Robert J. Booker, Opinion Columnist, Knoxville News SentinelPublished March 13, 2019 A few weeks ago I invited Johnny Ford, former mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama, and Judith Tolbert of Fairbanks, Alaska, both members of the Knoxville College Board of Trustees, to … Continue reading
These photos, probably from the Knoxville Journal, were published in August, 1956. They show James Daughtery on his arrival at the then-closed KGH Emergency Room and afterward at the new UT Hospital Emergency Room.Dr. James Lett provided this clipping. … Continue reading
Found by the Track. An Unfortunate Man Picked up at Powell’s and Taken to the City Hospital Last night, when the K. & O. train pulled in, it had on board a man who had to be carried into the … Continue reading
The Deed Committed Monday Night and the Journal the First to Expose It — Loose Management Last Friday afternoon there walked into the police court at the city hall two men, apparently of Italian extraction. One was broken down in … Continue reading
The Meeting Is Over. Annual Convention of State Doctors Adjourns. Some Papers Read Yesterday Morning. A Visit to the Medical College and Lyon’s View Made The state doctors who have been in session here for the past three days have … Continue reading
A Fine Place Several northern parties have recently visited the East Tennessee sanitarium just below the city, and were very greatly astonished to find such an elegant institution. It is simply magnificently furnished and the interior is a perfect palace. … Continue reading
The City Fathers. Regular Meeting of the City Council last Night The Board of Mayor and Aldermen met in the council chamber at the city hall last night in regular session. … City Book-keeper Richards read the following statement of … Continue reading
Delicate Operation Performed in Knoxville by Dr. R. F. Boyd, of Nashville (Nashville Banner.) Dr. R. F. Boyd, colored, of Nashville, has returned from Knoxville where he successfully performed a most delicate surgical operation. The Knoxville Journal and Tribune of … Continue reading
The Home of the Unfortunate. A Visit Yesterday to Lyon’s View Hospital for the Insane This institution was visited yesterday by an attache of the Journal, in company with Mr. Moore, of Amesbury, Massachusetts. It was not the day of … Continue reading
Located in West Knoxville on Line of Electric Railroad and Commanding fine View of Mountain and River The Sanitarium has become [sic] to be a most important feature of medical progress in late years. The rapidly increasing number of Sanitariums … Continue reading
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