The Comet and Economic Patches in Johnson City News
Local fragmentary notes from Johnson City report a mix of editorials on silver, politics, and infrastructure. The piece references The Comet, The Washington jury in the Howgate case, O R G Railway Company, and bids to extend lines, with hopes for Johnson City becoming a southern manufacturing hub and a nod to European silver sentiment.
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Jobugon City
Randog
O, BR
Q. Railway Company
O. R.& G. Railway Company
Uie
Ole Kumntuck
Old North State
Johnson City
Silver and political calls for global monetary reform
The text argues for establishing silver in world monetary systems with international agreement. It cites bankers and economists backing silver, critiques England as an opponent, and mentions a potential movement to unite nations on silver. It also notes tariff impacts on labor and industrial growth, and outlines a Democratic speakers’ tour across the West and Northwest to boost party unity.
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Boger Vand
Sponofficii
Poliical
Rogland
Morthants
England
New York Jerald
Industrial World
Sixaron Moruag
Alabamoa
West
Northwest
National Association of Democratic Clubs
Washington
Buffalo
New York
Great Lakes
Duluth
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Yellowstone Park
Idaho
Democratic Society of Washington
Oregon
Utah
San Francisco
New Mexico
Nevada
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Association of Democratic Clubs
Tutt's Liver Pills Promote Health and Vitality
A vintage advertisement extols Tutt's Liver Pills as a universal remedy. It praises the pills for healing sick headache dyspepsia sour stomach malaria constipation and jaundice, calling them the fly wheel of life and claiming the user gained a new lease on life.
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Tutt
Dr. Tutt
Will
Fife
Fairleigh
Platte Cannon
Colutt
Ice Brown Chemical CO
Roel
Temperance Faith and Social Reform in W G T U
A long editorial urging prohibition and moral reform cites recent Iowa and Illinois liquor use, advocating universal temperance, enforcement of prohibitory laws, and constitutional prohibition. It warns of alcohol’s harms to families, society, and public peace. The piece critiques saloon culture and emphasizes education, public sentiment, and abstinence.
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Iowa
Ka Atitite
Hoe
Illinois
Nebraska
Supreme Court Reverses Truslow Case in Bank Deposit Conviction
The Supreme Court today reversed the R. F. Truslow conviction for receiving deposits to a bank while knowing it was innocent and affirmed his larceny conviction. It also held the eye of Thomas Shelton vs State petit larceny under sixty dollars unconstitutional and affirmed the lower conviction. The notice includes a name spelling change and a quirky ad about two-headed calla lilies, delinquent taxes, and a strawberry plant offering at 90 cents per plant.
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Supreme Court
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