Woman in Peacock Alley Fends Off Mashing Attacker
New York January 14 Peacock alley at the Waldorf Astoria hosted many visitors as a house detective protected women from unwanted attention. A well dressed young woman outsmarted a persistent suitor by replying you are a liar prompting his disappearance. Cited advice on early treatment and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy from local dealers.
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New York
Peacock Alley
Waldorf-Astoria
Mashers
Richardson Granted Definite Leave of Absence
Birmingham Ala Jan 14 official notice states James D Richardson Washington grand commander of the Scottish Rite Order is on definite leave due to illness. George F Moore acting commander and grand prior of the supreme council succeeds him. Moore is Alabama native and editor of the New Age Masonic magazine in New York.
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Birmingham
Ala
James D. Richardson
Washington
George F. Moore
Supreme Council
Alabama
New Age Masonic
New York
Canada writer seeks irrigation data for back home move
A Moose Jaw Canada letter to the Carolina Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Industrial Department asks for details on fruit growing in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia. The author cites moisture, irrigation costs, land prices, and railroad facilities as key factors.
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Industrial Department of the
Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway
Carolina
Clinchfield & Ohio
Johnson City
Tenn
South
Horace Greeley
Hood River
Ore
Grand Junction
Colo
British Columbia
Avent Defends Vote for Col Enloe in Railroad Chairman Election
Frank Avent, who cast the lone vote in the Tennessee railroad commission chairman election, says Gen. Harvey H Hannah misreads party regularity and that his choice for Enloe was in the state's best interest. Avent notes prior discussions with Hannah and Enloe and states he could not vote for Hannah, regardless of party concerns.
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Nashville
State Railroad Commission
Harvey H. Hannah
Frank Avent
Hannah
Col. Enloe
Railroad Commission
Gen. Hannah
Dau
Tennessee
Cardul Praised By Douglasville Woman After Illness
Edna Rutherford of Douglasville Texas says five years ago she suffered chills and fevers after being caught in rain. Despite four doctors she found no relief until Cardul, the woman’s tonic, helped her feel better than in many months. Cardul is claimed to consistently help in similar cases.
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Douglasville
Tex
Edna Rutherford
Constitutionality of Prohibition Law in Memphis Saloons
In Memphis Tennessee Judge John E McCall continued arguments in a suit by the Law Enforcement league against 600 saloons. A demurrer by the Memphis Hotel company argues the statewide prohibition act is unconstitutional citing misaligned title wording. League members pursue further action if this suit fails.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Law Enforcement League
John E. McCall
United States Court
Memphis Hotel Company
Terrible Picture of Suffering and Cardul Claim
A Clinton Kentucky reader Mrs. M McElroy describes six years of female troubles and relief after using Cardul. The ad claims Cardul relieves female weakness and disease and invites trial by readers.
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Clinton, Ky
Rumors of Patronage Clash Over Johnson City politics
In Johnson City rumors and Washington wires swirl about patronage fights involving Dr. Massey and Mr. Sells. The dispute questions whether the president would withhold appointments to pressure a congressman, and argues Massey would be protected while Sells gains no advantage. The piece also notes George L. Carter’s revival of the Standard Oak Veneer plant via Tennessee Lumber and Veneer, with H. T. Spencer as new plant head and plans to start operations soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee Lumber and Veneer Corporation
George L. Carter
Standard Oak Veneer Company
J. Norment Powell
8. C. Williams
J. A. Wilson
Fred Powell
Miss Mary Macon Sponsors Ship Arkansas Launch
Philadelphia January 14 The battleship Arkansas the largest warship built in the United States was launched this afternoon at Camden New Jersey by Miss Mary Macon daughter of Representative Robert Macon of Helena Arkansas She christened the vessel with a champagne bottle traditional ceremony attached to the New York Shipbuilding Company yard.
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Philadelphia
Arkansas
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Mary Macon
Robert Macon
Helena
Ark
Morristown Population Figures From Census
Washington reports Morristown has a population of 47, a decrease from 2,793 in 1900 and 1,990 in 1898, according to the census bureau.
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Morristown
Washington
Senate set inauguration date after conference with governors
Nashville January 14. A three member senate committee will confer with Gov Patterson and Gov elected Hooper to fix the inauguration date. They recommended January 26, a choice endorsed by the senate. A bill was offered to amend the state constitution to allow ministers and priests in the legislature and to adjust election officers’ pay.
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Nashville
Senate
Patterson
Hooper
Fruit School in Bristol Next Month
Dr. W. Fletcher of Virginia Tech and three experienced horticulturists will lead a fruit school in Bristol from February 9 to 14 for Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee growers. The program includes three daily lectures by experts and morning and afternoon field demonstrations.
Mrs Orpha Dulaney Dies At Cherokee Home
Mrs. Orpha Dulaney aged 91 died at her son Jesse Dulaney’s home on Cherokee Saturday morning after a long illness. Wife of the late Milton Dulaney she was among the county’s oldest residents and a daughter of Abram and Margaret Fine. Survived by six children thirty five grandchildren and forty nine great grandchildren the Dulaney family also includes sons J. W. and Eph Dulaney of Cherokee Dave Dulaney of Johnson City Robert and Landon Dulaney of Slater Missouri. She was active in the M E Church for nearly fifty years and lived as a devout Christian. Funeral services were held at the home Sunday conducted by Remy M N Davenport Eden M E Church pastor with interment in the family cemetery nearby.
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Orpha Dulaney
Jesse Dulaney
Dulaney
Milton Dulaney
Abram
Margaret Fine
Jesse
J. W
Eph Dulaney
Cherokee
Dave Dulaney
Johnson City
Robert and
Landon Dulaney
Slater, Mo
M. E. Church
Remy
M. N. Davenport
Eden M. E. Church
Herald and Tribune
Aeroplane Cadets For Uncle Sam
War department accepts Glenn Curtiss offer to train army officers in aeroplane operation. General Bliss of the California department is directed to detail as many officers as possible for the instruction.
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Washington
War Department
Glenn Curtiss
Army
Gen. Bliss
Department of California
Sepulchre for Body of John Paul Jones
The Navy League of the United States supports a bill in both chambers to provide a permanent resting place for John Paul Jones. Efforts continue to fund finishing the crypt of the new Annapolis naval academy chapel to serve as his sepulcher after his body lay neglected for 113 years and was brought back only five years ago.
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Washington
Navy League of the United States
New York
Senate
House
John Paul Jones
Naval Academy
Annapololis
Annapolis
Kunowo by Other Names
There are no set of diseases so misnamed, is those that pertain to the stomach, liver and bowels. Many think their nerves are deranged, their heart diseased, their kidneys weak, their blood impure, when in reality they have stomach or bowel trouble. Try Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, the wonderful regulator, and see how quickly you will find yourself cured. It is guaranteed to do what is claimed, and if you want to try it before buying, send your address for a free sample bottle to Pepsin Syrup Co., 119 Caldwell Bidg., Monticello, Ill. It is sold by all dealers at sec and $1 a bottle.
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Dr.Caldwell
Pepsin
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello
Sec
Carrie Nation Suffers Nervous Collapse in Arkansas
Eureka Springs Arkansas January 14 Mrs Carrie Nation pioneer Kansas saloon smasher suffers a nervous collapse at home. Her condition raises fear that her career as temperance lecturer and foe of intoxicants may be at an end.
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Eureka Springs
Ark
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Mrs George Pepper Guest of Honor at Nashville Bridge Party
Mrs J K Bernal hosted a charming bridge party in honor of Mrs George Pepper of Johnson City Tennessee, guest of Mrs Green Benton. Palms and ferns styled the room, Mea Wadley and A N Kirkland kept scores, hat design place cards with red roses, prizes included a hand embroidered handkerchief and a painted plate. Red and white refreshments complemented the color scheme with crimson and white mints on the tables.
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J. K. Bernal
George Pepper
Johnson City
Tenn
Green Benton
Desui
Nashville Bauner
Veteran Conductor Moves to Main Line Run
Rogersville January 14 Capt Hugh Murray longtime conductor from Rogersville to Bulls Gap leaves that run for the Southern railway main line between Chattanooga and Bristol He is the oldest in service with the company with over thirty years six bars on his sleeve He will oversee No 42 the vestibule Chattanooga to Bristol and No 25 the Memphis Special Bristol to Chattanooga He will spend alternating nights in the two cities with son Harry Murray in Chattanooga His wife will relocate to Bristol leaving Monday
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Rogersville
Hugh Murray
Bulls Gap
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Bristol
Murray
Southern
Virginia & Southwestern
Memphis
Harry Murray
New Postmaster Named for Watauga
Washington dispatch says Jas A Blevins has been appointed postmaster at Watauga Carter county Tennessee replacing J Robertson who resigned. Miss Ferguson of Hot Springs North Carolina is visiting Mrs T B.
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Watauga
Washington
Jas. A. Blevins
Carter County
Teanessee
J. (. Robertson
Miss Ferguson
Hot Springs, N. C
Harvard Astronomer Debates Venus Life Theory
Cambridge Massachusetts January 14 Harvard University astronomer Professor William H Pickering challenges Professor Thomas Jefferson Bee Mare Island Cal and proposes Venus may host millions of prehistoric monsters and lizards while suggesting life there would differ greatly from Earth given Venus may be mostly water and its atmosphere unlike ours.
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Cambridge
Mass
Venus
Earth
William H. Pickering
Harvard University
Pickering
Thomas Jefferson Bee
United States Navy Observatory
Mare Island
Cal
Militia Officers Push Pay Basis for National Guard
Militia officers from across the United States urged the house militia committee to adopt a bill to pay the national guard. Gen. E C Young and other advocates say regular pay for skilled guardsmen would strengthen militia support to the regular army. The proposal would cost four to eight million dollars annually, replacing the present roughly four million for maintenance.
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Washington
United States
House Committee On Militia
National Guard
E. C. Young
Illinois
National Guard Association
Representative Steenerson
Regular Army
Opposition to Taft plan to fortify Panama Canal
A New York mass meeting by the New York Peace society and the People's institute denounced President Taft's Panama Canal fortification plan. Representative David J. Foster and Chairman Tawney warned that large armed forces invite war. The event occurred Friday night in New York.
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New York
Panama Canal
Taft
David J. Foster
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Tawney
House Appropriations Committee
New York Peace Society
People’s Institute
Tennessee Native Navy Constructor Reported Missing
The navy department announced the disappearance of Assistant Naval Constructor J. C. Sweeney from Puget Sound Naval Station last June. He is a Tennessee native who joined the navy ten years ago, and a successor will be appointed soon. A note on crow pest control is also included.
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Washington, D. C
J. C. Sweeney
Puget Sound Naval Station
Navy Department
Tennessee
Navy
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