Democratic Ticket for President Wilson Named in 1912
On August 1 1912 the Democratic ticket is listed with Presidential nominee Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey and Vice President Therra R Marshall of Indiana. Electors at large Floyd Estil and Radiey Porter, with district electors including Cy IL Lyle Washington and Frank M. McRiwee among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Therra R. Marshall
Indiana
Floyd Estil
Franklin
Radiey Porter
Iy Districte
Cy IL Lyle
Washington
Prank M. McRiwee
Rene
A. Bs. Flagton
van Buren
M. GC. Sidwall
Clay
S. LE. Waroer
Marshall
I. le Peek
Robertson
W. Whitthorne
Maury
Teron Piersoi
Te Suddath
Qu. K. B. Baptist
Tipton
Inauguration centennial celebrated in 1915 memory
A pair of late 19th to early 20th century quotes reflect political satire from Memphis and Nashville papers. The Memphis line jokes about a drink and a “sneeze weed” episode, while the Nashville Democrat notes the 1915 inauguration of a Southern Princeton Democrat in Washington on March 4, marking a centennial reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gy Lyle
Kmart
Hardeman Free Presa
Memphis News-Scimitar
Princeton
Washington
Nashville Democrat
Tragic Train Death Touches Watauga Arrival and Local Happenings
Jesse Dempsey age 18 died after being struck while attempting to catch a work train. He died during hospital care in Carnegie and was buried at Gibson graveyard. Watauga reports include Texas visitors, railroad work along the river, a protracted meeting at the Methodist church, and a lard rain event as summer activity draws visitors and candidates for local offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watauga
Tenn
Jesse Dempsey
Chas. M. Dempsey
Carnegie
Gibson
Tie
D.M. Lilly
Miss Gayle
Bonhara
Texas
Silly
John J. Lilly
George Townsend
Houston
Del
Johnson City Baseball Club
W. R Reynolds
Justice of the Peace
Frank 1
Lilly and Wife
Bristol
W. L. Fogleman
Methodist
Frank Love
Erwin
Citizens' Committee Appointed to Clean Up Johnson City
A public meeting at the courthouse elected J. J. Brading as chairman to organize a twenty member Citizens' Committee. Gen J B Cox urged action to curb whiskey traffic while Judge S W Williams and Mayor W A Dickinson spoke on enforcement. Ministers and council members attended as the group plans to aid police in closing crime dens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Johnson City
J. J. Brading
S. ©. Williams
J. B. Cox
W. A. Dickinson
C. Williams
Brading
Social Affair At Cox Country Home Friday Evening
Misses Sophia and Carrie Cox hosted a large social gathering at their country home two miles north of town Friday evening. Friends included Misses Burd Hale Hale Blanche Grace Boring Hi Trene Hi Grace Boring Alberts Cox Marret Mary Wright Leone Hall Marion Johnson Delia Awadley Mexim Go Barnes Masengill Eugene Taylor Prof. J. B. Boyd Albert Bowers Walter Maden H H Thomas Cyrus Bam Cox and other attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Carrie Cox
Burd
Bessie Hale
Blanche
Trene
Grace Boring
Alberts Cox
Marret
Mary Wright
Leone Hall
Marion Johnson
Delia Awadley
Barnes
John Masengill
Eugene Taylor
J. B. Boyd
Albert Bowers
Walter Maden
H. H. Thomas
Cyrus and
Bam Cox
Jonesboro Prepares for Big Homecoming Week
Jonesboro readies a week long homecoming August 12 to 17 with Washington county residents and former locals flocking back. A special Washington County Day on August 15 will feature cornerstone laying for the new courthouse, an old time barbecue, and food preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesboro
Washington
Tiwax
Washington County
Court House
Masonic Lodge
Ths Place
R. H. Lankford
Charles Taylor
R. L. Taylor
Old Mill Spring
Chase Hawkins
Knoxville
N. E. Harris
Macon
Hooper
McMillin
Johnson City
Edward Brigham
New York
Brigham
Maine
California
Herald Andribune
Bristol Man Choked to Death by Gotter
Bristol July 80 Charles Bes 45 a member of a local transfer company choked to death this afternoon when a growth on his throat wedged under the collarbone closing his wind pipe He fell in a struggle to live an operation was attempted but he died before air could pass Local physicians call it an unusual death He was a man of family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Charles Bes
Coiter
Bays
Seventeenth Annual Christian Endeavor Convention Opens
The Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren church holds its seventeenth annual convention here with sermons by Rev C A Grim and talks by educators and clergy on child training and church values. Friday features devotions, lectures, and discussions including Bible giving and the moral, social, and economic value of the church, with speakers from Knoxville Chattanooga Johnson City and local clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society
United Brethren Church
W. Paul
C. A. Grim
W. G. Wilson
State Normal
Flora Whitinbarger
Grace Wilson
Wa. m
Annis Parker
T. C. Carter
Dayton A. Dobby
Wallie Shomaker
Ra D. Warner
Chattanooga
Lit
Athey
Knoxville
Gilbert Gloss
Johnson City
James Arthur
Roosevelt letter vows no flinching at Tennessee convention
Nashville dated July 30 and New York July 20 reveal Theodore Roosevelt endorsing a progressive party ticket in Tennessee. He criticizes Gov. Hooper and the Chicago convention, urging ex Democrats and ex Republicans to unite for social and industrial justice and warning against flinching on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
G. T. Taylor
Tennessee
Progressive
Col
Roosevelt
New Party
Hooper
New York
Taylor
Chicago
Republican Organization
Mr. Taft
Republican Party
Progressive Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Social Notes Highlight Bristol Visit and Weekend Plans
Miss Sue Rogan visited Miss Carrie Briscoe near Bristol and traveled to Johnson City. Local guests D C Hill James Carmack Ivrank Carmack and W K Carmack plan a Big Creek weekend with George and Mrs Robertson. Mrs G B Smith and Miss Delle Smith visit Johnson City with Capt Y Dearderick, join Miss Helen Haynes for two weeks at Mount Mitchell.}{end}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Rogan
Carrie Briscoe
Bristol
Isadore McClellen
Johnson City
D.C. Hill
Will Eberhart
James and
Ivrank Carmack
W. Kt. Carmack
Big Creek
George Robertson
G. B. Smith
Delle Smith
Capt
Y. Dearderick
Helen Haynes
Little Switzerland
Mount Mitchell
Thaw Remains Insane. Denied Freedom From Asylum
White Plains July 2 Harry K Thaw remains insane and must stay in the asylum where he was placed February 1 1908 after killing Stanford White Justice Martin J Keogh of the supreme court denied Thaws petition for freedom The court ruled release would threaten public safety and ordered Thaw returned to custody Thaw said I am sending the sad word to my family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Martin J. Keogh
Supreme Court
Thaw
Matteawan
New Hardware Store to Open in Johnson City
Johnson City will welcome a new hardware store named the London Kirkpatrick Hardware Co. It will occupy the Hunter building on Main Street after remodeling with capital backing from stockholders R P London Nat Kirkpatrick and Col J M Barker all experienced hardware men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson City
London-Kirkpatrick Hardware Co
Hunter
Main Street
R. P. London
Nat Kirkpatrick
Col. J. M. Barker
Splendid Wheat Yield Reported in Washington County
Wheat threshing is underway in Washington county with yields noted as twenty to forty bushels per acre. George E. Burbage threshed 500 bushels from thirty eight acres. Small ing brothers at Piney Flats produced 2 000 bushels from eighty acres. Dr J F Arnold cites Limestone area yields of twenty five to thirty bushels per acre.
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Washington County
George E. Burbage
Smalling Brothers
Piney Flats
J. F. Arnold
Acrostic plea hints at a hero to save the land
A dramatic acrostic voice urges readers to behold a guiding light from the sky. It evokes a celestial star guiding the wise and calls for recognizing a man who will lead and be publicly supported as a savior of the nation. The fragmentary verse frames a national crisis and a predicted leader.
Indebted Gaston Hughes Must Appear in Johnson City
The affidavit based action against Gaston Lhughes, a non resident, orders publication in the Comet for four weeks. He must appear before Justice P.Q. Miller in Johnson City, Tennessee, on August 29, 10912 to defend the suit or risk further legal action.
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Gaston Hughes
Gaston Lhughes
State of
Tenn
Comet
Johnson City
Tennessee
le Yclery
P.Q. Miller
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Citizens’ Committee
Gotter
Christian Endeavor OF
United Brethren
Herald-Courier
Benton McMillin
C. J. St. John
J. J. Cox
Harry Thaw
Branchland
W. Va
Elizabeth Chageeau
Counics
Snow
Cardul
Gardu
P. Q. Miller
Mountcastle-Phlegur Hardware Co
White City Laundry Co
J. E. Coleman
Mar
W. L. Harwood
W. Main St
Johnson City, Tenn
W. W. Pearson
The
Frank Miller Co
J. B. Worley
Martha Washington
City Transfer Co
Newport, Tenn
D. R. Beeson
Brown Bidg
Columbia
William Silver Company
Main St
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