Roosevelt Is Their Choice in Tennessee Nomination Effort
Tennessee Republican leaders at a Nashville conference, about seventy strong, announce near unanimity for Roosevelt. They plan to instruct the state delegation to back his renomination, despite the president’s past pledge not to run again. The Easy Boss faction and Frang influence dominate state offices.
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Tennessee
Nashville
Roosevelt
Frang
Brownlow
Easy Hoss
Evans
Root
Nebraska is True to Bryan at Democratic Convention
Lincoln Neb Sept 47 The feature of the Nebraska Democratic Convention was the acclaim for W J Bryan He helped draft the platform which pledges fidelity to his principles and backs centralization an income tax and direct election of US senators The Republicans gathered mainly as a business meeting endorsing Roosevelt Taft policies
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Lincoln
Neb
W. J. Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Party of
Nebraska
Wm. J. Bryan
Roosevelt
Taft
Preacher Indorsed for Governor in Gam Suas City Convention
In a Democratic convention in Gam Suas City, Rev. Thomas H. Kuhn of Richmond was endorsed for Governor by the preachers. The endorsing body highlighted Kuhn as the preferred candidate for the position.
Carmack Captures Tennessee Governor Nomination Bid
Carmack's candidacy for governor triggers mixed reactions across counties. In Dresden and Shelbyville supporters loudly back him, denouncing Patterson while Weakley County backs Carmack. Bedford County remains split though Patterson foes grow. Trentons and Gibson County readers praise the bid, noting Carmack's "New Age" lecture forthcoming and broad support from Taylor allies.
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Shelbyville, Tenn
Det
RE. W. Carmack
Patterson
Bedford County
John Cox
Carmackas
Bin
Bob Taylor
Carmack
Senator Carmack
Senator Carmack Is Billed To Deliver His Great Lecture, “the New Age
Civic League
Doan's Ointment Endorsed for Piles Relief
Local resident B P Frase of Columbia Tennessee endorses Doan's Ointment after years of itch and soreness from piles. He reports sleeping improvements and lasting relief after using the product purchased at a nearby drug store. References Adames and Martin’s drug Store and a long history of trial with other remedies.
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Lncal
Doan
Adame & Martin's
Sam
Chan
Greene County backs Carmack in Patterson era race
In Greene County strong support for Senator B W Carmack is voiced by Gov Patterson allies and local voters. The county line is described as solid for Carmack with many west of Knoxville also backing him, while Patterson supporters in election posts show mixed stance.
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Knoxville
Greene County
H. H. Gouchenour
Congress
Patterson
Carmack
Upper East Tennessee
Knogville
Money knowledge gaps exposed by old bank notes
A New York Sun piece notes few people can describe a common dollar bill in detail. It cites a Rochester bank incident with five dollar National Bank notes from 1865 showing Columbus and an Indian maiden, where counterfeits alarmed officials and bank employees failed to pass the unfamiliar notes in Chicago tests.
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United States
New York Sun
Indiana
Rochester
Ind
National Bank
Treasury Department
Oatinpal Bank
Columbus
Eng- Hehman
Europe
Asia
Africa
Chicago
State Railroads Face Higher Assessments and Tax Equity
The state railroad commission increased railroad assessments by about ten million dollars. Railroads should be valued like other property and taxed fairly, with little property assessed at full value and a trend to undervalue rail property. Regulation of rates is seen as beyond state scope except for discrimination or extortion.
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State Railroad Commission
Knoxville Sentinel
Italian chemist claims drug to petrify tissues demonstrated abroad
Italian chemist Agostino Giuseppe Grosso, said to turn specimens into stone, has shown preserved specimens like a kitten and beetles, and plans demonstrations in hospital and at Columbia University. He arrived aboard the Red Italia and speaks Italian, French, and Spanish.
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Agostino
Giuseppe Grosso
New York Globe
Grosso
Camillo Andrei
Columbia University
Luke's Place
Columbia
Andres
Set
Peru
Bender
Vercelli
Mule Exhibitors Summons Notice for County Fair
All futle men in the county who exhibited mules at the Inter County Fair are summoned. J L Jones, Superintendent Mule and Jack Dept, to meet in the Circuit Court room on the First Monday of October 1907 at 12 o clock to learn something to their advantage.
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J. L. Jones
Circuit Court Room
J. I. Jones
Beech Hargis Missing From Jackson Kentucky
Beech Hargis son of James Hargis of Jackson Kentucky has been missing for several days and his mother is in distress seeking information on his whereabouts.
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Beech Hargis
James Hargis
Jackson, Ky
Tennessee Rail Rates Urged by Public to Act Now
The Tennessee Railroad Commission should investigate freight and passenger rates independently without waiting for North Carolina and Alabama rulings. The public urges a fair, just rate based on costs, with disclosure of freights and annual transportation given away, and warns against arbitrary or punitive pricing. The piece cites Georgia’s plan as fair and urges proactive state action.
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Tenessee
Railroad Commission
Tennessee
North Carolina
Alabama
North Carolow
Tennessee Commission
Georgia
Gia
Grea
Nif Fonds
Cates
Commission
Deafness Cure Claim by Cheney and Co Advertisement
An early 20th century ad claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous surfaces and the Eustachian tube. It promises one hundred dollars for an incurable catarrh cure and urges readers to send for circuits.
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Buxtehian
Weil
Cheney & CO
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Gibson County
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