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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1908
Page
2
Tennessee reporters and editors debate Gov Patterson and Carmack influence as primary plans spark party tensions. Contenders accuse each other of manipulating conventions, while papers criticize leadership and call for accountability. Local officials and editors weigh public sentiment amid protracted factional disputes.
An old timey advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for an exo of cularrh and touts cures by Hal's Catareh Cure and other nostrums. It lists druggists and claims internal use but is vague and hearsay. The notice signs as if from multiple distributors.
The Memphis News Scimitar and the Little Columbia Daily Effort echo dispute over Carmack and Cooper. The piece cites Carmack’s alleged ingratitude toward Duncan Cooper, a generous state figure, while praising Cooper’s support of Gov Patterson and critiquing Carmack’s treatment by his own circles.
Washington February 4 The house appropriations committee reports favorable the pension bill for the year ending June 30 1900 abolishing agencies at Augusta Missouri Boston Buffalo Chicago Columbus Ohio Cincinnati Detroit Indianapolis Knoxville Tenn Louisville Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Francisco Topeka and consolidating them into a central agency in Washington The bill provides a total pension appropriation of 150 840 000 about 174 000 more than the cost of separate agencies eliminated.
The Southern Railway schedule shows information on trains to Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago with daily connections from Knoxville and Memphis. It notes non guaranteed times, one change at Union Depot, and advises checks with agents for rates maps and complete info. The piece also includesColumn items referencing Governor Patterson and satirical quotes from London Opinion.
New York visitors see a three story model at Orange laboratories as Thomas A Wilson envisions a cast iron house built in 12 hours for $1000. The $30,000 outfit would cast the entire home with concrete roofs and floors, six days set for drying, and no fire insurance. The design aims for repair free durability and reusable iron molds for other buildings.
Washington estimates 77 million acres of eastern swamp land can be reclaimed with simple structures. At $8 per acre present value, $616 million. drainage at $15.40 per acre brings total cost to $1.771 billion. Post drainage value surges to $60 per acre, totaling $4.62 billion, a net gain of $2.849 billion. If bought at $6 per acre, improved at cost, sold at $60, profits could halve the national debt twice and fund a year of government operations. The plan also envisions Panama Canal completion and a lakes-gulf waterway via revenue.
Members of the Emmett Boclal club form a bachelor pact in South Bethlehem. Every two months they draw lots and the one with the fateful number must marry within the year or be banished. A child-like interlude then shifts to a Salvation Army exchange about returning a cigarette and small boy.
In Indianapolis McClain driving a horse and buggy fell through a wood plank bridge. His foot peg stuck in muck knee deep, he was rescued after hours of effort. He wandered a mile to bed, leaving the wrecked rig and injured horse at the scene. Police later found the scene and two peg holes where the rig passed.
Pittsburg Miss Pauline Law aged 35 lives with herfather William Law on Friendship Avenue and was spanked by him after returning home at one in the morning. She was arrested for assault and battery. Magistrate Kirby discharged the father and taxed the costs to the young woman. The court ruled the father had a right to spank while she remains under his roof. Pauline threatened appeal.
Spearfish reports deer raiding potato patches owned by John Meehan. He observed three nights of deer entering his garden and digging up large potatoes while ignoring smaller ones. Since deer season was closed, he could not shoot them but deterred the animals.
Governor Patterson addresses annual meeting of the Tennessee Public School Teachers Association in Nashville. He pledges to use every power to aid children and seeks increased legislative funding for public schools. He warns against neglecting the rising generation and urges a higher pay scale to attract capable teachers.
The AntiSitooa League praises nonpartisan work and urges continued harmony in pentence. It condemns derisive tactics and calls attention to political corruption while pledging to elect officers with ethical restraint. Obion Democrat.
Washington mourns anti expansionist sentiment as a new island appears in the Bogaston group off the Alaskan peninsula. The 400 foot high landmass spans over 1700 feet at its base and was unseen a year ago. Discovered by the crew of the revenue cutter McCullough, it bears the ship's name.
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