By order of the Democratic County Executive Committee a mass convention of Democratic voters is set for the Jonesboro court house on Tuesday October 4 1904 at 10 a m to nominate a candidate for the legislature District committeemen must ensure district representation and attendance This Sept 28 1904. Geo W Wicert Chairman J Baxram Secretary
Eyewitness account describes a train wreck near Knoxville with a crowded express car. Conductor Caldwell, who blamed himself for the crash, survived with a sprained ankle while the engineer was killed and a fireman dying. scenes of frantic relatives and frantic cries followed as wreckage and overturned coop facilities spilled chickens and chaos across the area. Rogan and Range firm dissolved, Ed Rogan to oversee debts and notes from the Johnson City notice.
Elizabeth DeBarrie Gill notes Tuesday is the final day to secure season tickets for the Library Association lecture series. The course promises entertaining talks and supports a public institution, making an evening profitable for attendees and the community alike. Also mentioned is Lucretia Shipley, a 45 year old woman from near Buffalo Ridge, who recently committed suicide by hanging, described as temporarily deranged. The Shipley family is among the region’s oldest and prominent.
Johnson county reports Jeff Church was fatally shot by Tuines Rankin alias James Campbell near Pandora at a Mountain City distillery eight miles away. Fifteen empty cartridges lay nearby. Church’s skull was crushed after Rankin reportedly returned and struck him again. Rankin was arrested. Squire J H Shoun lay seriously ill and under guard at home.
Regular event draws good women from Johnson City and surrounding country as the Hart and Houston Store showcases an expanded ready to wear department a superior millinery selection Libbey cut glass and a Japanese china exhibit. An orchestra from the Soldiers Home plays while church members join in dancing and social reception. The Home Mission Society thanks George W. Hardin H H Kirkpatrick Mrs Cook and others for hospitality and music during the visit.
Charlie Back of Bald Mountain, N O, was killed last Monday by an accidental discharge when a revolver slipped from his holster as he stooped. The bullet entered the eye and passed through the head. He was brother to Dave Buck and nephew of J M Buck. His father Rev B C Buck traveled to Virginia with the body for burial after the family’s bereavement. The Comet joins friends in sympathy.
The January wreck near New Market claims young Wan torn and injures many. Funeral services were held Monday with Masons in charge of the rites. George Simcox and wife, en route from Knoxville to visit family, were aboard. Mrs Simcox is improving while he suffers minor injuries. Their child survived unharmed. Mrs Simcox, a Knoxville resident, works as a machinist's wife.
Henry M. Crouch died just after midnight at seventy one years old after fifty years in Johnson City. He leaves a widow and four children at his bedside, with funeral at the Christian church Friday at 2 PM and burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Ed DeGroat Killed in Southern wreck. prominent local businessman with ties to Scarboro Henderson & Co. of Knoxville. Parents and two sisters survive. funeral in Knoxville and burial at Gray Cemetery amid community sympathy.
Kingston Tenn September 26 Sam DeArmond a leading citizen and county family member was killed by a shotgun blast near the courthouse. The unknown shooter was close at hand and fled as sheriffs deputies search for the murderer. DeArmond was about thirty five years old and a widower with substantial holdings.
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