Saturday, July 18
This has been a season of pranks by lightning. A mirror in the home of Mrs. Frank Brown was shattered while she was standing by it and flying glass cut her face and arms. The home of Mrs. S.B. Lowe was struck, and her mother, who was sleeping in an iron bed, escaped but the bed clothes were burned. The home of J.W. Schlesinger on Mississippi Avenue was hit, detaching the kitchen from the house. A box of matches was ignited and blown over the lower part of the house.
Will Love will leave today for his home in Augusta, Ga., after a several weeks visit with Gus Richter.
Phil Whitaker and Alex Guerry, who are attending the Law School of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, will take a Canadian trip before returning home.
Sunday, July 19
Due to the controversy over the birthplace of Davey Crockett, the cornerstone of a monument laid 20 years ago has never been completed. Crockett was born in Greene County, but no one will be satisfied with the selection on the banks of the Nolichucky River or on a public road.
An interesting story in the August 1858 issue of Harper’s Weekly told of Chattanooga, an infant city of 4,000, and a trip being made from Knoxville to Chattanooga by the boat James Williams. The story mentioned the principal buildings were the Crutchfield House and the Western & Atlantic Depot, and told of the scenic beauty of the city and surrounding area.
Miss Virginia Hill is the guest of Miss Eugenia Caldwell on Lookout Mountain.
Monday, July 20
Mayor James P. Preston of Baltimore, who visited Chattanooga, was impressed by the view from Lookout Mountain. Jack O’Donohue had taken the mayor and his party on an automobile tour of Chickamauga Park, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge. Mayor Preston and his distinguished party are on a tour of the South in interest of the “Star Spangled Banner Centennial,” to be held in Baltimore September 6 through 30. Chattanoogans were cordially invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Hooten are spending several days at Tate Springs.
Tuesday, July 21
Due to the spreading of the bubonic plague in New Orleans, the Commissioner of Chattanooga Health Department issued an order to wage a vigorous war on rats, the disease-carrying vermin. New Orleans death rate has been high, and Chattanoogans were reminded of the Yellow Fever epidemic by Com. H. Clay Evans.
Prof. W.E. Ervin of Milton, Fla., has been selected to succeed Prof. C.H. Winder, principal of Chattanooga High School, who was recently promoted to Superintendent of the City Schools.
Mrs. Hal F. Wiltse has returned from three months visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Campe, in Kansas City.
Wednesday, July 22
Miss Ruth Bynum of Corinth, Miss., is visiting her mother, Mrs. N.C. Steele, on Missionary Ridge.
Miss Lila Mansfield has returned from a visit in Athens.
M.M. Hedges, Judge M.M. Allison, Judge Nathan Bachman, and Gus F. Meehan, will leave soon for Yellowstone National Park and Jackson Hole country for a month of game hunting.
Thursday, July 23
Miss Sara Atlee will sail for London to meet her brother, Dr. James Atlee, who’s now in Vienna. They will visit Edinburgh before returning home in October.
Mrs. M. Mountcastle and grandson, Edward Plummer, are visiting in Kentucky. Miss Louise Mountcastle is visiting friends in Asheville, N.C.
Mrs. S.C. Peeples and daughters, Maggie Lynn, Alleen, and Annette, are leaving for
Cohutta, Ga., to spend the rest of the summer.
Friday, July 24
About 200 young men and some not-so-young met last night at the Courthouse to organize the “Young Men’s Good Government League” of Hamilton County. E.E. Brown was elected president; Hugh Brown, vice president; James McGaughy, secretary; Zack Taylor, treasurer. Dues are to be one dollar a year. The League will meet again in August.
Miss Minnie Brock will leave soon for Wytheville, Va., to visit Mrs. William Sevier Trinkle for a month.
Miss Margaret Ochs, who’s spending the summer on Walden’s Ridge, is visiting Miss Gloria Lamb on Oak Street.
Mrs. Susan Kline, Miss Helen Kline, and Franklin Kline, are in Dresden, Germany, where they’ll remain until November.