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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1901
Page
2
Johnson City figures Royston and Dr Royston dominate local talk as a Carnegie Soldiers Home site fight rages. National concerns touch Georgia Georgia disputes over war vouchers and press paper costs rise while Senate and War Department debates, with Gen Miles and Corbin in political clash.
The article notes a two month s, Hick leave and argues the government has been robbed in the Philippines. It claims the average annual cost of maintaining a soldier there has risen by over 100, and cites about 75,000 soldiers stationed domestically, underscoring the financial impact.
The board of managers chose the Lyle site about one mile west of the public square in Washington county, a 400 acre tract along the Southham Railway. Topographical survey is underway, deeds to be drawn, and initial buildings planned. a $500,000 additional appropriation is sought this fall.
A proposal outlines a total cost of one and a half million dollars to complete a regional home with a five year build. Upon completion annual maintenance and pension payouts would reach $500,000 and quarterly disbursements total $825,000. The plan promises benefits to Johnson City Washington County and East Tennessee as a blessing.
A Tennessee editorial lauds Royston of Washington County as an eminent legislator and urges Gov. McMillin to push his promotion. The piece compares Royston and Funston, praising Royston’s alleged leadership while lampooning rivals as conspirators and traitors in a colorful, partisan column from Paris Tenn. Press.
Nashville reports a strong rumor that Hon B B Craig has been named general manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in New York. Craig denies a suit against the Virginia Tron Coal Coke Co and declines to confirm the appointment while noting it is the best paying position he has held.
A Morganton Tennessee resident reports his daughter suffered scald head from large sores on the scalp. Bucklen’s Arica Salve cured her completely, claimed as a guaranteed remedy for eczema tetter salt rheum pimples sores and ulcers. Available for 26 cents at City Drug Store.
Gen Wilder reports a 170 foot thick iron ore seam on Cranberry company land with ore analysis near 60 percent iron and low phosphorus enabling double Bessemer steel. The find could bring long term economic gains to Elizabethton Johnson City and Bristol and the entire area. General Wilder has sent ore samples to confirm quality. Also notes on local political charges and a cold remedy endorsement appear in this issue.
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