Senator Ham Sells talked of as candidate for Congress
A North Carolina reader predicts Ham Sells could beat Brownlow in a future congressional race but would prefer he not run now. The letter voices hope for Taft’s policies, notes improving North Carolina conditions, and praises southern cotton goods prospects and self-sufficient mills.
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Cheenabora
N. C
Conell
Ham R. Sells
Congress
Col. Brownslow
Johanson City
Belly
Washington
Brownlow
Col. Brownlow
Fay W. Dulaney
Palways
North Carolina
Colton
Taft
South
Mingland Waik
St. Petersburg
Russia
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Wich
Rhode
Gen J T Wilder Visits City To Inspect Rail Project
Gen J T Wilder has stayed in the city to visit his brother Horace Wilder. He traveled via private car with President Geo L Carter and GM M J Caples discussing the Ulmchfield route, noting costs and achievements in leveling mountains and tunneling to create a coal line to the coast. Wilder praises local boosters and spends summer in Monterey with mining interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.T. Wilder
Horace Wilder
Dante Wi Bostic
Geo. L. Carter
M. J. Caples
Ulmchfield
Gen. Willer
God Almighty
Monterey
Johnson City
Infants Born Near Clarksville Are Thoraco Ab Dominopagus Twins
In Clarksville Tennessee on Yellow Creek Mia Browning gave birth to conjoined twins weighing twelve pounds. The two infants shared one thorax and abdomen with fusion from the cubic crests to the sternal notches and lived only minutes. Parents declined to donate the body for science but photographs were taken for record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksville
Tenn
United States
Mia. Browning
Yellow Creek
Rheumathos testimonial letter from 1908 rail contractor
A 1908 letter from J L Beaman of Roosville Tenn praises Rheumathos for rapid relief of neuralgia rheumatism and pain in Kenton County Ky and notes sale by druggists in Johnson City Jonesboro and Elizabethton. The piece ends with a humorous Q and A about a wife and hat trimming.
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Kelly & Brady Co
Knoxville, Tenn
J. L. Beaman
Roosville
Tenn
Grant Tunnel
Kenton County
Warning on acetanilid phenacetin and antipyrin use
Health officials report 28 deaths and 814 poisonings from acetanilid antipyrin and phenacetin across 1884 to 1907. The department cautions against nonprescribed use of these headache drugs and urges care despite FDA labeling rules.
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Washington, D.C
Vie
United States
British Medical Association
Department of Agriculture
Tennessee School for the Blind Opens Its Sixty Sixth Year
The Tennessee School for the Blind begins its sixty sixth session on Wednesday September 1. Located on the Cumberland River near Nashville, it offers free tuition books board laundry and medical care with transportation paid by parents. An eminent oculist and a school physician serve the pupils, with nurses governesses and a matron managing the household. The curriculum includes manual training music and physical culture to develop a strong body and intellect for blind children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee School For the Blind
Cumberland River
Nashville
Ato
Tennessee Conta
Uhis School
Alen
Bristol Ministers Demand Loyalists Leave Church Over Saloons
Bristol pastors declare Wet advocates are incompatible with church membership. A prominent Langest Church official resigns amid calls for others to quit leadership roles due to backing saloons. Ministers insist loyalty to the church cannot coexist with whisky advocacy.
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Bristol
Langest
Elureles
Boyhood to Manhood and the Lofty Path Ahead
The speaker extols boys as future builders and leaders, noting how a boy’s life holds vast possibilities from writing books to inventing machines. He recalls Abraham Lincoln and a Corsican boy, linking childhood to public service, learning, and moral responsibility, urging patience with boys toward a brighter future.
Forest areas and timber wealth in the Southern states
The article outlines forest area by state and stresses the South’s vast virgin forests. It argues forests must be conserved to meet growing regional demand and to sustain perpetual timber wealth through replanting and sustainable cuts. It emphasizes the need for forest conservation in the South.
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South
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Loin
Marylend
Mississigipi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virgina
Counry
Wouthwen Litereuts
Circuit Court Clerk Appointed to Fill Unexpired Term
Robert Warren of this city has been appointed circuit court clerk to fill the unexpired time of Foy W. Dulaney becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in this court. The appointment was made by the appropriate authorities.
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Robert (. Warren
Foy W. Dulaney
Merally
Sneedville
W. T. Colevin
Patterson
A. J. Tyler
Warren
Olemun
Coleman
Forest preservation linked to Southern watershed protection
The article argues forest conservation and watershed protection will power Southern manufacturing and benefit timber industries. It notes local political appointments in Sneedville, including Judge Coleman and Warren, praising governance and Democratic leadership as aligned with public needs.
A Candid Judge and a Dover Lawyer
A Dover lawyer recalls a case before a North Adams justice where Dawes faced a rival’s eloquence. The crowd swelled as the judge, overheating in the packed room, urged Dawes to sit and dim the crowd. The anecdote pivots on courtroom tension and a comic moment. De Kings New Life Pills advertised as a liver remedy.
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Dover
Dawes
North Adams
Method of Eradicating the Wild Onion
Government circular to be distributed detailing the wild onion pest and a plan for extermination. Also includes health ad copy urging Caldwell Syrup Pepsin for digestive issues with a free sample offer and pricing per bottle.
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Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Hidg
Monticello
States Department of Agriculture
Frase
Dr.Caldwell
Caldwell Ridg
Wil
Untidy Fragments Hint At Public Health Advice
Fragmentary dialogue mentions hunger and heat related illness warnings. It references a teething syrup and a doctor, with scattered notes about shortages and potential cholera risks. The text lacks a coherent narrative but implies a historical context of medical remedies and survival concerns.
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D. Cox
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Uncle Sam
Kerrie
Bert. Lean
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Wash
Sig
Spokane
California
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School For the
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Abraham Lincoln
Bulla
Deyn
Albert Tn
Rudd Cecwle
Lee
Troely
Tenness
A. . Warren
Grey-Sprowl Drug Company
Patton
Bris Tuk Lew Cre Co
Glee
Fr. Pahrney
de. King
New Life
H.C. Miller's
Mike
Nora
Ron
Joghson City Steam Laundry
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