Tennessee Democrats Endorse National Platform in Baltimore
Tennessee Democrats in a state convention ratify the national platform from Baltimore and pledge support for Woodrow Wilson and Thomas Marshall. The document denounces Republican hypocrisy, cites Ben Hooper’s governor bid, and outlines education, labor, railroad, pensions, public health, taxation, and reform policies aiming for stricter oversight, expanded public schools, and modern labor protections.
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Democracy
Tennessee
Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
Thoras K. Marshall
Republican Party
United
National Democracy
Ben W. Hooper
Taft
Ben Hooper
Johnson City Franchises Granted for Gas Plant and Distribution
The Johnson City authorities grant a twenty year exclusive franchise to I P Sewell and associates to construct operate and maintain a gas plant and distribution system in Washington County Tennessee. The ordinance fixes gas prices with tiered rates and adds profit sharing with the grantor city. Provisions cover payments deposits audits and conditions to take over the plant after the term.
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I. P. Ltowke Sewell, Kin Associates
Johnson City
Washington County
Tenn
Sewell
Ma Associates
Sald City
Sald Elty
Hin Gas Company
Diobuson
Exch
Aldreman
Tiny Royuie
Prions
Grantes Hall
Sun
Johnson Cley
Recorder of
Wild City
Aald
Guy
Washington County The Father of His Country’s First County
Washington County claims pioneer status as oldest in the state and the first to be named for The Father of His Country. The article traces its 1777 creation from Wilkes and Burke counties, highlights early court acts, and lists subsequent county formations carved from Washington or neighbors through 1819, ending with a note that continuation appears on page two.
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Tennesse
Renton McMillin
Washington County
Washington
Tennessee
North Carolina
Wilkes
Burke
Court of “ Pleas
Jonesboro
John Carter
John Sevier
Valentine Sevier
Great Britain
Sullivan
Greene County
Hawkins
Greene
Knox
Jefferson
Greene and
Hawking
Sevier County
Blount
Knox County
Carter County
Grainger
Cooke County
Anderson
Roane
Claiborne
Campbell County
Tertiory
AnsWerson
Rhea Ee
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Nashville
Democratic Party
University of Tennessee
Labor Legislation
Interstate Commmerce Commission
Hina
Railroad Commission
Suet Commission
Convicta
Orion
State Board of Halith
Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Banka. Xil
Reelfoot Lake
Reelfoot Lake Ug
Thenational Democratic Party
Unnaka National Bank
United States
Mountcastle-Phiegar Hwd. Co
Old
Try
City National Bank
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