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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1898

Page

2

Silver hopes lift in congress as campaign gears up

A long stream of items notes how silver forces seek unity to push pro silver policies. Senators and representatives debate annexation, Cuban actions, and the Ha waiian treaty while party leaders push aggressive campaigning for next fall.

Congress Representative D'Armound Missouri Bryan

Roads and politics shape markets and votes in era debates

A long critique links good roads to trade advantage and criticizes Mark Hanna's bribery scandal at the Ohio senate election. It notes lawmakers bought with money, threats and intimidation, and predicts Hanna’s downfall and Republican drift. A Washington correspondent recounts a Tennessean’s risky Capitol Hill misadventure over a faulty gas fixture.

Marcus Aurelius Hanon Ohio Hanna Bushnell Senate Republic

Is Your Life Worth Fifty Center We Defy the World

An old patent medicine blurb promises a cure for all kidney and related female diseases. It claims Smith’s Sure Kidney Cure has a 98 percent observed cure rate and offers a money back guarantee if no cure occurs, with sales through local druggists.

Miles Ann Smith

Young pupil defends mountain heritage in class exchange

A 11 year old Washington city public school pupil, son of W. B. Hyams, confronted a teacher’s remark about heathen origins. He cited his state and East Tennessee’s history, naming figures like Andrew Jackson and Zebulon Vance, and praised local liberty and Christian charity. The class applauded, the teacher apologized, and the student’s defense drew praise at the capital.

Willie W. Hyams Washington City Hyawa Prichard Committee On Civil Service Senate Africa Asia East Tennessee North Carolina Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson General Shelby John Sevier Pearson Landou Haynes Zebmon B. Vance Merriman Robert L. Taylor J. C. Pritchard King's Mountain

Brownlow's Humor in Civil Service Debate

A Washington dispatch reports Tennessee Congressman Brownlow interjected poetry into a critique of civil service reform. He lampooned Cleveland and McKinley era pledges, likening reformers to a Maine Prohibition supporter and Kansas bragging about enforcement, remarks that mixed satire with policy scrutiny.

Brownlow Washington Dispatch Tennessee Silas Wegg Cleveland McKinly

No-To-Bac Miracle Quit Tobacco Aid Ad

An old advertisement touts No-To-Bac as an easy life enhancer that makes weak men strong. It promises a free booklet and sample from Sterling Remedy Co. with options to contact Chicago or New York offices.

Tobaco Sterling Remedy Oo Chicago New York Bunken Ulret

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