May 28, 1869: The East Tennessee Union Flag alerted readers that the Science Hill Male and Female Institute would begin its fall session on August 14 of that year. The
May 8, 1868: According to The East Tennessee Union Flag, âThe Ministerial Association of the Methodist E. Church for the Jonesboro District will organize in the town of Jonesboroâ on Thursday the 21st of May at 11 oâclock, A.M., and will be protracted over the following Sunday. Ministers and laymen, and the public generally, are cordially invited to attend.â
The East Tennessee Union Flag was a newspaper published in Jonesborough, which was spelled that way on the masthead. In the pages of the newspaper, however, it was spelled that way, as well as Jonesboro and Jonesboroâ, as above.
May 8, 1890: The Comet reported, âJohnson City is to have an ice factory that will make 30 tons of ice daily and it is to be built at once. W.J. Graham left Monday for Asheville to see an agent about the machinery. It wilt (sic) probably be located in the Proctor Land Companyâs addition. This is an enterprise that the city has been ready to support for more than a year