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JANUARY 20
Jan. 20, 1907: With a dateline of Johnson City, readers of the Chattanooga Daily Times learned, “At a meeting of the city council on Thursday night, after the transaction of other business, the council decided to adopt a sewerage system and $10,000 of the city’s bonds will be devoted to that purpose.” Ten thousand dollars in 1907 is currently worth approximately $277,000. (Source: www.in2013dollars.com)
Jan. 20, 1914: The Chattanooga Daily Times, with a dateline of Johnson City, reported, âW.E. Hatcher, of the Unaka National bank (sic), left Saturday afternoon for Nash, Tex., where on Wednesday he will be united in marriage to Miss Lillian Soidoiskia Creamer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James D. Creamer. After spending their honeymoon in the southwest, Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher will return to Johnson City, and will be at home to their friends after Feb. 9.â