ELIZABETHTON — A half-acre parcel of land at the intersection of Broad and North East streets that once was the location of the Elizabethton Bureau of the Johnson City Press
We now know consumption as tuberculosis.
April 11, 1889: âThe Johnson City Medical Society called a meeting yesterday and elected Dr. E.S. Miller, Sr., and Dr. S.H. Toy delegates in the meeting of the State Society,â according to The Comet.
April 11, 1895: The Comet published several wise sayings that we would do well to remember.
âThose who borrow trouble never get a chance to pay it back.â
âThe moderate drinker is helping to gravel the road that leads to the pit.â
âThere isnât a millionaire alive today whom an angel would consider rich.â
âIf the road to the pit didnât begin in respectability, it couldnât end in ruin.â