Patterson Prohibition Stance Praised Amid Tennessee Debate
A Union of editorials voices support for Gov Patterson as Tennessee debates statewide prohibition. They credit his stalwart defense of democratic principle and restraint from overreach, while warning opponents that taxes and regulation would harm farmers and merchants. The pieces contrast Patterson with lawmakers and tout his two messages to the legislature as top on prohibition.
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Tennessee
Patterson
Couriers Journal
Gov. Patterson
Jefferson Davis
Pose For The Bb Balance Exercise For Health
Instructional excerpt from The Delineator describing a standing posture with object on the head, gradual leg raises, arm movements, and controlled breathing to flex the body and stimulate the liver, followed by a humorous exchange from the Cleveland Leader.
Mirth and Merely at the Seaside Ho-8 on Friday
Mirthful ho- 8 show titled The Seaside Ho- started at the Hippodrome this Friday night January 2. Performers delivered nautical themed comedy and skits to a crowd awaiting seaside stage humor.
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Hippodrome
Council Debates New Charter Changes And Salaries
City officials debate charter provisions including election date shifts, poll tax impacts, and city employee appointments. They support alderman pay, discuss reducing the corporation line, and urge arc light installation in the public square before winter.
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Anne
Lane
Techie
Eilheens Fm Nani!rvetlag
Ma. Lee
Ellsworth
Wolford
Cash Hollow
Wofford
Many Baptised and Joined Church at Munsey Memorial
Sunday morning twenty nine new members were admitted at Munsey Memorial church by Pastor BW Vaught with three additions at night, totaling thirty two for the day. Of these, twenty two were baptised by sprinkling and five await immersion. Fifty two new members since revival began. The Sunday school and men’s Bible class grew, with seventy five in the men’s class. A Philadelphia drummer, J M Spencer, spoke on evangelistic work and questioned cigarette smoking among boys, noting 35 of 49 admitted smokers.
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Munsey Memorial Church
Vaught
J. M. Spencer
Philadelphia
Spencer
Gideon
God
Ferguson
Popular Music Roll Offer From Indiana Publisher
Offer from Popular Music Publishing Co of Indianapolis to send a postpaid music roll containing 20 pages of piano and organ sheet music for 25 cents in silver or postage. Includes pieces like Bud Knauer's Flight of the Butterflies and The Girl I've Seen among popular marches waltzes and songs.
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Bud Knauer
Manila
Popular Music Publishing Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Paradoxical Study of Careers of Our Unknown Men
A terse exchange notes that observers study the careers of untested men. The youth replies that his investigations show some succeeded by not knowing much about their business. The dialogue hints at irony in career paths and expertise.
The Drinking Man Finds Cause of Brown Death
In a discussion on Brown’s death the doctors attributed the illness to a fever, noting water on the brain as a possible description. One speaker dismissed strangeness, arguing the fever could have introduced fluid into the stomach, clarifying the medical reasoning.
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Brown
Yonkers Statesman: Crippled Floances in City Scene
A fragment from Yonkers Statesman notes a scene where figures described as floances appear damaged, suggesting disruption in a local urban event. The garbled text hints at confusion and diminished activity amid a city setting and sports context.
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Yonkers Statesman
Nancy Wilkerson Oyen Dies. Funeral At Hunt Residence
Nancy Wilkerson Oyen, aunt of Sam H. Hunt, died Tuesday morning. The funeral was held Wednesday at 3:80 PM from the Hunt residence. The soul of a good woman has gone to her reward.
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Nancy Wilkerson Oyen
Sam H. Hunt
Hunt
Opera Talk Sparks Opera Night Disturbance
A quarrel over a card trick and chatter during the performance draws comments from Cleveland Leader and Kansas City Journal. The Leader notes a misplay by one partner could have cost them a trick, while the Journal questions what caused the pandemonium and ponders what was inside Pandora s box.
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Mr. Merk
Mrs. M
Mr. M
Cleveland
Kansas City Journal
Koasat Indians of Louisiana Craft and Hunting Traditions
MONG INDIANS OF LOUISIANA The Koasat use a six foot blowgun with cane tube and light darts wrapped in cotton. They hunt birds and small mammals by breath-powered darts. The tribe also makes moss blankets, moss yarn woven on frames, and saddle blankets. Notable artifacts include pottery vessels, a Cypress knee drum, beaded shoulder sashes, banking recreations, and coin hammered ornaments by silversmiths. M. R. Harrington reports in the Southern Workman.
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Lousiana
Indiana
M. R. Harrington
Vienna Radium Institute Links To 500000 Kronen Gift
The University of Vienna via the Vienna Academy of Sciences receives a anonymous donation of 500000 Kronen to establish a Radium Institute. William Ramsay is honored as radium research advances with a fraction of a gramme loaned by the academy for his experiments. One gramme of radium stores energy equal to a large power but decays over about 300 years, making its energy release extremely slow.
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University of Vienna
Vienna Academy of Sciences
St William Ramsay
Roman numerals on street names take hold in New York
A Nassau Street tailor notes that Roman numerals are increasingly used to label streets like Fifth Avenue. The trend draws surprised comments as businesses print addresses such as Vth Avenue on cards newspapers and ads. He predicts other avenues may follow with IVth and IXth forms.
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Vth Avenue
Nassau Street
Fifth Avenue
New York Times
Avenue
Tallor
Vth
Christmas High Finance and the Banking Hide and Seek
William Bayard Hale, famed for silencing interviews, spoke at a bankers Christmas banquet. The clergy man delivered a caustic joke about Christmas games in banking circles, describing a game where a cashier or president steals funds and hides, pursued by detectives who may recover the money and impose a forfeit.
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William Bayard Hale
Lance
Hale
Going the Limit in a City Barroom Tale
A country cousin, visiting his city kin, endures metropolitan temptations after a dinner and show. He reluctantly agrees to another beer, while family banter and a parrot threaten to turn the scene into light comic chaos from Louisville.
Extols Life in the Country as Sky and Stars Shine
A Philadel phia Record note cites a New Century club member praising country living in the Chelton hills. She contrasts city glare with outdoor skies, sunsets, and the weather eye of nature, claiming winter skies offer beauty and daily sunrises or sunsets for suburban residents.
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New Century Club
Philadelpia Record
Chelton Hills
Not Likely to Help Him Out Tale of a Trunk Swap
Minnesota humorist J Adam Bede recounts a friend of a carpet firm traveler who, upon arriving at a station, asks a stranger to carry a second trunk on his Chicago-bound train. The stranger feigns a ticketless status, but reveals he is the conductor, exposing the ruse.
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J. Adam Bede
Minnesota
Pate
Chicago
Newsboys of the City in Boston Report
Norbert Copeland analyzes Boston newsboys in the Transcript. He notes about 30,000 boys sell papers, with at least 3,000 under 14 and average age around 12. Children under ten are barred, while many sellers are ten or older, reflecting harsh environments and racial observations.
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Norbert Copeland
Poston
Transcript
Boston
The Precise Scientist and the Cannibalism Quip
At a Philadelphia dinner marking the opening of the season Gov Sturt praised a noted scientist for his exactness and insistence on proven facts. A playful exchange followed about cannibalism where the elder scientist asked if the other had ever eaten human flesh before questioning talk of things not known.
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Gov. Sturt
Goodphia
Philadelphia
Apple Superstitions Across Britain Featured in Halloweens
In Scotland the custom of eating an apple before the mirror was used to glimpse a future husband as one combs the hair with the other hand. In southern England, a charm tied to apples on strings hung by the fire determined marriage order by which apple fell first. The last apple left meant continued singlehood.
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Scotland
South
England
Bond Commissioners Meet Citizens for Road Plan
The Washington county bond discussion records a meeting led by Hon. ALR John, with recommendations to the bond commissioners. They propose allocating the $150,000 bond sale proceeds to ten miles from Johnson City, ten miles from Jonesboro toward Bull Branch, three miles toward Telford, and five miles from Limestone, with surplus used to extend roads. A countywide meeting in Jonesboro is set for January 30 to advise on feasibility and finalize expenditure plans.
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Commercial Club
Cmmittes
Alr. John
Phere Wis
Carter
Gullip
Johnson City
Fordtown
Jonesboro
Bull Bonch
Telford
Gonkting
Lionestone
St Forth
Eleivens
Jonesbors
Adam
Washington County
Tennessee
Banner
East Tennessee
The Six Shooter Theory In Target Practice
The article argues that sighting a revolver along the barrel hinders learning the art, comparing pistol handling to boxing or fencing. It notes the eye hand coordination, the reflex to point instinctively, and asserts the six shooter trains a wrist and forearm as the gun’s finger, shaping how one directs aim.
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Iyir
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Nashville
Taylor
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