Mystery Cleared as Stepmother Confesses Axe Murder
Knoxville report says Lottie Cummings confessed to killing 10-year-old Louis Cummings after a quarrel at home. She described striking him with an axe, disfiguring the body, washing the crime scene, and throwing the body from a second-story window. She now bears full responsibility.
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Knoxville
Louis Cummings
Lottie Cumming
Bowman
Carpenter
Louis
Sam Walker
Put Money in Thy Purse Doctor's Cough Cure Ad
An advertisement urges readers to buy Dr WWale's Household Cough Cure to prevent costly medical bills. It claims the remedy offers years of practice in a bottle and promises quick relief for cold irritation. McFarland & Co. sells the product for 25 or 50 cents.
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Wwale
McOld
McFarland & Co
Librarian Wanted by Department of Agriculture
Washington June 24 civil service commissioners seek a librarian for the Department of Agriculture with a salary of 1800. Applicants must pass clerical exams and be prepared for tests in modern languages German French Italian and Spanish library economy bibliography and literature of agriculture.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Civil Service Commissioners
Lost a Leg In Saw Mill Accident Near Hobson
A Carter County man named Whitehead, a saw mill employee on Tiger's Creek three miles from Hobson, lost his right leg below the knee while cleaning sawdust from beneath the blade. Surgical aid appeared. the injury disables him for life but is not fatal.
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Whitehead
Tiger's Creek
Carter Co
Hobson
Jas. A. Martin
World’s Fair rail routes via Chicago connections
The E. T. V. & G. Ry. is the recognized route to Chicago offering solid vestibule trains via the Q. & C. route to Cincinnati with a close connection to three direct routes in Grand Central Station for Chicago. 649.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Grand Central Station
Route to Chicago via Q and C roads for World's Fair
The notice directs travel to Chicago using the Q and C roads as the quickest route. It emphasizes the E. T. V. & G. Ry. offers finest equipped trains and fastest times to Chicago for the World's Fair.
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Chicago
First District WCTU Convention in Johnson City
The First District Convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union of East Tennessee met in Johnson City. Delegates from Bristol and Jonesboro attended. resolutions praised temperance work and urged prayer, education, and support for woman suffrage. The meeting featured speeches, music, and thanks to host churches and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Christian Temperance Union of
East Tennessee
Johnson City
M. E
Francis B. Willard
Temperance Temple
Union
Lido Merriwether
Simpson
Jonesboro
Paul
Bristol
Adams
Lucy Hardin
Wayne
Akers
Atkins
Coleman
J.8. Wilson
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
First
Tennessee
M. E. Church
East
Longfellow Literary Reception in Johnson City
A refined evening at Hotel Camiexia features a Longfellow Literary Circle reception with welcome by EO Dudley Donnan, instrumental music, readings, and vocal numbers by local artists. Supper followed at 10:30 amid praise for hosts Mr. and Mrs. McMillan and Mr. and Mrs. Parr. attendees include J W Crumley, W W Taw, J S Cramley, and many Circle members and guests from Johnson City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motiherd
Longfellow
Camiexia
EO Dudley Donnan
McMillan
Exum
Messrs. Sumter
Brading
Fan
Mary Wilder
Eva Wilson
Florence Singiser
Great Hotel
Johnson City
Parr
Fats
J. Brading
Stratton
W. Wilton
Mra
C. Nf. Lyle
We J. Exum
H.W. Lyle
Joe P. Summera
Miraca Sarah Chandier
Sallie Baw
Jenne Cramley
Mary and Marthe Wilder
Mildred Smith
Carrie Heaser
Retta Lyle
Messra
J W. Crumley
W. W. Taw
Cramiey
Dudley Dancan
J. B. McMillan
Bristol
Sironn Miter
W. Farr
Annie Gentry
Mary and Alice Carr
Snd
Florence Singteer
Messers
Lon MelIntyre
Frank St. John
Frank Love
A. P T. Burris
Guy Smith
B. F. Childress
Favorite Prescription Promised To Strengthen Women
An ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a health restoring tonic for women. It claims to aid weak, delicate constitutions with a bracing, soothing tonic effect and to cure functional disorders including menstrual irregularities bearing down sensations and related female complaints. It guarantees money back if no benefit is seen.
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Pierce
Anl
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Fred
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Fie
Poker & Table Guth
Oliver Chilled
P. H. Wofford
Johnson Gty Tin & S'Ovego
Ekits
Wofford
Watauga
Omice
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Care Sea
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Seaver
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