March 3, 1887: A new merchant had arrived in town, according to The Comet. âMr. F. M. Chritzman, of Gettysburg, Pa., arrived last Tuesday morning and is now fitting up the room in the Worley Blook, lately occupied by W.B. Lewis, for a jewelry store. He expects to have everything in order and will open his store for business by Saturday. Mr. Chritzman comes well recommended as an experienced jeweler and practiced watchmaker. He will carry a large stock of everything usually found in a first-class jewelery (sic) store, and will guarantee everything he sells, or all work done, to give satisfaction and to be just as represented. Mr. Chritzman will move his family to Johnson City about the first of May.â
March 2, 1866: The East Tennessee Union Flag, a newspaper in Jonesborough, reported to readers, âWe are authorized and requested to announce Lt. James H. Miller as a candidate for Revenue Collector of Washington County at the ensuing election in March next.â
Jonesborough was spelled that way in 1866.
March 2, 1899: The Comet reported, âThe bill allowing Johnson City to issue bonds for public improvements has passed both houses of the legislature. The bill permits an issue of $10,000, but it is proposed to issue only 3,500 at this time, the people consenting, to be used in purchasing the Crandall building and converting it into a City Hall.â
March 1, 1867: The East Tennessee Union Flag reported tragic news from Sullivan County. “We learn than an accident occurred to Mr. Jackson Cox, of Sullivan county, on the 18th
Feb. 28, 1868: The East Tennessee Union Flag reported on the death of an infant. “At the Methodist Episcopal Church parsonage, near Johnson’s Depot, on the 15th inst., Clinton Fish,
Feb. 27, 1788: A three-day skirmish called the âBattle of the Lost State of Franklinâ was fought at what is now Tipton-Haynes Historic Site. Soldiers braved severe cold and snowstorms. (Source: An Adventure in Northeast Tennessee: A three Day (Self-Guided) Tour by Faith Stahl.)
Feb. 27, 1890: Readers of The Comet learned âThe order for the basting and iron work for the new hotel and office building for the Carnegie Land Company has been given to the Johnson City Foundry and Machine Works. The order is a large one and Chattanooga and Knoxville companies had bids in but Johnson City never gets left. The company here does as good work and does it cheaper than any company in the State (sic). It is not out of place to state here that there are only one or two larger and better equipped shops in the State than the Johnson City Foundry and machine works (sic.)â