Local notes reveal scattered events and oddities
A mishmash of items reports ex mayor W Dy Robinson, summer resort openings, Elizabethton cotton mill progress, and Newport Weekly charges about a Chattanooga excursion. It logs a Hancock farmer losing twenty apple trees, an old owl blown down, and rail accident damages under $1 million settled for under $90,000. It cites wheat harvests, a war-dance joke by Richard Austin, a fatal Emory incident near Harriman, and reflections on death as habit with medical quackery critique.
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Elizabethton
Newport Weekly
Chattanooga
Wits and woes mix in scattered Tennessee snippets
A jagged collage of local tales from Sweetville and surrounding towns. Notes on a horse incident endangeringly injuring a girl, political reflections on Voorhees and Bryan, and moral musings on sight restored after blindness. Also mentions transport ads and Miles' Pains Pills.
Reform in the Constitution Aimed at State Economy
The Sun argues for constitutional reform to reduce state expenses and taxation. It urges farmers to weed and crops to manage moisture while praising widespread business cuts as a model. The piece asserts democracy requires stopping useless expenditures and reform through the state constitution.
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Marchants
Bert salves world for skin eruptions and provides guarantee
An advertisement offers Bert salve at 25 cents a box claiming it cures cuts bruises ulcers fever sores and other skin eruptions with a money back guarantee. The same notice promotes the H and D railway annual excursion to Niagara Falls July 8 from Chattanooga at 14 25 with seven day tickets and first class accommodations including Pullman cars and a route via Toledo Dowell and Michigan Central Railway.
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Tax delinquent property notice from June 14 1897
Notren. All parties interested in property where taxes remain unpaid for the year ish and for previous years can save onsiderable ccsto by calling at my office and paying the taxes on same. This June 14, 1897, 'Tuan A. Cox, Tex Atty.
Congressman Settles Speech Sparks House Dispute
Congressman Settle denounced what he called unconstitutional adjournment and criticized the Speaker and Congress policy during a brief Friday speech. His motion to correct the journal failed by a strict party vote amid calls to order by Speaker Reed.
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Settle
House
Congress
Reed
Next U S Marshal Will D Wright Appointment Follows
Washington July 2 The Senate named BR W Austin as the next United States Marshal after a bitter fight with rival John Hank. The next move will be the appointment of Will D Wright, with Chattanooga sources confirming the drift of affairs.
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U. S
Will D. Wright
Washington, D. C
BR. W. Austin
Senate
United States
John Hank
Chattanooga
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