Death of Ada Worley Hart a Johnson City Woman
Ada Worley Hart formerly Ada Worley and sister of J G Worley, Johnson City native, died at 41 after months of illness from tuberculosis. She lived as a devoted M J Church South worker and leaves a husband and four sons and one daughter. Funeral at her residence at 2 PM with Rev B Vaught officiating. interment in Oak cemetery.
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Isaac Hart
Harr
Ada Worley
J. G. Worley
Johnson City
M. J. Church
South
Rev
B. Vaught
Roosevelt Party Leaves Budapest for Babiona Visit
The Roosevelt party departed Budapest at 10 o'clock on a special train for Babylon where they spent the day as guests of Count Serenyi the Hungarian minister of agriculture and visited Hungarys famous Arab breeding farms. They are expected to return to Budapest at 7 30 o'clock tonight.
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Budapest
Roosevelt Party
Bablona
Count Serenyl
Hungary
Sudapest
House Passes McCall Campaign Publicity Bill After Debate
Washington April 1 The House passed the McCall campaign publicity bill with Representative Mann of Illinois the only One to vote against it The vote followed a brief debate and strong party line support for the measure raising campaign advertising regulations.
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Washington
Representative Mann
Illinois
House
McCall
Prom Tent Party Interests in Nashville Proposal
Prom Te party interests in Nashville endorse potential changes to state nomination plans. Chairman Peay says the state executive committee will consider proper suggestions to promote harmony and party success. He notes Gov Patterson’s proposal to convene the committee and urges opponents to accept a different method of nominations.
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Nashville, Tenn
Peay
State Executive Committee
Patterson
Boones Creek High School Close Exercises Next Week
Boones Creek high school finishes its year with a baccalaureate sermon on Sunday followed by programs Monday and Tuesday evenings. Graduation exercises are held Tuesday afternoon with Senator Sam KR. Sells delivering the annual address under Prof. W. Paul Worley and assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boones Creek High School
Sam KR. Sells
W. Paul Worley
Milligan Tops Washington in Two Baseball Games
Milligan defeated Washington twice on the Milligan diamond. In the Monday game Milligan won 4 to 2 with Acuss and Taylor catching for Milligan and Greenway and Dillon for Washington. The Tuesday contest ended 6 to 4 as Dungan and Witt pitched for Milligan with Washington's Mitchell and Dillon backing up. Dungan held Washington to five hits.
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Milligan
Washington
Troy Washington
Acuss
Taylor
Washinton
Greenway
Dillon
Dungan
Big Timber Dealer Active in City Enterprise
AJR Wigan of Pittsburg recently registered at the Colonial after buying a large timber tract along Laurel Fork in Care ler county. Prospers as one of Pittsburg’s millionaires, Flynn hopes to start operations immediately. Rogers of Greenerile wins in the entry. Furniture stored in the T. B. burst warehouse on Southern Railway. Contact R. W. Fields or local firms for services and rentals.
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Ajr
Wigan
Pittsburg
Laurel Fork
Careler County
Flynn
Wlynn
T. B
Southern Railway
R. W. Fields
City Transfer Co
Sterehi Furniture Co
Armhurst Smith Parkes de Bros
T. KE. Boa Real
Tennessee Delegates At D A R Meeting
Washington April 19 Tennessee delegates named for the D A R convention listing Bennie Kate Knoxville Miss Mary Temple Nashville Mrs L Be Fite Mrs Horges H Lurton Miss Carrie Lima and others from Cumberland Chicamanga Hermitage Memphis with several more from Nashville Chattanoonga and Memphis Also a note on money to loan for improvement of farms and city dwellings mentioning Dulaney spent yesterday there
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Washington
Tennessee
Bennie Kate
Knoxville
Mary Temple
Wilder
Bits
Tennessee Gubernatorial Race Shapes Up As Primary Near
Nashville April 19 Gov M R Patterson seeks a third term as Tennessee governor with no opposition before the June 4 primary. Ex Gov Benton McMillin is a candidate for the United States Senate to replace Sen J B Frazier. Anti administration Democrats plan a May state convention but no governor nomination action is expected. McMillin confirms candidacy to friends. Banner predicts early announcement and definite policy soon.
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Nashville
M. R. Patterson
Tennessee
Benton McMillin
United States Senate
J. B. Frazier
Patterson
Democratic Executive Committee
Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tulane
Gov. McMillin Hins
McMillin
James B. Frazier
Senate
April breezes bring news from Chuckey River and back home
The piece notes spring work in Chuckey Valley and welcomes Hon. Alfred A. Taylor back home after a recent visit. It mentions absentees leaving Saturday, Milligan's fast baseball team beating Washington College, and updates on Mrs. Gillespie and her ill health. Edward E. Ruble remains in poor health.
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Chuckey Valley
Alfred A. Taylor
Lucky Uhackey
Bell
West Tennessee
Milligan
Washington College
W. A
Robert Gillespie
Rubi. Gillespie, Jr
Anne Ferguson
Ferguson
Atlanta
Edward E. Ruble
Dr. T. B. Russell Appointed East Tennessee Anti Saloon Leader
Dr. T. B. Russell of this city was named district superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League for East Tennessee. He will start next Sunday at Maryville, then Greeneville, and later visit Johnson City. A prominent Holston conference minister and noted debater, he is praised by The Comet as an excellent pick.
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T. B. Russell
Anti-Saloon League
East
Tennessee
Maryville
Greeneville
Johnson City
de. Russell
East Tennessee
Holston
M. B. Church
The
Comet
Freight Wreck Near Blair City Delivers No Injuries
A W and W freight train from Elizabethton sank on a washed track east of the Southern crossing just as it entered Blair City. The engine and caboose slid down the bank but stopped about fifty feet from the river. The crew and two woman passengers escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluff City
Tenn
Delock
Allroad
Flizabethton
Blair City
New Campaign Organ Bristol Launches The Democrat
Bristol April 18 a weekly newspaper to be known as The Democrat will start every May in opposition to Patterson and Cox and in support of the state wide democracy of Tennessee. It was decided today to launch the new paper which is said to be a warm one.
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Bristol
the Democrat
Patterson
Cox
Tennessee
Ibis
Gen Penland Visits the City in Damages Suit
Gen J R Penland of Sevierville and United States district attorney for East Tennessee attended the law court this week in a damages suit brought by J Walker a former Mountain division employee of the National Soldiers Home. Walker claims he was injured in a boiler explosion at the Home amounting to 10000 dollars.
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J. R. Penland
Sevierville
United States
East Tennessee
Law Court
Soldiers’ Home
J. Walker
Mountain Division
National Soldiers’ Home
Walker
Holston River Railway opens after last spike drive
The Holston River Railway a new line of the Southern Railway from Hulls Gap Tennessee to Moccasin Gap Virginia forty seven miles was completed Saturday evening when the last spike was driven. The track is ballasted and will not open for regular traffic for a few weeks. The road provides Southern with a direct route into the coal fields of southwest Virginia previously controlled by Toursville and Nashville and Norfolk and Western.
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Holston River
Southern Railway
Hull's Gap
Tenn
Moccasin Gap
Southern
Virginia
Toursville & Nashville
Norfolk & Western
Cyclone Kills One in Columbia Tenn Damages Over 25000
A cyclone that struck Columbia Tennessee early today cost one life and destroyed property valued at more than 25000 dollars.
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Columbia, Tenn
Wind storm with tornado strength hits Chattanooga
Chattanooga Tenn April 15 a wind storm described as tornado proportion struck here this afternoon causing damage across the city with reports of strong winds and local disruption.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Knoxville Visited by the Cyclone
Knoxville Tenn April 15 lightning and thunder struck and poured rain at 2 o clock. Lightning shattered the top of a telephone post at State street and Cumberland avenue and damaged wires. Witnesses said they were blinded by the flash and stood watching the sparks at the post.
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Knoxville
Tenn
State Street
Cumberland Avenue
April Snow Storm Hits Johnson City Morning
April snow storm delivered by varied weather types to Johnson City yesterday morning. Light snow fell across the area, accompanying unsettled conditions and chilly temperatures. Local residents observed the light flurries and prepared for slick roads.
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Johnson City
Major Wilson Wins Hayti Contract and Banana Monopoly
Prominent Knoxville contractor Maj Ki A Wilson and James McDonald of New York City secured a contract to build about 400 miles of railroad at Port au Prince Hayti and gain a long term banana export monopoly. Wilson and Mrs Wilden plan to relocate to New York next month with further travel noted for July. Descriptions mention lineage to late Chief Justice Mott and London association. The item also contains unrelated medical ad content for catarrh cures and pills.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ki. A. Wilson
Jas. McDonald
New York City
Port Au Prince
Hayti
Major Wilson
Wilden
Sue M. Murray
New York
Carter County Railway Chartered in Laurel Forks Company
Nashville April 16 a charter granted to the Laurel Forks Railway Company Carter county capital stock five ten thousand dollars incorporators listed A R Flinn T J McMorrough A B Britt RT Howell and Thos G Henson
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Nashville
Laurel Forks Railway Company
Carter County
Capital Stock
A. R. Flinn
T. J. McMorrough
A. 8. Britt
RT. Howell
Thos. G. Henson
Retablishe d 1888 Lee & Company Wholesale Merchants
Readable catalog from Lee & Company listing weekly revised prices and demand for country produce. Highlights include bacon, pork, beans, butter, eggs, fruit, vegetables, buckwheat flour, flour, lard, venison, venison hams, turkeys, ch ickens, and more with price ranges and packing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Tennessee
Patterson Calls For Unified Democratic Primary Plan
Nashville April 19. Gov Patterson proposes cross party support to reconvene the state committee and reschedule the primary for governor and delegate selection. He offers to join any opponent with backed endorsement to ensure a fair, unified process and promises equal division of election officers if rivals join.
Tennessee primary and judiciary plan discussed by Democrats
A Democratic discussion in Tennessee centers on a proposed plan to vote the judiciary on the same day as the governor candidate. The speaker offers amendments to gain harmony and argues for ensuring judges submit to the people's choice. Tennessee voters are urged to see sincerity in criticism of the primary plan or accept changes. Meanwhile, the Johnson City Steam Laundry promotes its cleanliness and systematic service under J. E. England.
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Democratic Party
State Executive Committee
Tennessee
Johnson City
J. E. England
Mr. England
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Teddy
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Journal
Henry Watterson Editor
Weekly Courier-Journal
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Courier-Journal Company
Louisville
Boones Creek
Call of the Blood
Dr. King
New Life
H. C. Miller's
Dr. Rogers
Ake
Krent
Geo, BR. i of
Chicamanga
Chattamonga
Mmillin
Nola Chuckey River
Drys
Gen. Penland
Holston River Road
Columbia
Ollege
Kndaville
McDonald and
Wilson
Hall
Miglig
Nature
Drupee Id Garey &Co
Poledo
Gil
Consi
Carter County Railway
LEE & Company Commission Merchants
Lee & Company
Lynchburg
Leslie Judge Co
Fifth Ave
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