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A new doctor comes to town, A trooper's unexpected guest, The Four Seasons in concert and more were reported on this day in Johnson City history.

Jan. 17, 1889: G.B. Horton, Henry Gildersleeve, and Eugene Horton had, as of January 1, 1889, formed a co-partnership with the name of Horton, Gildersleeve & Co. The business would “continue the business heretofore conducted by Horton, Yocum & Co., as the ’Watauga’ Tannery”, according to The Comet. Jan. 17, 1900: The Knoxville Sentinel, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported, “Geo. T. Williams, of Milligan, Tenn., and J.C. Kingsley, of Greeneville, Tenn., are at the Greenwood Hotel.” Jan. 17, 1903: The Chattanooga News reported very tragic news, with a datelin...