Governor Hooper Crisis Over Tipton Warder Appointment
Nashville rumors allege a split between Gov Hooper and Rep Bam Sells over appointing the Tipton warder, with the governor aiming for Congress. The dispute centers on who should head the Nashville penitentiary and reflects broader GOP maneuvering for 1912 amid charges of a failed administration and party realignments led by Newell Sanders.
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Nashville
Tune
Guv Hooper
Bam KR. Sells
Congress
Republican Party
Newell Sanders
Sells
Hooper
East Tennessee
Fore
Kay Deen
Firat
Bar
T. Asbury Wright
Knoxville
H. B Lindsay
The
Hoo
Harry M. Dae Follete
Lafollete
Sanders
Groseman Bells
A. H
Hooper ramps up West Tennessee picks amid party feuds
Tipton of Elizabethton recalls Gov. Hooper’s prison appointee move and three staff colonels in the First district. Shipley, a Brownlow faction ally and Bells foe, heads the First district GOP committee and sparks party tension. Hooper rests in the mountains as East Tennessee rumors swirl about social calls and political aims. Dr. Fahrney's Teething Syrup is recommended for hot weather and upset bowels.
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Tipton
Elizabethton
Reay Polk
Sells
Mr. Selle
Tennessee
Aldhim
Degrees Finally Granted After Civil War Gap
Durham May 20 eighty eight ex confederate soldiers who were UNC students and left books to join the war finally received bachelor of arts degrees under a special North Carolina legislature act. This long deferred graduation honors event marks a rare postwar restitution of academic credentials.
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Durham
N. C
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Hangs Little Daughter Then Hangs Himself
In Decatur Indiana on May 1 Harvey Parker hanged himself after hanging his four year old daughter in a barn. Mrs Parker found them. the child survived. Neighbors cite jealousy as the motive. An ad for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy follows.
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Decatur
Ind
Harvey Parker
H. Tyler Appointed to Revenue Position
Congressman Bells secures a lucrative appointment in the internal revenue service for W. H. Tyler of Burkeville, brother of Judge A. J. Tyler of Bristol. Tyler becomes a special agent for the revenue service, noted as a leading Bells man and former manager in Hancock county last year. A Health note advertises Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion.
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Bells
Internal Revenue Service
W. H. Tyler
Bueedville
A. J.tyler
Bristol
Tyler
Hancock County
the Revenue Service
Chamberlain
Queen Mary reshapes fashion with longer skirts
Paris reports Queen Mary bans tight skirts at court and Ascot, ordering two yard bottom hems. London and Paris fashion houses discuss reform, with draped gowns and wider skirts looming. Berlin to New York may follow as elegance shifts to accommodate royal taste.
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Paris
London
Royal Enclosure
Ascot
Mary
America
Rue Royale
the Klein
London Annex
Court
King Farward
Duchess of Portland
Cvart Society
New York
Woman allowed to sleep feet on husband’s face at foot of bed
In Pittsburgh on May 31 a jury in Judge Haymaker's court found Mrs Stella Derringer, a wealthy wagon manufacturer’s wife, had a right to sleep at the foot of the bed with her feet on her husband W. B. Derringer's face after she claimed he punished her. Derringer testified she enjoyed the position, and he was a member of exclusive Pittsburgh clubs.
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Pittsburg
Haymaker
Mra
Stella Derringer
W. B. Derringer
Derringer
Family Remedy Trusted For Digestive Ailments
A reader from Mancie Indiana praises Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a reliable family remedy for constipation and stomach and bowel trouble after five years of use. The article notes a free sample offer from Pepsin Syrup Co. and that the product is sold by druggists for one dollar per bottle.
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Murray
Mancie
Ind
Dr. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Bldg
Monticello
Ill
Committee to Hear Lorimer Testimony
Washington June 5 Senator Lorimer asked to appear before the new investigating committee to testify in his own behalf. The committee said they would be glad to hear him.
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Washington
Lorimer
Senate
Rescue the back with Doan's Kidney Pills
Johnson City resident M Wilson testifies endorsing Doan's Kidney Pills after lifelong backache and kidney related pain. He recalls relief after using the remedy and urges others to remember the name Doan's. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
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Johnson City
M. Wilson
W. Market Street
Tenn
Dean
Down
Whitehouse Doug Co
Doan
State Institute at Elizabethton Opens June 12
The East Tennessee state institute will be held at Elizabethton Tennessee beginning June 12 and continuing four weeks. This is the first state institute ever held east of Jonesboro. Teachers from the upper counties will have a fine opportunity for improvement in the great work of teaching and also to obtain state certificates which will be good anywhere in the whale. M D Allen Bayt Carter Ca
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East Tennessee
Elizabethton
Tennessee
Jonesboro
M.D. Allen
Bayt
Carter Ca
Hale Refuses to Endorse Prohibition Address in Tennessee
Senator T J Hale of Hamilton county a prohibitionist and temperance Republican rejects signing and endorsing a fusion address aimed at aiding a coalition. He criticizes the authors as self seeking and deserting duty, and states he remains loyal to his senate post and will not compromise integrity or public good.
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T. J. Hale
Hamilton County
Republican
Wu Fusion
Hepper-Lenergie
Iulurse
Hale
Addreay
Nowrless
Morristown
Tenn
Messrs
J. B. Mitchell
Couper
J. B. Johnsonius
John F. Bril
William Ausnyus
W. T. Galloway
G. W. Harper
P. W. Lanier
Mire Longtire
J. W. Hudson
Nastrville
Tennessee
Reguilars
House of Representatives
Alabama
Senate
Stat
Cis
Homer
AllMidna
Siyec
TJ. Hale
Dro Calds All Syrup Pepsin Remedy Ad
In emergencies when many people dwell together a remedy like Dro Cald all Syrup Pepsin is recommended for indigestion and common stomach woes. The ad promises fast relief and offers a free sample by sending address to Pepsin Syrup Co 119 Caldwell Building Monticello Illinois. Sold by all dealers at 50 cents a bottle.
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Pepsin Syrup Co
Caldwell Hidg
Monticelly
Campaign for Better Schools in Jonesboro County
A county campaign promotes better schools with rallies at various towns including Austin Springs Colum Wat Testitice Waterloo Lamar Bue rel Pailade Mill Bowmantowan Pall. Speakers discuss public education, with plans and programs to be publicized. A dubious medical advert appears amid campaign text mentioning a ton paid for cures and testimonials.
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Long of Educations
Jonesboro
Austin Springs
Colum
Wat Testitice
Waterloo
Lamar
Buerel
Pailade Mill
Bowmantowan
Pall Travel
Ulphir Springs
Smpor Ik
Cheet
Colored Institute to Open June 12 in Johnson City
The state and county institute for colored teachers will open in Johnson City on June 12 and run three weeks. All county colored school teachers should attend. exempt teachers must take the close of institute exam as no private exam will be given. County Superintendent DEPEW urges every colored teacher in East Tennessee to attend.
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Johnson City
Jude Ith
Haat Tenneseee
Chesapeake and Ohio Rail Plans Extend to Virginia Kentucky
The Chesapeake and Ohio railway officials charter a Levisa River Railroad Co in Kentucky extending 25.4 miles to the Virginia Kentucky boundary. Surveys and maps filed indicate C and O may own both new lines and pursue a Clinchfield junction. If leases or control proceed, a long route from the Great Lakes to Spartanburg and Charleston could emerge, with heavy mountain engineering ahead. The note also mentions Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted remedy sold by dealers.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Kentucky
Virginia
Big Sandy
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Levisa and Russell
Big Sandy River
Levina Fork
Levisa River Railroad Co
Grundy
Chesapeake and Ohio
Carolina
Clinchfield
Ohio
New York
Clinchfield Road
Dante
Aikhorn City
Great Lakes
Spartanburg
D.C
Columbia
Charleston
Hatteras
Record
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Hooper and Sells
Breach
Tadugl
City Drug Co
H. Tyler
Unaka National Bank
Mme. Klein
England
Sterling Heilig
Evevery
Mew
Murray, Mancie
State Institute AT
BY Hale
Hamblen
Temperance Republican
the County Court
Hamblen County T
J. Hale
J. F. Smith
Depew
Seo'y
J. Conroy
F. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Gleason
Colored Institute
Mora Lin Cooper
Gherapeake & Ohio
Lakes
City National Bank
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