Tennessee Progressives Call for New Party Delegates
A Tennessee conference on July 13 1912 calls for organizing a national progressive party. It urges electing delegates to the Chicago August 5 1912 convention to nominate a President and Vice President on a reform platform opposed to Taft and aligned with Roosevelt supporters, criticizing old party bosses and urging a state convention in Nashville to select delegates and establish a progressive state committee.
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Tennessee
Chicago
Taft
Roosevelt
Voice of the People
New York
Nanal Provisional Progressive Committee
National Provisional Progressive Committee
Congress
Yana
House of Representatives
Nashville
Tenn
Preston
WM. M. Barker
Republican State Committee
Hooper
Benator Sanders
Mr. Bensley
Taylor
Gov
Tells on the Kidneys Warns of Overwork Effects
An advertisement warns that overwork strains weakened kidneys, causing backache and waste buildup. It promotes Doan's Kidney Pills as a cure and cites a customer testimonial from T. O. Allen of Johnson City, Tennessee, praising the relief from backache and symptoms. Sold by dealers at 5 cents. Foster Milburn Co. is sole US agent.
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Dean
Rios
T. O. Allen
Claivorny NJ
Johnson City
Temn
Don
Beng
Doan
Willehowe Prog Co
Foster-Milburn Co
Tindalo
New York
United States
Dovn's
Soldier Edward Smith Remains Unconscious
Edward Smith of the Bristol company Tennessee state militia has been unconscious for over a week at St Luke's hospital after being struck on a train returning from camp in Alabama. Doctors report skull fracture with potential brain pressure. an operation may occur if he does not rally within a day or two.
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Tennessee
Bosser
Bristol, Teon
Edward Smith
Bristol Company
Tennessee State Militia
St. Luke's Hospital
Anpiston
Ala
Maloney
Smith
Insect bite costs leg. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve urged
A Boston man lost his leg from an insect bite two years earlier. The ad recommends Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to kill poison and prevent inflammation swelling and pain. It claims healing for burns boils ulcers piles eczema cuts and bruises and directs to HC Miller’s.
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Boston
Bucklen
Burma
HC. Miller's
Homecoming Reunion At Jonesboro
Jonesboro plans its first Homecoming Week from August 12 to 17 drawing pilgrims from across the country. Mothers from historic families pose at Old Mill Spring to greet visitors, with tours of Watauga river sites, the Davy Crockett birthplace, Sycamore Shoals, and the Andrew Johnson home among century old relics. The event honors Revolutionary era ties and state history, with hotels and private homes ready to house guests.
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Jonesboro
Tennessee
Upper East Tennessee
South
Washington College
United States Congress
Franklin
Jackson
Shellby
Sevier
Campbell
King's Mountain
Mil Spring
Atock
Murphy
Dosser
Wilds
Kirkpatrick
Maloney
Washington County
Missouri
Illinois
Texas
Indiana
California
Oregon
Colarado
I Iipareda
Amypre
Davy Crockett
Limestone Town
Republic
Sittes
I J. Baxter
John J. Cox
W. J. Shipley
C. Beauchamp
R. M. May
A. Lankford
Alfred A. Taylor
DeCalwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted For Digestive Relief
An 1900s advertisement urges prevention of constipation and indigestion to extend life with DeCalwell's Syrup Pepsin. It claims a guaranteed cure and invites readers to request a free sample by mailing to Pepsin Syrup Co. at Caldwell Building, Monticello, Alabama, priced at 50 cents to $1 per bottle.
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Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Sec
Caldwell Htig
Editor Featherly's Washington trip noted in Harriman Record
Harriman Record editor Featherly visited Washington on Sunday night en route to Harriman and spent days in the capital. Accompanied by Jesse S. Cottrell, he toured Annapolis where Cy Lyle Jr of Johnson City stood out by climbing the Hartford training ship mast during a spar trial aboard the naval academy ship.
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Featherly
Harriman Record
Washington
Harriman
Capital
Annapolis
Jesse 5
Cottrell
Senator Sanders
Naval Academy
Cy Lyle, Jr
Johnson City
Messrs
Meatherly
Academy
Lyle
Hartford
Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Eczema
Advertises Zemo from E W Rose Medicine Co of St Louis as a guaranteed cure for eczema. Claims immediate sinking in, no residue, leaves skin smooth and clean. Sold nationwide including Joln hes City at City Drug Store.
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Zemo
E. W. Rove Medine Co
St. Louis
America
City Drug Store
Wilson's Advisers Attract Southern Born Campaign Figures
The article notes two prominent Wilson supporters with Southern roots. McComba, a New York lawyer and Arkansas native trained at Bell Buckle School in Tennessee, joins the campaign team. McAdoo, also a New York lawyer, serves in management and leads Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co, known for tunneling beneath the Hudson River.
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Gov. Wilson
McComba
New York
Princeton
Webb Brothers
William Givbs McAdoo
Hudson & Manhattan Rettrend Co
Hudson River
New York City
New Jersey Shore
Marietta
University of Tennessee
Progressive Southern influence shapes Wilson campaign strategy
The Nashville Banner notes McCombs and McAdoo as practical, educated leaders aligned with Woodrow Wilson. It highlights Southern and national advisors like Josephus Daniels, Burleson, Gore, Palmer, O Gorman, Obedish Gardner, and Willard Salsbury as evidence of a broad, inclusive progressive Democratic coalition. It also promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a trusted household laxative with a free sample offer.
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Chattanooga
McCombs
McAdoo
Woodrow Wilson
Probbty
North
Gay
Wilson
North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
Burleson
Texas
Gore
Oklahoma
A. Mitchell Palmer
Pennsylvania
Congress
O'Gorman
New York
Obedish Gardner
Maine
Willard Salsbury
Delaware
Goy
Noman
New Jersey
Nashville Barmer
Tullicks Springs Modern Hostelery Improvement Plans
George O'Brien, Stokes Buchanan and Guy L. Smith plan extensive improvements at Tullicks mineral springs two miles east of Johnson City. A pavilion covers the spring, a hotel is planned next year, and an electric car line will connect springs with Johnson City. Also includes an ad for Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
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George O'Brien
Stokes Buchanan
Guy L. Smith
Tullicks Mineral Springs
Johnson City
Round Top Knob
Sinking Creek
Scholarships Planned for Southern Railway Agriculture Students
President Finley of the Southern railway company announced that scholarships for agriculture will be awarded at the state agricultural colleges along the railway lines south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and east of the Mississippi. Colleges will select candidates from within their states who meet entrance requirements and lack financial means, with final authority resting with college presidents to determine selection and potential withdrawal for misconduct. Continued on page two.
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Washington
Finley
Southern Railway Company
Southern Railway
State Agricultural College
Potomac
Ohio
Mississippi
State
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Hermitage
General Principles
Ko Ag
Sinai
State Government
State Senate
Positors
Unaka National Bank
Old Mill Spring
Eczema
Tullioka Springs
George
Chamberlain
City National Bank
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