Attack of Sen Hob Taylor on Heyburn Civil War Wounds
Washington July 22 Senator Taylor of Tennessee rebukes Idaho Senator Heyburn on the Civil War, warning against reopening wounds as the senate discusses a reciprocity bill. The speech traces federal versus state sovereignty, recalling Webster Clay and Jackson, ending with a note of the war’s inevitable clash. Also advertises Chamberlain's remedy for diarrhoea.
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Washington
Hob’? Taylor
Tennessee
Heyburn
Idaho
South
Senate
Taylor
United States
Mr. Heyburn
Webster
Young Knox mill girl confesses pact to die with classmates
Alma Whaley a Knox vile cotton mill worker aged year old attempted suicide after drinking carbolic se id. She confessed with other suffering children in the tal district a pact to kill themselves rather than endure endless days of work. They planned to choose their own deaths once recovered and resu lted from the mill life. Mrs William J Oliver helped prompt the confession and arrangements were reported to the state factory inspector Kennedy.
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Alma Whaley
Knoxvile
William J. Oliver
Cehildren
Tal
Eue
Hadall
Oliver
Herome
Bertha McCahey
Bertha
Whaley
McCahey
Kennedy
Care of Children Guardians Future of World Said
The article stresses child care as the most important duty of the elderly since children's well being shapes the future. It links health to success and advises care for digestive and nervous issues. It advertises Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin with a free sample offer and states price one dollar.
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Ost Syrup Co
Caldwell Bidg
Monticello, Til
Sov
Senator Luke Lea Reaches Nashville After Recovery
Nashville reports Senator Luke Lea arrives home from a recent operation with his wife Alix Lea, now fully recovered. The article notes his health improving and mentions his return to private life, along with a casual reference to his Arnica Salve habit.
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Luke Lea
Nashville
Luke Lee
Aeenter Haseen
Colorado
Lea
Washnall
Renis
Tie
Alix
Wile
Tennessee
Naan Hie
Mathes and Meek wed in Jonesboro nuptials
Miss Maude Mathes and Thomas Harris Meek were married at 8:00 p.m. at the bride’s home in Jonesboro. Dr Calvin A Duncan of Knoxville officiated assisted by Rev. Mr. Shell. The decor featured ferns and magnolia. Guests presented silverware cut glass and linen. The couple planned a mountain trip after the ceremony.
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Jonesboro
Maude Mathes
Thomas Harris Meek
Calvin A. Duncan
Knoxville
Hr. Bhell
Texas Woman Near Death From Letter Scam
A damaged OCR letter from Wills Point describes a woman named Mrs. Nictoria Stalifigs in dire health with a dreadful cough. The note touts Cardus as a cure for womanly troubles and promises relief, presenting a questionable testimonial.
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Wills Point
Tex
Nictoria
Cardus
Bulletin of Mineral Resources to Be Issued
Nashville July 24 Capt T F Peck commissioner of agriculture with State Geologist Ashley and Chief Mine Inspector Sylvester are touring East Tennessee felds and will publish a bulletin on the resources of the region upon return. He spoke on immigration at Harriman Thursday night and will resume the tour after a State Board of Health meeting Tuesday.
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Nashville
T. F. Peck
Ashley
Sylvester
East Tennessee
Peck
Harriman
State Board of Health
Electric Bitters Promises Powerful Health Purifier
An ad extols Electric Bitters as a grand protection against disease germs pervasive in air water dust and food. It claims the tonic destroys and expels harmful divers germs and relieves chills fever ague malaria and bloody diseases with a money back guarantee at H C Miller's.
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H.C. Miller's
Population center located near Indiana city identified
Bloomington Ind July 21 A party led by Professor W A Cogshall of Tudmon University located the exact center of population of the United States eight miles northeast of Bloomington but found only a large rattlesnake in the nearby farm of William L Mosier. The snake was killed by a member of the party.
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Bloomington
Ind
William L. Mosier
United States
W. A. Cogshall
Tudmon University
Building to Save Prosperity in Johnson City
Substantial construction signals growth in Johnson City with new buildings of solid, practical design. Hartford Fire Insurance Co urges builders to follow standard construction to lower premiums, noting brick walls, proper stove flues, and accurate policy wording. The article urges consulting agents, securing vacancy permits, endorsements for alterations, and coordinating multiple policies to reduce fire risk and costs.
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Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Johnson City
Europe
Hartford
Highway campaign buttons to fund Memphis to Bristol survey
Nashville July 24. Memphis to Bristol highway project adopts button sale plan. Red white and blue buttons priced at 1 each to support survey and promote a permanent good roads group. Also backs good roads legislation and aims to elect pro survey lawmakers. Zemo skin product ad appears in the text.
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Nashville
Memphis-to- Bristol
Hooper
Tennessee
Memphis-to
Bristol
Good Roads Association
General Assembly
Iaw
Unjust discrimination alleged by Mobile chamber against docks
The Mobile chamber of commerce and Horace Turner & Co filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission a complaint accusing the Mobile and Ohio and Southern railways of favoring docks they control in Mobile Alabama. They allege freight handling is blocked at other docks unless paid high charges, harming Mobile’s commercial importance. The demand seeks parity of wharfage charges to end the discrimination. The long text then digresses into unrelated medical advertorials about catarrh cures and mercury warnings.
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Washington
Mobile
Ala
Mobile and Ohio
Southern Railways
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Horace Turner & Co
Greeneville Railway Progress Near River Bridge
Greeneville and Nolachuckey Railway Company has tracks laid and cars running to the river. Bridge completion is expected within about two weeks with work soon starting on the opposite bank and grading largely finished. The line will be pushed toward Reynolds Gap without delay.
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Greeneville
Saved Her Own Life by Cardul Tonic
Tecumseh Oklahoma resident Mia Eliza Epperson credits Cardul with saving her life after suffering from pains in the back shoulders and limbs. She says Cardul helped her more than anything, leaving her in better health than four years prior. The ad touts Cardul as the best tonic for women and urges readers to try it.
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Tecumseh
Okla
Gellaye
Mia
Eliza Epperson
Cardus
Frank Bond Mentioned as Tennessee Governorship Nominee
Nashville July 24 speculation rises over the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Tennessee next year. Frank Bond, a prominent Nashville lawyer, is named as a possible nominee. Also includes an aside advertisement for Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and a note on Johnson City's insurance principles.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Frank Bond
Pellagra Suppression Talks At Tennessee Board Meeting
Nashville notes the state board of health will discuss suppressing pellagra at its capitol meeting next Tuesday. Dr. J A Albright reports rising cases mainly among the indigent and possible contagion issues. He travels to East and West Tennessee this week to assess conditions and discuss prevention.
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Nashville
State Board of Health
Capitol
Tennessee
J. A Albright
Albright
East Tennessee
Escaped With Flix Life
Twenty one years ago I faced an awful death writes J B Martin Port Harrel son S C Doctors said I had consumption and the dreadful cough I had looked like it sure enough I tried remedies but could not gain relief A friend advised Dr King's New Discovery and I was cured I owe my life to this lung cure Guaranteed for coughs and bronchial affections Trial bottle free at H C Miller's
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J. B. Martin
Port Harrelson
S.C
George‘town
D. C
H. C. Miller's
Bryan Lumber bankruptcy case ends with $10,000 paid
In Bristol Tennessee on July 20 Referee Swingle paid $10,000 to lien creditors from the Bryan Lumber company bankruptcy, leaving general creditors with nothing. The case trace ties to James H. Bryan who vanished a year ago. His actions wrecked Citizens' Bank of Bristol, triggering a bank merger to protect nearly $400,000 in deposits. Bryan is thought to be in Mexico.
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Bristol, Tenn
Bryan Lumber Company
Swingle
James H. Bryan
Bryan
Citizens’ Bank of Bristol
First National Bank of Bristol
Citizens’ Bank
Mexico
Throw Out the Line Kidney Health Ad Teaser
An amid text advertorial touts kidney pills claiming to relieve overworked kidneys and filter poisons from blood. Testimonials from Henry Rogerson of Johnson City Tennessee endorse Doan's Kidney Pills as effective under directions, with Deans Kidney Pills from Whitehorse Drug Co. cited as well.
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Tom
Henry Rogerson
Mayle St
Johnson City
Tenn
Dean
Whitehorse Drug Co
Foster-Millburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Election Board Affair To Court Appointments Complete
Nashville July 21. The election board muddle deepens as not at office this morning and officials deny statements for publication. Treasurer and Comptroller dispute legality of the process and say new board must be elected by those officers under the law. The three statewide officers are expected to meet August 3 in Nashville to name county commissioners. The other board met and completed county election commissioner appointments.
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Nashville
Boyd Muddle
Taylor
Dibrell
Young
Maynard
General Assembly
Fifty Seventh General Assembly
Usree
vMice
Meeks
Nie
Nash<ville
The Industrious Hen and Egg Wealth Gain
The article notes 870 million hens lay about 30 billion eggs annually in the United States, averaging eighty eggs per hen per year. It speculates that with improved breed and feeding some hens might average 100 or more eggs, potentially adding millions to national wealth.
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Tig
United States
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