Evans to stump Maine in coming campaign visit
A telegram from H Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pensions, states the administration plans no wide hitting during the campaign. Evans will travel to Maine to stump the Brute at the earnest visitation of the President and National Republican Campaign Committee, then be absent from Washington for a time. Grand Army of the Republic meeting in Chicago is expected to renew attacks on Evans. Col H B Case confirms this, citing G A R committee findings on the Pension Bureau last year.
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Chattanooga
H. Clay Evans
Grand Army of the Republic
Col
H.B Case
G. A.R
Pension Bureau
Evana
Chicago
Guaranteed Piles Cure Promoted by PAZO Ointment Sellers
An ad from Columbia Tennessee offers PAZO Ointment with a money back guarantee for piles. Claims cure in six days for ordinary cases and sixteen days for worst cases, with instant itching relief and no knife required. Sold by local druggists on a guarantee basis, price 50 cents.
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Alidraggista
Columbia
Tenn
Grading Board totals show state tax increase
George E. Blake reports county board returns on state tax rise across three grand divisions. East Tennessee totals 87,504,825. Middle Tennessee 144,437,148. West Tennessee 90,606,023. Overall 382,? million with a state tax gain of about 51,205. Data underline rising valuations and larger Middle Tennessee increase.
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Nashville
George E. Blake
Fanding
East Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
West Tennesee
State Board of Equalization
West Tennessee
Cigarette Prohibition Tests Rock Island Workers
In Kansas City Missouri an action by the Union and Rock Island Railroad Company forces six yard workers to quit smoking or risk losing their jobs. The measure targets employees addicted to cigarettes as part of a broader disciplinary effort at the plant and its tobacco-use policy.
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Kansas City
Rock Island Railroad Company
Ferocious Macedonian Beast Stirs Alarm Among Color Line
A nocturnal creature, described as dog sized and terrifying, has alarmed local Black residents in Macedonia. Sightings vary, the animal allegedly hunts dogs and humans by day, disappears when approached, and has sparked jokes about a silver bullet as a remedy for haunting.
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Macedonia
Southern Railway Schedules From Nashville to Eastern Cities
Double daily service from Nashville to Washington and New York via Chattanooga and Asheville. First train leaves Nashville 9:30 p m arriving Washington 2 42 a m with connections to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York. Pullman sleeping car and dining cars offered. second train departs at 1H connected at Chattanooga arriving Washington 3 p m Baltimore 11 35 p m Philadelphia 2 56 a m New York 6 23 a m. Apply at local ticket agents.
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Southern
Middle
Tennessee
Southern Railway
Nashville
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Chattanooga
Asheville
North Carolina
Salisbury
Chattanonga
Takes His 34th Wife at 120 in Bacra Village
In Bacra a 120 year old Turk named Ismal, a poultry farmer, walks six miles to Bartin to salt eggs and keeps 34 wives. The latest bride is 60 years his junior, and the ceremony drew drums, fifes, and volley fire as the patriarchs and great grandsons watched.
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Constantinople
Bacra
Ismal
Bartin
Relief from heat amid wartime efforts in Washington Star
A reader asks for relief from hot weather while noting devotion to the war effort. An exchange describes cooling measures as a morale boost, mentioning an ice company and a citizen’s panting state as context in wartime Washington.
Confederate White House Exhibit Shows Lost Cause Relics
An article describes a Confederate museum in Richmond Virginia filled with relics from Civil War days. It highlights items long associated with Jefferson Davis and General Robert E Lee including uniforms swords and a shawl with notes of historic value and urges public support and donations for the preservation. The piece notes a stomach remedy ad interwoven, listing South American Nervine as a cure and advertising suppliers.
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White House
Confederacy
Richmond
RE. Lee
Jefferson Davis
Mr. Davis
Southland
Muuseum
Maxeum
Stolen Sugar Case Involving Two Boys
Two boys identified as M. Brown and Pillow Carathers were accused of stealing fifteen pounds of sugar from a sack. They were arrested after Mr. Brocker reported the missing sugar and the thieves were caught. The sugar was recovered at the hiding spot. In court Monday morning the warrant was withdrawn and the boys paid the costs. Relief advertisement claims a kidney cure and other remedies with various prices.
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M. Brown
Pillow Carathers
A. L. Eee Caesalle
Peking Fight Report Signals Capture Amid Fierce Resistance
A detailed dispatch from August 17 describes Japanese forces blowing eastern gates of the Tartary City and entering Peking while American and British troops moved into the Chinese city via Tung Vien gates. Reports note heavy Japanese casualties and Chinese losses, with legations secured and ministers safe. Washington and London commentary credit rapid Allied action and field news teams for timely updates.
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Ween
Yamaguchi
Mit
Wehing
Peking
Tung-Chow Canal
Oiyhe
Tartar
Tung Vien
Losa
London
Waslington
James Gazette
Westminster Gazette
St. Petersburg
Lexieft
Port Arthur
Jen Fleischer
Hai-Cheng
Washington
War Department
Barry
Chaffee
Chevfo
Cigarette Debate Sparks Union Pacific Board Clash
New York correspondent reports B H Harriman ordering George J Gould to quit smoking at Union Pacific meetings. Harriman denounces smoking and asserts a rule forbidding employees to smoke, prompting Gould to drop his cigarette after a tense exchange. The episode highlights Harriman’s tensions with Gould and broader executive friction.
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New York
Chicago Times Herald
Gould
B. H. Harriman
Union Pacific Railroad
George J. Gould
Charles Francis Adams
Mr. Gould
Mr. Harriman
Theo
Uncalled For Letters Note for Week Ending August 21
The list shows letters remaining in office for the week ending August 21. Included names: Dr J T Allen, Miss Annie Hayw, Mr Wm Avslow, Mr Geo Jobeson, Mr R Blackie, Mr Atie Harris, Mr HS Tipton, Hawley, Romance. Advertised letters were Cupaeae and Pasion, P.M.
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Allen
J. T. Hayw
Wm. Avslow
Annie Hawley
4. R. Blackie
Geo Jobeson
Atie Harris
Tipton
HS. Eerie Calles
P.M
Miner shot at Tracy City Inn survives brain wound
In Tennessee John Wiltoe the miner wounded by J A Webb at Tracy City Inn remains alive as doctors watch a brain injury. The report notes catarrh as a constitutional disease with local remedies failing and cites a marketing boast offering a prize for proof of efficacy. It also touches on wine to brandy production and France's wine industry.
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Tullahoma
Tenn
John Wiltoe
Tracy City Inn
J. A. Webb
Wilson
Tobaia
Woodmen at the World Meet in Lively Thursday Night
Woodmen at the World No 19 W O W held a meeting on Thursday night with Abg iS and a 50 H reference in the notes.
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Woodmen
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