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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
2
The Comet edited by H. Lyle is published weekly every Thursday in Johnson City. The paper states it is a second class matter and bears the publication note Posposive at the header.
Hal H. Haynes offers to again serve the bar of the First Tennessee District pending Republican renomination and reelection, citing his record as Chancellor as qualification.
Obituary notes the death of Col. Walter Preston Brownlow at the Soldiers Home in Johnson City. It praises his fourteen years in Congress, his role in securing funding for the Mountain Division National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and his influence on local development. The piece reflects on his public service, personal impact, and the national political context of his era.
A Tennessee editorial attacks Attorney General Cates for dual roles as state AG and editor of an anti Patterson supplement. The piece accuses him of conflicts with his law firm Shields Cates Mountcastle representing Cumberland and East Tennessee Telephone companies and questions his independence in tax and corporate cases. It cites Governor Patterson’s criticism and sketches possible consequences for Cates’s position.
Johnson City’s noted benefactor Walter Preston Brownlow died at the Soldiers Home in Johnson City after a period of coma. Survived by his widow, two sons and three daughters, his death prompts questions on succession and local politics as Tennessee mourns a larger figure in state affairs.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a cure for stomach and liver troubles for all ages. It claims constant health and perfect elimination and offers a free sample by mail from Caldwell Medicine Co. 119 Caldwell Bdg, with bottles priced at one and two dollars and twenty four.
State Superintendent K Law Jones calls a meeting of the state board of education in Nashville for July 12. Topics include a ten percent school fund distribution totaling over 54000, plans for three state normal schools, location of the metro state normal, and site inspections for the Negro normal with Nashville and Chattanooga as contenders and other cities showing potential advantages.
The Nashville American reports a factional crisis within the Tennessee Democratic Party as court and political figures clash over a delegated convention. Allegations center on governor coercion and backroom deals to prevent a Bell defeat and prop up Lansden, with alliances formed with Republicans to keep rival factions from influencing the race.
Lebanon July report that Lon P McFarland will run as floater for Wilson and Davidson counties. Former 1401 legislature member nicknamed The watchdog of the strong box. He faces at least one opponent and is described as a strong administration supporter.
Judge Frank Wilson, Independent candidate for re election to the civil appeals bench, spoke at the Hippodrome in Johnson City Saturday night. He arrived by train escorted to the Arlington hotel and was greeted by supporters including Dr A T S Bowena. About 200 attended. Wilson urged defeating the governor and backing any clear Republican, insisting he is no factional ally. He planned to travel to Kingsport, then return for the Memphis special to Nashville.
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