Bull Moose Party Wins in Kansas Primary Shakeup
Washington reports a crushing Bull Moose victory in Kansas primary undermining Taft hopes. Roosevelt's rising support worries administration allies as lawmakers fear a strong crossfire in western states. Indiana hints at Beveridge polling up to 50,000 votes and Hadley may gain prohibitionist backing with 20,000 votes. Roosevelt’s surge reshapes Republican dynamics nationally.
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Washington
Taft
Kansas
Roosevelt
Lune Flower
Supreme Court
Ohio
Congress
Towa
Sherman
Indiana
A. J. Beveridge
Wilson
Hadley
Hoosier
Republicans fret over campaign funds and Wilson odds
The piece notes heavy Democratic talk of Wilson carrying Indiana by 75,000 to 100,000 in a November landslide. It cites Republican concerns about fundraising, claiming rich donors may withhold money, while Roosevelt supporters and Teddy’s backers reportedly promise large contributions.
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Prise
Wilson
Hilles
Taft
Roosevelt
Taft Committee
Teddy
Candi Ney
Indian man killed near Rochelle by gas express
A Indian man near Rochelle, 111, sleeping on a track was killed by a gas express. The warning urges prompt treatment for coughs and colds with Dr King s New Discovery to prevent lung trouble. A testimonial from J R Watts Floydada Texay claims cure and weight regain after grip. Trial offer at H C Miller s.
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Rochelle
Dr. King
J. R. Watts
Floydada
Texay
Joe
H.C. Miller's
Chosen Teacher of Domestic Science in Johnson City High School
Friends of Miss Anette Conner of Mountain City celebrate her appointment as domestic science teacher at Johnson City High School. A graduate of Central High and the Tennessee Normal School, she will begin work in September after visits to Tampa for rest. She plans further study at Columbia University in the future.
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Anette Conner
Mountain City
Johnson City
Conner Ia
Central High School
Mast Tennessee Normal School
Tampa
Fla
Miss Conner
Columbia University
New York City
Knoxville Journal and Tribune
Slemp Declares He Will Not Run Again in Ninth Virginia
Representative Bascomb Slemp announces he will not run for Congress in Virginia's ninth district. With strong Bull Moose sentiment, Slemp fears defeat and Rufus A. Ayres of Big Stone Gap is favored to carry the district.
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Washington
Bascomb Slemp
Conntress
Virginia
Slemp
Rufus A. Ayres
Big Bione Gap
Prolonging Life With Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin
Prolong life by keeping the body open and free of impurities. Constipation and digestive troubles ward off longevity. Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin promises relief and offers a free sample by mail, with bottles selling at 50 cents and one dollar.
Watauga News Items From Watauga Tennessee
Local notes from Watauga Tennessee dated August 1 report a dug up cannon shell on a lot, autumn Parrott from Bogart's knob during Burnside operations, and ongoing Methodist meeting led by Rev W I Fogleman with assist from Rev H C Clemens. Also reported are large fish catches by Newton Gibson, travel notes of J M Lilly and family, and meeting of Rastero Star officials. Reverend Fogleman attended funeral duties in Austin Springs for Lydia Ford, while tomato crops yield oversized fruit.
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Watauge
Tennessee
William Dempsey
Parrott
Bogart's Knob
Burnside
W. 1
Vogleman
Methodisteharsh
H.C. Clemens
Windport
Newton Gibson
J. M. Lilly
Mia Gayle
Bonham
Mesdames Reeves and Goodloe
D. M. Lilly
Texas
Franke Lilly
Bristol
W. 1. Fogleman
Austin Springs
Lydia Ford
Fogleman
Methodist Charch
D. N. Reese
Elizabethton
Noonday of Life Urges Domestic Care For Ills At Home
A moral exhortation urges married people to care for each other and their children, noting common ills such as constipation and indigestion. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as the quick, permanent relief and offers a free sample by mail from the Pepsin Syrup Co. in Monticello, HI. The product is sold by druggists at 50 cents and one dollar per bottle.
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Caldwell
Leuying
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell , Monticello
Sec
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
McMillin Calls for Law Enforcement Across Tennessee
Gov McMillin clarifies a July Nashville speech noting a misquote about prohibition and liquor. He stresses that the central issue is the law and that the governor’s duty is to enforce it, despite public distortion.
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Nashville
Benton M'Millin. State of Onig Cert or Toledo
Frantic garbled legal notice appears to name Benton M'Millin in a claim against Choany & Co. for a bond or penalty related to a cert and public office. The text references a sworn statement before a public official, with names including Tranie Cheney and Gleason, Hall’s office, and a scattered date. The legibility makes specifics unclear but indicates a formal proclamation or punishment bond context.
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Onig
Cert
Toledo
Leas Coury
J. Choany
BF. Choany & Co
Ani
Fforowald
Shar Vald
Gleason
Tor
Sells Massey Contest in First Tennessee District
Bristol July 1 reports a sub committee of the national Republican committee will soon decide whether Sam St Sells or former Rep Dr. Marsey will be the regular nominee for Congress in the First Tennessee district. Both have campaigned since the Oneville convention last February and no compromise has been suggested.
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Bristol
National Republican Committee
Tennessee
Sam St. Sells
DB. Marsey
Hothef
One- Ville
Gome
National Committee
Ths
Wan
Judge Moore Leads With Large Victory in Statewide Race
Partial returns show Felix W. Moore leading with 121,082 votes to H N Cote's 87,272, with Claiborne County likely to reduce Moore's margin. Aggregate totals place A. S. Buchanan at 117,827 as Nashville Ledger reports ongoing counts across counties except Haiborne and parts of DeKalb.
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Haiborne
DeKalb County
Court of Civil Appeats
Felix W. Moore
HN. Cote
Moore
Claiborne County
A.S. Buchanan
Nashville Kanner
Fair Exchange for a New Back in Johnson City
A Johnson City citizen reports personal relief from kidney back pain using Dean's Kidney Pills. The ad claims chronic back ache eased and kidney secretions normalized after using the product from Whitehouse Drug Co. The notice promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a superior kidney medicine and lists distributors in several cities.
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Palus
Heros
Johnson City
J. J. Crowell
Claiborne Street
Irhindu City
Tenn
Dean
Kidney Ville
Whitehouse Drag Co
Mason Eads wedding in Jonesboro Virginia bound couple
Miss Mary N. Mason married William A. Eads at Lena Mason’s home in Jonesboro on a Thursday evening. Rev. Dayton A. Dobbs officiated with close relatives present. After a visit, the couple will reside in Chilhowie Virginia. ad cites a diarrhea remedy testimonial from Oriole Pennsylvania.
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Jonesboro
Lena D. Mason
Mary N. Mason
William A. Eads
Chilhowie
Dayton A. Dobbs
Johnson City
Rey
Leaves Millions But No Children Fortune Left to City Real Estate
New York July 11 John Lyste, ninety four, died at his Tenafly New Jersey home leaving an estimated fortune of 20 to 40 million dollars largely in New York City real estate. Born in Nova Scotia he moved to New York at age ten and rose from an office boy to a leading stockholder after years at Low and Taylor's dry goods store.
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New York
John
Lyste
Dudiess
Tenafly
N. J
New York City
Nova Scotia
Low & Taylor
C C O Extension Pushed in Kentucky
Bristol August. Work grows on the Carolina Clinchfield & Ohio railroad extension from Dante Virginia to Milhorn City Kentucky. The line will link with Chesapeake & Ohio, creating a trunk line from the central west to the south Atlantic. Cost is about 5 million dollars. Construction starts from both Dante and Jelkhorn City ends as survey work finishes. Rinehart & Dennis of Charlottesville lead subcontracts. An army of workmen is to be rushed in within weeks. The project will boost local trade and stimulate wholesale business in Bristol Johnson City and nearby areas.
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Bristol
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad
Dante
Rossell County
Big Kandy Mountains
Milhorn City
Chesapeake & Ohio
Central West
South Atlantic Seaboard
Rinehart & Dennis Corporation
Charlottsville
Klkhorn City
Johnson City
Zemo hair and skin treatment advertised
An advertisement extols Zemo for scalp itch dandruff and skin afflictions. It claims the product soothes itching without stickiness and even suits eczema rash pimples. The maker is E W Rose Medicine Co St Louis Missouri with Johnson City retailer City Drug Store promoting sale.
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Zemo
E. W. Rose Medicine Co
St. Louis
Johnson City
City Drug Store
Live Stock Shipments Adopted on Southern Railway
Atlanta Aug 18 This company seeks to aid live stock shippers by designating Thursdays in September October and November as regular shipping days for livestock from Knoxville division to Bristol Morristown Asheville Murphy Hendersonville and Virginia points. Stock will be sent to Asheville concentrated for through fast trains to markets, with shipments reaching destinations earlier than existing schedules. Shipments must reach shipping points in time to load. L WORD Live Stock Agent.
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Atlanta
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Bristol
Morristown
Asheville
Murr +phy
Hendersonville
Virginia
North Darling
South Caroling
Georgia
Palla
Bucklen’s Amica Salve Promises Fast Pile Relief
Advert says Bucklen's Amica Salve banishes piles and relieves itching irritation and swelling. Claims quick comfort and joy as the greatest healer of burns boils ulcers cuts bruises eczema scalds and similar eruptions. Sold by H.C. age at.
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Bucklen
H.C
Benton McMillin Leads Democratic Governor Race
Nashville reports addit ional returns from yesterday's democratic primary show ex Governor Benton McMillin leading Governor Hooper by about 25 00 votes and carrying at least sixty of ninety six counties. McMillin's platform will be adopted at the August 16 convention. Felix Moore leads H Nate for civil appeals judge by several thousand. Buchanan elected supreme judge unopposed. Garrett is renominated in the Ninth district by about four thousand.
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Nashville
Benton McMillin
Thomas R. Preston
McMillin
Hooper
Court of Civil Appeals
Felix W. Moore
H. Nate
Supreme Judge
A. & Buchanan
Kinis Garrett
Dr. Caldwell
Ill Health and Kristol Aug 6 Ernest Miller
Ill health forces Ernest Miller to end his public duties as of August 6. Details remain scarce as officials announce his departure from active responsibilities amid ongoing medical concerns.
Prominent Virginia man dies by hanging after distress
Stember, son of Hatham Miller of Pulaski Virginia and nephew of Bristol businessman Frank Miller, hanged himself at Columbus Indiana Saturday night. He was twenty seven, married to Miss Amnis Nacker, daughter of Judge Hacker. Once a deacon and lodge member in Bristol, he had moved west. He had shot a Black man in Erwin Tennessee eight years earlier and was acquitted on self defense. Body brought to Pulaski for burial.
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Milligan Gallewe
Tenn
Miller
First Christian Church
Shelby Masonia Lodge
Erwin
Pulaski
Texas Wonder drug ad claims universal cures
A Texas Wonder elixir promises to cure diabetes weak back kidney and bladder problems in men and women and bladder trouble in children. It offers mail order and testimonials from Texas and other states with Dr B E Hall at 2926 Oliver Street St Louis Missouri and urges sold by druggists without delay.
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Texas
BE. W. Hall
Oliver St
St Lowis
Sollly Druggists
The Tall of a Bill Dramatized in Odd Verse
A humorous verse reminiscence of a night out with Dolly Bright, detailing taxi fare of 84 dollars, tips to various gents, a Rector’s meal, a doorman slip, a small bouquet, and a subway ride home. The narrator vows to avoid such a live night again.
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Dolly Bright
Rector’s
The Trials of a Traveler Narrates Tammy's Remedy Trials
A Vermont writer recalls Tammy the traveling salesman troubled by constipation and indigestion, noting Dr King’s New Life Pills as an excellent remedy for stomach and liver troubles. The endorsement ends with a brief mention of H C Miller's as another option.
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Tammy
E. E. Youngs
E. Berkshire, Vt
Dr. King
H.C. Miller
To Elect President by Vote of People
Washington August 5 a constitutional amendment by Representative La Follette of Washington for direct votes for president and vice president is proposed in a House resolution. It requires primary elections and a majority of all votes cast, with a second election on the last Thursday of each November quadrennially if needed. A health note then advertises Chamberlains Tablets to improve digestion and liver function, claiming cures and urging purchase.
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Washington
la Follette
House
Primary results and party moves in Nashville meeting
Nashville delegates met to canvass the gubernatorial primary returns with J. D. G. Morton elected chair man of the state democratic committee. The tenth district vacancy was debated with Pierce's motion to wait for the state convention prevailing. The primary board reported totals 9477 with McMillin leading at 50,002 and Crabtree at 7,02 among others.
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Nashville
Ave
Democratic Committee
J.D. G. Morton
State
Tenth
R. C. Williamson
Stanley Trevevant
Setion
Joe Creath
Shelby County
Creath
Rice A. Pierce Offeral
Alley
Pierce
Williamson
Moreton
J.D. Gi. Morton
J. L. Penust
Rob Roy
J. B Mitehel
Kevin McCrew
I. Fr. Marrett
Me. Morton
Claiborne
James, Johnson
Marion
Mork
Rutherford
Bequatchie
Washington
Wile Nusning
McMillin
Preston
Titty Crabtree
Faulkner
Tyne
Confederate Veterans Reunion Planned in Georgia
Atlant a Ga August 28 29 more than thousand confederate veterans are expected to attend the Georgia state reunion at Marietta according to an announcement by the commune Alpha camp has been organized at Marietta to guard the gates and escort the veterans the reunion will be held August 28 to 30 with local volunteers coordinating activities
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Atlant
Marietta
Nese
Boy Scouts of Alpha
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Hilles and Associates
Unaka National Bank
Watauga
M'Millin
Benton M'Millin
Judge Moore
Fair Exchange
Eads-Mason
M. E. Gebhardt
Mountcastle-Phiegar Hwd, Co
Kentucky
Dancruff
Southern Railway
O L. Word
Lt Patiney
Ayatem
Morton
Dr. Fahrney
City National Bank
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