Davidson County Ballot Totals Certify Proposition Passed
Davidson county election commissioners canvassed the recent city election and certified 5,722 votes for the proposition to issue bands toward Baxter tall road and 1,492 against, a majority over three fourths. The result, with a seven vote margin, will be presented to the City Council tonight with no known legal obstacles to action. A brief note on Grover’s Tasteless Chill Tonic appears as an advertisement.
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Spedal
Merald
Nashvills
Davidson County
Baxter Tall Road
Plevan
Eminent Italian Statesman Crispi Dies in Naples
Naples August 11 Signor Crispi died at eight o clock this evening surrounded by family and friends The news went to King Victor Emanuel and Queen Helen Francesco Crispi born Ribera Sicily October 4 1819 studied law at Palermo settled at Naples He served as Major under Garibaldi in 1860 and held top offices including Prime Minister from 1887 to 1891 and again 1903 to 1904
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Naples
Signor Crispi
Victor Kartiantes
Helen
Francesco Crispi
Ribera
Ricily
University of
Palermo
Garibaldi
Calatafini
State News From Nashville and Surrounding Counties
The independent company wins a first tilt with Cumberland Company in a Memphis telephone war. Fon tresa and Pickett counties report oil discoveries with wells producing over 2000 barrels daily. Will T. Hale strengthens the Nashville Daily News editorial staff. Almary Crocker drowns near Nashville. Mecare Caldwell & Chayman sell property at Public Square and College Street to Warren Neely & On for a modern six to seven story wholesale building.
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Memphis
Fontresa
Pickett
Nashville Daily News
Will T. Hale
Almary Crocker
Cumberland Ai
Nashville
Mecare, Caldwell & Chayman
Mogae
Warren, Neely & On
Public Square
College Street
Warren, Newly & Co
England Ready to Help Mentioned in New York Pulpit
Chaplain Jona U S N stated during a Sunday lecture that in the war with Spain Great Britain had sixty three men of war concentrated at two points to deter European powers from acting against the United States, signaling allied posture.
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New York
Jona
U.S. N
Spain
Great Brittain
United States
Tennessee Honorary Board Member at Pan-Avercat Exposition
Mrs J Harvey Mathes of Memphis Tennessee serves as an honorary member of the Board of Women Managers for the Pan Avercat Exposition representing Tennessee in the event.
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Mra
J. Harvey Mathes
Memphis
Tennesser
Pan- Avercat Expostion
Ten‘nesser
John W. Thomas
Nashville
Variety of humorous clippings and quips from early papers
A collage of jokes and snippets from Philadelphia and Boston papers recounts playful lines about salad dressings humor, travel, aging, romance, and a ghostly prank. It references a shrewish wife and a farmer faced with a spectral caller, ending with a light quip about marriage.
Leprosy Across Nations and Historical Spread
The piece notes that the United States has about 00 lepers per official reports and argues no panic is justified. It traces leprosy origins to the Nile valley or Far East, highlights its spread through Europe, and recalls medieval France with 4000 leproseries in 1220.
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United States
Philadelphia
Valley of the Nile
Asia
Orient
Europe
France
Aphorisms on Patience and Self Reliance
A collection of maxims on patience self love and independence. It notes self delusion and distrust of others as roots of discontent and emphasizes happiness through independent thought and personal effort. It hints that some loafers misjudge value and that many divorces arise from marrying for art or appearance.
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Art
Repainting the Schools Award Goes to Jeff Haley
The repainting contract for public schools was awarded to Jeff Haley and work began this morning.
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Jeff Haley
Per Pacem Ad Lucem Poem By Adelaide A Proctor
A New Year thought poem requests not ease or joy but fortitude to endure life’s pains. It seeks peace through faith, asking to feel God's guiding hand and follow a steady, hopeful path through darkness toward a tranquil day. The speaker asks for strength, not comfort, and for light to illuminate the soul’s journey.
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Adelaide A. Proctor
Waiting For Blessings On The Vine Of Fragrant Flowers
Waiting for blessings as a vine of pure white flowers blooms after sunset. The observer recalls a divine touch guiding petals open and asks if God can similarly bless waiting hearts. Prayer, providence, and patient trust are urged while noting unseen forces guiding growth and nurture through sorrow.
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John Hall
A Hymn for the Absent during the Egyptian conflict
Poem from a London magazine praise for English soldiers in Egypt. The hymn asks divine aid for those in danger, urges homecoming in peace, and asks eternal guidance for leaders and the wounded. The piece is followed by an advertisement for Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption and coughs.
Russell Sage on Business and Life Values
Sage champions measured living and steady effort over excess. He says he enjoys life, earns more from simplicity than extravagance, works in moderation, and avoids margins in money making. He claims to be a builder who keeps his word and seeks wear out, not rust out, in Wall Street.
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Wall Street
Carried to the Pen for Theft from Branham & Hughes
John Stephenson, a Black man convicted at the last circuit term and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary for stealing a dictionary from Branham and Hughes at Spring Hill, was carried to the pen last week. He planned to appeal to the Supreme Court but waited past the time limit. There is another case against him for stealing books from Branham and Hughes.
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John Stephenson
Branham & Hughes
Spring Hill
John
Supreme Court
Be Careful Where You Lay Your God Deeds
Be careful to go strewing in and out Thy houses god deeds lest it come that when thou depart no lamenting tongue be found. The world is poorer since thou went away but make thy house fair and sweet. Plenteous recuscitating showers fell Sunday and Monday, and they were gladly received by all. If the weather man continues the good work, he will regain good will.
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Wedge
New York Sun
Fisher
Bosky
Noah
N. J
Leech Seeks Damages in Railroad Collision Case
A damaged fragment details a request for damages by a man identified as Leech, claiming injuries from a railroad incident at Carter's Creek several months prior. The item references a garbled list of products and names, including Garwood's Sarsaparilla and A.B. Raise, with poor OCR quality attempting to name parties and damages.
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Will Leech
At- Begu A. Seareal
Carter's Creek
Mosquito Makers Remarks From New York Sun Poem
Poem contrasts the mosquito as a disease spreader with a broad social message. It invokes ecological imagery from swamps to deserts, cites billions of eggs, and links to mortality and religious themes. The piece closes by invoking a call to service and compassion toward the afflicted.
Reflections of a Bachelor in New York Binet
The excerpt remarks on bachelorhood, marriage, and male reform. It notes a man without marriage as the idea of a husband. It contrasts drinking with reform and suggests women fear losing a lover more than death, while a man’s past yields learning from others.
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New York
Bogus Circus Agents Raids Morristown Revelations
Three men in Morristown Tennessee report a man naming himself Thomas Davey posing as a Ringling circus advance agent. He made several false contracts with local bootleggers and is now badly wanted.
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Morristown
Tenn
Thomas Davey
Ringling Circus
Nod Ie
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Tennyson
Helen Hunt Jackson
Garwood
A.B
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I Dodson
Mosquito
Forasmuch
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Crystal Gates
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Uriel
Edward Everett Hile
Dlea
Scott
Scott & Browne
Chemie
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