July 17, 1898: The Chattanooga Sunday Times reported numerous transient information gadgets from Jonesboro, which was spelled that approach in 1898, and Johnson City. The datelines had been July 16 for each cities. The information with a dateline from Jonesboro included: “Mrs. R.H.L. Cooper has just returned from a very pleasant visit to her parents at Hopkinsville, Ky. She also spent some time at Nashville and in Middle Tennessee.”
“Mrs. J.A.T. Bacon and her daughter, Mary, Miss Lida Bunn, Mrs. R.F. Wells and Miss Myrtle Wiggs, of Atlanta, left Tuesday afternoon for Buffalo, N.Y., to attend the B.Y.P.E. at that city. They will also visit Toronto, New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington on their return. Misses Bacon and Bunn are delegates to the B.Y.P.E. The entire party went under charge of Dr. Broaddus, of Bristol.”
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