Rebel attack on Juarez signals near term
El Paso reports Pasquale Orozco, rebel leader, plans to assault Juarez within 24 hours. Couriers say reconnoitering forces move toward the border as Juarez awaits reinforcements for the federal garrison. Outposts of Orozco’s camp are near Juarez, with plans to seize the provisional capital of Mexico.
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el Paso
Texas
Juarez
Pasquale Orozco
Mexico
Orozco
Col. Robago
Zemo Skin Cure Offered for All Ages
The City Drug Co offers Zemo and Zemo soap for irritated or itching skin, promising satisfaction or money back. They claim the clear liquid treats eczema pimples dandruff and other skin eruptions for infants or adults, emphasizing economy and cleanliness.
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The
City Drug Co
Rhea County Man for District Mine Office
Dayton reports Gov Hooper has chosen John Rose of Dayton as district mine inspector for East Tennessee. Rose is a veteran miner and Rhea County's prominent citizen, and a Republican who served in the legislature alongside Gov Hooper years ago.
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Dayton
Walter White
Hooper
John Rose
East Tennessee
Georgia Peach Crop In Danger From Warm Weather
Macon Georgia February 4 reports from fruit growers warn the Georgia peach crop faces great danger due to warm weather. A grower near Marshallville notes sap rising and buds opening early. If the weather does not turn colder in two days freezing weather could ruin blossoms. Macon sees trees in full bloom and South Georgia reports blooming orchards.
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Macon
Georgia
Marshallville
South Georgia
Postmaster at Erwin Named in Unicoi County
Washington February 6 The president has sent to the senate the nomination of Grover McNabb to be postmaster at Erwin Unicoi county It is understood Mr McNabb was appointed at the request of Congressman Massey
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Washington
Senate
Grover
McNabb
Erwin
Unicoi County
Mr. McNabb
Conreesman Massey
Convention of Southern Merchants to battle parcel post bill
Nashville February 3 The four day convention of southern retail merchants begins February 28 and runs through March 3 to study the parcels post bill now before Congress. More than thousands of retailers from southern states have signed the call. An executive committee of fifty from ten states will guide the gathering with Nashville editor Robert L. Burch named chairman. The event is viewed as organized opposition to the bill as it could concentrate business in northern and eastern mail order houses and harm southern merchants. Prominent leaders will speak as the convention aims to influence southern lawmakers. The program includes banquets luncheons and other entertainments and railroads offer low rates for attendees.
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Nashville
United States Congress
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Robert L. Burch
Merchant and
Southern
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertised as Internal Remedy
An advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally to address catarrh described as a constitutional blood disease. It claims the product acts on the bloodstream and mucous surfaces, marketed by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with testimonials and widespread physician endorsement.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Sells to Succeed Newell Sanders Reported Chair Choice
Nashville February 4 In the event that Hon Newell Sanders of Chattanooga accepts the ambassador to Mexico post it is reported that Congressman Sam R Sells of Johnson City will succeed to the chairmanship of the Republican state committee.
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Nashville
Newell Sanders
Chattanooga
Republican State Committee
Mexico
Sam R. Sells
Johnson City
Material arrives for Normal school buildings progress rapid
Fourteen carloads of construction material have arrived for the Normal school buildings. Seven carloads were unloaded Saturday afternoon and seven more are on the siding awaiting placement on the grounds Monday morning.
Statesmanship in Tennessee centers on office, not merit
The Commercial Appeal argues Tennessee politics thrives on gab and shifting loyalties. Leaders gain power by holding cards, not by principle, with Luke Lea’s senate bid highlighting voter volatility, factional stalls, and a public life driven by popularity and influence rather than lasting merit.
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Tennessee
Luke Lea
United States
Lea
Girl Dies and Loses Mind After Recovery Case
Los Angeles report details Pauline Dearing a 22 year old who suffered five minutes of apparent death with heart and respiration stoppage. After revival she showed childlike memory and speech loss and no recollection of her life before. Medical notes cite a stunning case of dual personality following near death.
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Los Angeles
B. Beasting
Pauline Dearing
Miss Dearing
Young wife shoots and kills former man friend in NC
In Tabor, North Carolina near the South Carolina line, Mrs. N M Hayes shot four times killing Robert M Floyd a prominent church member and medical student from Charleston. Hayes claimed he insulted her. Floyd aged about 36 was dead at her feet as husband Mr Hayes confronted the scene. Floyd was well known and educated. Hayes is described as prominently connected.
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Charleston
8. C
N. M. Hayes
Tabor
N. C
South Carolina
Robert M. Floyd
South Carolina Medical College
Conway
D. C
Floyd
Hayes
Old Battleship Texas Starts on Last Cruise
Charleston February 6 The all second class battleship Texas will leave on her last voyage for Norfolk to be destroyed as a moving target after a long naval record. Her place here is taken by the cruiser Baltimore. The Texas proceeds slowly due to aging machinery in reserve status.
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Charleston
D. C
Naval Service
Texas
Navy ‘Yard
Norfolk
Baltimore
Hire Manufacturing Company Builds in Johnson City
All funds for the Johnson City industry have been subscribed and the company is at work constructing the facility. More than half the total is paid to the secretary for the Commercial Lab as the project proceeds.
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Johnson City
Insurrecto Junta Reports Orozco Position Near Juarez
El Paso Feb 6 insurgents announce Orozco and his force have not retired to Samalayuco but sit ten miles west of Juarez within striking distance of the town.
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el Paso
Texas
Insurrecto Junta
Orozco
Samalayuco
Juarez
Father I Am Safe Card Sent to Dorothy Arnold
A postal card signed Dorothy and stating Father I am safe arrived for Francis R. Arnold, Dorothy Arnold's father, who has been missing since December 12. The handwriting resembles Dorothy’s, but he doubts it is hers. No return address or clues to Dorothy’s location were provided, and the card bears a New York postmark.
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New York
Dorothy
Pather
Francis R. Arnold
Dorothy Arnold
Arnold
Legislature Near Recess After Thirty Three Days
Nashville paper notes thirty three of seventy five days have elapsed in the general assembly. A recess of five weeks is expected starting a week from next Saturday. When reconvened, twenty eight days remain for lawmaking or blocking legislation.
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Nashville
General Assembly
Ticket Collectors Gone on Knoxville Southern Line
Knoxville February 3 ticket auditors on the Knoxville division of the Southern Railway have disappeared and conductors are again collecting tickets as before. It is about a year since auditors were placed aboard trains on the local division and collectors have reportedly been transferred to the Memphis division. Thoroughness pays. Although the rush is over, thoroughness will pay in the long run.
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Knoxville
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Memphis
Pensions for Old Soldiers in Tennessee Legislature
Nashville February 3 Two Confederate pension bills were introduced in the lower house with support from the board of pension examiners. The plan offers four payment classes for ex Confederates ranging from eight and a third dollars to ten dollars monthly. The bill requires the pension examiners to adjudicate all applications and recognizes disabilities incurred since the Civil War. An annual appropriation of four hundred fifty thousand dollars for two years is provided plus seventy five dollars monthly for a stenographer. The widows pension bill raises pay to eight dollars and thirty third dollars monthly and includes widows married before 1890 at seven dollars. An annual appropriation of two hundred seventy five thousand dollars for two years funds widow support.
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Nashville
Tthe Board of Pension Examiners
Board of Pension Examiners
Clyde Woman Endorses Cardus Remedy
Mrs Decker of Clyde, Kentucky writes that Cardus, the woman’s tonic, cured her after five years of unable to work and constant bed rest. She reports pain relief and renewed strength enabling her to resume chores. She urges other women not to suffer and to obtain a bottle from their druggist.
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Clyde, Ry
Dad
Decker
Clyde
Cardus
Tates
Happy
Cain
Rev J S Petty Dies At Morristown Home
Morristown Feb 4 Rev J S Petty D D longtime Holston conference member and former assistant editor and business manager of the Methodist Advocate Journal died at his Morristown home after months of illness He was a pioneer Methodist preacher in East Tennessee and pastored leading churches He is survived by a family May he rest in peace
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Morristown
J. S. Petty
Holston
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Advocate Journal
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Peptin touted by Moweaqua resident
A claim from M H Miller of Moweaqua Illinois endorses Dr Caldwell's Syrup Peptin as a safe pleasant tasting remedy for stomach trouble indigestion and constipation. The ad promises a free sample by mail and notes the product sells for five dollars a bottle through dealers.
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M. HH. Miller
Moweaqua
Tll
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Alll
Goe
Bristol Baptists Plan a 40000 Dollar Church
Bristol February 4 The Baptists of the First Church here prepare to begin erecting a handsome new church in the colonial style with massive front pillars. The project, costing about 40000 dollars, will start early in the spring on the site of the present building at State and Virginia streets.
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Bristol
the Baptists of the First
State
Virginia Streets
King George Opens First Parliament in State Ceremony
King George and Queen Mary rode in state from Buckingham Palace to Westminster to open Parliament. The king read the speech from the throne in the House of Lords while the queen sat beside him. A large crowd filled St James Park Whitehall and the approaches to the parliamentary buildings despite dreary weather.
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London
George
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
House of Lords
St. James Park
Whitehall
Board elected for Carolina, Clincbsfield & Ohio railway
New York Feb 8 announces Thomas F. Ryan Frank A. Vanderup John B. Dennis Ledyard Blair Edward D. Adams W. K. Whigham and Robert C. Ream joining the board. Mark W. Potter named president succeeding George J. Carter who resigned amid speculation of a sale to a rival line. Carter noted for time constraints due to extensive personal interests.
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New York
Thomas F. Ryan
Frank A. Vanderup
John B. Dennis
Ledyard Blair
Edward D. Adams
W. K. Whigham
Robert C. Ream
Carolina, Clincbsfield & Ohio Railway
Mark W. Potter
George J. Carter
Carter
Thec. & O
O.las
O&o
Garnishment bill recommended for rejection in Tennessee
Nashville February 3 A heated meeting of the judiciary committee of the lower house of the general assembly was held yesterday afternoon to consider the garnishment bill by Mr Hudson of Knox. The bill would require the debtor to bear all costs in government proceedings with only the first process charged to the debtor.
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Nashville
Judiciary Committee
General Assembly
Hudson
Knox
Mrs Wheeler of Freetown Finds Relief with Pepsin Syrup
Mrs Isabelle Wheeler of Freetown Indiana suffered nerve debility with little help until she tried Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. She reports many neighbors asked what she used and endorses the remedy as guaranteed. Sold by druggists at 1 dollar a bottle and available from Pepsin Syrup Co Caldwell Building Monticello Indiana.
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Isabelle Wheeler
Freetown
Ind
Dr.Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello
Gov Hooper Expected to Move Into Executive Mansion
Nashville February six. No specific date set, but likely the latter part of this week for Gov. Hooper to occupy the renovated executive mansion with Mrs. Hooper and the children returning to Nashville. He remains at the Hermitage hotel pending his family’s arrival.
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Nashville
Gov. Hooper
Executive Mansion
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