Political jabs and Tennessee shift as Taylor retires
Fragmented notes recount political satire and public sentiment around Governor Robert S. Taylor’s retirement in Tennessee, the ascent of Benton McMillin, and echoes of national debates on finance, medicine regulation, imperial policy, and wartime issues. The piece blends editorials, editorials, and local banter about figures like Mann Reaves Miles Alger and McKinley era topics.
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United States
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Congress
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Taylor
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Blind
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McKendre Church
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Tatlor
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Hall's Catarrh Cure and the Nashville ballot note
An item discusses Hall's Catarrh Cure proclaimed by a physician as effective for constitutional catarrh and blood purification. It also reports the Nashville January 11 joint Democratic caucus nominating Theo King of Dyersburg for state comptroller on the eighteenth ballot after changes shifted votes.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Drawguglete
The First Baby Arrival Promised With Joy
An advertisement extols the joy of childbirth with a plea for expectant mothers to prepare using Mother's Friend a soothing balm said to ease labor pains. The notice promotes a free book titled Before Baby and invites readers to send their address to The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta Ga.
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Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta, Ga
Contest closes on March 31 for cotton bales guess
The Memphis Cotton Exchange announces a contest to guess the number of cotton bales received from Sept 1 1808 to Apr 15 1800 with inclusive dates. Official figures come from the exchange and receipts in Memphis from 1801 to 1897 are listed. entries require a yearly subscription to The Weekly Commercial Appeal and remittances to The Commercial Appeal, Memphis Tennessee.
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Ph Ho
Rept
Steainet Wall
Memphis Cotton Exchange
Mamphis
Kamber
Tenn
Resolutions Oppose Butler Pensions by Bradford Bivouac
In Brownsville Tennessee on January 13 the Hiram 8 Bradford Bivouac No 98 C8 D adjourned and adopted resolutions denouncing a U S Senate bill by Senator Butler of North Carolina to place disabled Confederate veterans on the same pension footing as federal soldiers. They condemn the measure as demagoguery and a threat to Southern veterans and national integrity.
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