Cumberland Gap News Editor Praises Alf Williams and Rail Plan
The Comet criticizes rival newspapers, celebrates Alf Williams starting Cumberland Gap News, and urges practical railroad development for Johnson City. It notes mail delays, pledges to report railroad progress factually, and warns against overreliance on theories.
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Alf
Williams
Berland
Ben Haynes
Knoxville Journal
Cumberland Gap
Brother Williams
Trade mark of Scott's Emulsion and cod liver oil
The text touts Scott's Emulsion as the world renowned cod liver oil product. It claims the oil nourishes and strengthens weak backward children and thin people. It notes a taste-free process developed thirty years ago by Scott and Bowne and offers a free sample plus a price of one dollar.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Coemists
NEW Tore We
Fragmented early 20th century clipping dialogue and politics
A garbled collection of political notes and names including W J Bryan declining Illinois College presidency, Russia Japan tensions, Shaw bill for Canadian wheat seeding, Shanghai consular judge name change, McCue alleged motive for wife killing, Gay Frazier second term, Confederate pension rise to 300000, Peabody school funding dispute, President Zimmerman denial of sale of the road, and editorial chatter across Memphis papers.
Senate Bribery Scandals Highlight a Troubled Body
A Nashville American editorial echoes alarm over swift Senate corruption cases with three members under ban for alleged bribery and fraud. It notes Senator Mitchell’s denial amid a grand jury indictment and references ongoing investigations expected to expose campaign fund deals, while contrasting past denials and political maneuvering. The piece also discusses Chesapeake and Ohio Railway interest in acquiring Detroit Southern from H B Hollins and Company and Eugene Zimmermann, arguing the sale would ease Great Central merger anxieties and create new lake port access via Toledo and Detroit, with C and O’s 1428 miles of main track and key terminals at Newport News Washington and Louisville.
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United States Senate
Burton
Diedrich
Mitchell
Senate
Senator Mitchell
Mr. Roosevelt
Judge Parker
Cortelyou
Stone
Missouri
Cockrell
Nashville
Chespeake and Ohio Railway
Detroit Southern
Great Central
Chesapeake and Ohio
Toledo
Detroit
Atlantic Tidewater
Ita
Newport News
Washington
Louisville
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Trenton Bridge Project Linked to Coal Transport Plans
The Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line plans to shoot the Trenton bridge as the sole link to connect coal traffic from clinch valley Virginia to Toledo and Detroit and then to Chicago. Memphis notes rail politics and temperance lobbying with anecdotes about Cy Lyle and theater tights, plus legal notes on Virginia rail charter forfeiture and governor general Trepoff urging peaceful labor action. Chamberlain cough remedy promo closes.
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Trenton
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago
Clinch Valley
Virginia
Trepoff
St. Peteraburg
Moscow
Finland
Public notice of monthly Jonesboro meetings and ABA speaker
The notice states that W. KR. Reaves wins the chair in county affairs and sets first Mondays and Saturday each week for public business in Jonesboro. It also proclaims Lord Alvyerstone as the Lord Chief Justice of England and announces his speaking role at next summer's American Bar Association meeting.
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Jonesboro
W. KR. Reaves
Wint
Lord Alvyerstone
England
American Bar Association
When a Woman Nurses a Child Strength Is Needed Most
A druggist H C Miller promotes Vinci as a remedy to boost strength for nursing mothers. He invites weak women to try Vinci with a money back satisfaction promise, asserting the product’s exceptional efficacy.
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Vinci
Politicians and lobbyists in Missouri and beyond
A Missouri committee chair quotes a witness about a man who allegedly belongs to both parties and funded a campaign under a concealed account. The piece links this to the rise of professional lobbying and warns of buy and sell politics, referencing Folk, Taylor, Carmack, and a broader party shift toward the West and South in the coming years.
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Neidringhaus
Missouri
E. 0. Bronkmeyer
Niedringhaus
Republican Fund
Joseph W. Folk
Courier-Journal
Dr. King's New Life Pills Promoted as Blood Cleanser
A drug advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a modern blood and system cleanser. It claims the medicine cures stomach and liver troubles and directs readers to Miller s Drug Store for purchase.
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Dr. King
Miller's Drug Store
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Ralltor
Ownon
Fone
Fubwuon City
Tenn
Tie Aoa Anii
Moike
Johnson City
Bute
W.J. Bryan
The
Illinois College
Russia
Japan
Shaw
U. S
Shanghai
China
McCue
Gay
Frazier
Ship of State
House
George Peabody School For
Peabody Education Fand
Zimmerman
Ohio
Todiana
Wall Street Journal
Col
Walker Kennedy
Commercial Appeal
Mike Gonnolly
News-Scimitar
Jack Reaves
Chies
Hardeman Free Press
Jarvis
Mike Connolly
Memphis News-Scimitar
Nennes
Tutt’s
Memphis
News-Scimitar Notes
Oy Lyle
Utah
Cy Lyle
4 Monkey
Tennesset
Hardeman
Cy Lyte
East Tennessee
Hardeman Free Prees
Commercial Appeal Notes
Boston
Bristol Herald Aays
Price
Corporation
Commonwealth
Virginia Sed Southeastern Railway Company
South and Western Railway Company
Tne
Corporation Commission
Supreme Court of Appeals
Chamberlain
Priends
FW Fletcher
Victoria
Australia
H . Miller
WINGS
H. C. Miller
Ciov
Taylor
McMillin
Carmack
Bate
Tribunes
Chattanooga
Bill of Rn
Nashville Banner
Democracy
New York
William J. Bryan
Alton B. Parker
Norman Mack
Buffalo
Democratic Nations’ Committee
Herald
Bryan
West
Weat
Trust
Hugh F. Webb
Main St
R. L. Mann
Pierce 4 Mann
Inc
MH. Pierce
Main Street
Plymouth
Plymouth Rock Club
BE. Tare
Highpoint
N. C
Ayer
Buckingham
Drogegieteeer
P- Hall Co
Neshua
NAVAL
DeWitt’s
W. J. Barton
Summers, Barton & Parrott
Chas Nichols
Lee & Nichols Hardware Company
Southern Railroad
Barton
Oliver Chilled
Studebaker
Barton & Parrott
Main
erieNce
Johnson City Plumbing
E. C. Millhorn
Mgr
J “Bishop & Smith
Cation Us
Columbia
Ageule
Dr. Loug
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