Tennessee Governor Signs Appropriation Triggering Treasury Run
Nashville reports the governor signed the appropriation bill and lawmakers rush to the treasury to collect back pay from April 12. Payments range from five dollars to three thousand, with total sums growing into tens of thousands as adjournment ends. Public sentiment is relief at adjournment. Electric Bitters advertised as a blood purifier fighting disease germs with a money back guarantee at H.C. Miller’s.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Taylor
Capitol
H.C. Miller's
Sells Seeks renomination in First District Bristol visit signals bid
Congressman Sells plans to seek a second term in Congress with strong backing from Bristol leaders. He has aggressively reshuffled local posts to favor his faction and is named alongside possible challengers like Z D Massey G M Henderson and J S Cox. District remains Republican by about 16000 votes.
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Bristol
Sells
Congresa
vMecholders
Liquor Democracy
East Tennessee
Z. D. Massey
G. M. Henderson
J. 8. Cox
United States
Brownlow
Dr. Massey
the Nations Soldiers’ Home Board
Bells
Washington
Nashville
Senate
Cardus Promises Relief For Womanly Troubles
In a Desking letter Mary A. Vandyke reports severe female troubles lasting forty days left her weak and nearly unable to walk. After using Cardus she says she became well and urges other women suffering from weakness or pain to try Cardus, the woman’s tonic sold locally.
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Deskina
Mia
Mary A. Vandyke
Desking
Cardus
Hite
Mayor Dickinson Names City Committees in New Administration
Mayor Dickinson appointed standing committees including Finance Streets Sanitary Ordinance Public Buildings and Grounds and Public Safety. The recorder W K R Pouder bond set at 14000 with sureties J A Hummers H Pouder A B Crouch B S Pouder E A Long.
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Dickinson
Burchfield
Curtis
Taylor
Snodgrass
J. M. Martin
M. B. Martn
M. B. Martin
Crigger
Snodgrass Crigger
Crowell
Uurtis
W. KR. Pouder
Recorder
J. A. Hummers
H. Pouder
A. B. Crouch
B.S. Pouder
E. A. Long
Caring for Children and Health Advice Ad Card
Careful guidance on child health emphasizes duties of elders for a stable future. An advertisement touts Dr Cald on s Syrup Pepsi as a remedy for constipation indigestion liver trouble loss of appetite sleeplessness and nervousness. Free sample offer directs readers to the Pepsin Syrup Co. 119 Caldwell Monticello Ill.
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Caldon
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell
Monticello
Til
r.Caldwell
Caldwell Bldg
Mont
Pension agency reports ten million payout in Tennessee
Knoxville July 8 The report of the Knoxville pension agency for the year closing June 30 was completed today The amount paid out during the year was 10 046 299 13 of which 5 020 979 80 went to pensioners in Tennessee The number on the roll at year end was 59 253 down from 61 276 at the start of the period
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Knoxville
Knoxville Pension Agency
Tennesseees
Local Firm Will Continue Valuable Agency for Zemo
The City Drug Co of this city announces it will continue to be agents for Zemo the well known remedy for eczema dandruff and all skin and scalp diseases. The company notes the medicine has gained public favor in recent years and offers a limited supply of free samples to skin sufferers who wish to test its merit and a booklet How to Preserve the Skin will be given to interested readers.
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City Drug Co
Mammoth Cave Recalled as Southern Luxury and Wandering History
The piece recalls Mammoth Cave in Kentucky as a once grand destination now mostly visited by picnickers and descendants. It notes visitor records since 1807, peak crowds in 1440, and figures from 1840 to 1910, with references to Edward Everett, Webster, Emerson, and Jenny Lind. It also describes the hotel, its rotunda, miles of passages, and the cave’s storied social prominence in 19th century America.
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Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
United States
New England
Owensboro
Niagara Falls
Averett
Harvard
Webster
Cave
Emerson
Barham
Jenny Lind
Pierce
Teddy
Taft
Col
Bryan Lever
Rotunda
Mammoth Cave Hotel
Morristown Mystery of Rev Henry Spencer Booth Emerges
The Rev Henry Spencer Booth, originator of an insurgent Methodist movement, vanished two weeks ago after visiting Knoxville and Maryville with his family. His Morristown home remains locked with belongings in disarray as relatives search for clues to his whereabouts.
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Morristown
Tenn
Henry Spencer Booth
M. E
Booth
Knoxville
Mrs. Booth
Maryville
Morristows
Memphis
Life Insurance Offer Promises Family Roof After You Gone
A brief insurance pitch urges readers to provide age for a free estimates. It emphasizes protection for the family after the policyholder’s death and invites prompt action.
Prison commission shakeup looms in Tennessee
In Chattanooga July 11 a Tennessee press report quotes Gov. Hooper saying he will oversee penitentiary matters from a business and political angle. The new prison commission will organize Monday with Beasley and Essary dividing duties between Brushy Mountain and Nashville. Wilcox may become a figurehead as expected changes ripple through the system. The piece notes a major shift as Democrats exit the prison management era.
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Chattanooga
Hooper
Wilcox
East Tennessee
Nashville
Beasley
Essary
Brushy Mountain
Legislative Committee
Sanders McHine
Commission
Democratic Party
Never Had a Bick Day and Digestive Health
A health-tinged advertisement claims no sick days come from perfect digestion and elimination. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a universal cure for stomach troubles, guaranteed, with trial bottles offered through the Pepsin Syrup Co. in Monticello Illinois and sold by druggists at one dollar per bottle.
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Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello, Il
Greeneville District Conference Convenes at Clear Springs
The Greeneville district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church opens in annual session at the Clear Springs Methodist church with Rev. Geo. 8. Bales presiding. The event lasts through Monday afternoon and draws leaders including Rev. W. S. Bovard, Rev. Ward Platt, Dr. R. J. Cook, Bishop Anderson, and Rev. Ernest B. Caldwell, along with pastors and many lay members.
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Greeneville
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Church
Clear Springs
Geo
Bales
Johnson City
W. 8. Bovard
Board of Education
Ward Platt
D. D
Board of Missions
R. J. Cook
Church
Anderson
Holston
Ernest B. Caldwell
Trial bottle free at H C Mills for cough relief
A damaged OCR fragment mentions seeking relief from cough with various remedies. It references a trial bottle free at H C Mills and a long attempt to find a cure with doctors in George and G C.
Kisses in Absolute Life Trial Under Study
Chicago July 7 Mrs Lucile Bridges testified at the trial of Evelyn Arthur Lee founder of the absolute life cult. She described kissing Lee as holy and sinless and said she wrote letters to him from jail. Bridges admitted frequent visits to his temple and contributions of 100 and 500 dollars.
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Chicago
Lucile Bridges
Evelyn Arthur Lee
Absolute Life Cult
Mr. Lee
Mrs. Bridges
Cardul Helps Douglasville Woman End Ringing Rain Hell
Edna Rutherford of Douglasville Texas writes of lasting illness after a rain incident five years ago. After four doctors and failed remedies she found relief with Cardul the woman's tonic. Now she feels better than in many months and credits Cardul with the change.
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Douglasville
Tex
Edna Rutherford
Postmasters Appointed in Tennessee Carter County
Washington reports new postmasters in Tennessee Carter County with J Mabel K Campbell named for Shell Creek replacing G E Hose. The clipping also notes unrelated medical ads praising Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with a free sample offer and price details.
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Washington
Tennessee
Shell Creek
Carter County
J. Mabel K. Campbell
G. E. Hose
Body of Private Eldridge Cole Brought Home
Eldridge Cole, a private in Company M of the Third United States Infantry, died from a gunshot wound in the Philippines on July 4, 1910. His body was initially interred in the Philippines and later disinterred and shipped home in a metallic casket via the San Francisco port for burial in Carter County.
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Bristol
Eldridge Cole
Third United States Infantry
Carter County
Cole
Philippines
San Francisco
Beware of Mercury Containing Catarrh Ointments
Old warning notes that catarrh cures sold with mercury can injure smell and eyes. Promotes Catarrh Cure by J. Cheney Co Toledo as mercury free and taken internally. Advises buying genuine Huns Catarrh Cure from reputable physicians and druggists with testimonials. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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P. Honey & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Maloney Named Chief Engineer for Memphis to Bristol Survey
Nashville July 10 Adjutant General Maloney to serve as chief engineer without pay for the Memphis to Bristol highway survey Gov Hooper endorses a mass convention to fund the project George A Gowan president of the state highway association reports a meeting date to be set this month with West Tennessee route location work already underway by pathfinders in Camden and Jackson The effort envisions a button campaign to rally public support and funding through county associations commercial groups and citizens involved in goods movement
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Nashville
Memphis To
Bristol
George A. Gowan
State Highway Association
Hooper
Thas
Jackson
West Tennemes Commisadnera
West Tennessee
Pathfinders
Camden
Good Roads Associations
Gowan
Gov. Hooper
Maloney
World
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Sold By Marilla Carpenter
A Marilla New York carpenter ES Lopez says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve always travels in his pocket. He claims it heals cuts wounds burns boils scalds chapped skin eruptions eczema corns and piles, and cites his own experience. The ad notes the product is sold at H C Mitler’s.
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ES. Lopez
Marrilla
N.Y
H. C. Mitler’s
Double track in use out of Chattanooga
The new double track between Chattanooga and Ooltewah Junction began service Friday at 2 p.m. completing years of work started by W. J. Oliver of Knoxville and later taken up by Thrasher and Gunter under Oliver’s subcontract after a post‑panic shutdown.
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Chattanooga
Woltewah
Ooltewah Junction
W. J. Oliver
Knoxville
Thrasher and Gunter
Canadian Hay Offered By W J Barton Implement
The W J Barton Implement and Feed Co. received several cars of hay from Canada to meet local demand and collect import duty. It is selling at 880 per ton, with feeding hay at one and a half cents per pound, likened to hotel bonding on the European plan.
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W. J. Barton Implement and Feed Cp
Canada
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H.C. Mills
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