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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1905

Page

2

Bob Taylor favored in Tennessee primary forecast

A Memphis Herald analysis from Middle Tennessee outlines strong Bob Taylor support across districts. It notes expected wins in Hardeman Fayette Tipton and the Nashville district, with Carmack prospects doubtful and widespread Democratic unity after Taylor's Senate bid announcement. Roosevelt has dispatched two agents to study commerce for better foreign trade.

Shelby Hardeman Taylor Fayette Tipton Bob Taylor Dick Green Baptist Mr. Carmack West Tennessee Coy. Taylor Wilson County Senate Memphis Herald

Tennessee Senate Talks and Gubernatorial Speculation

A collage of editorial quips and candidate chatter from Tennessee papers on senate debates possible joint forums, gubernatorial bids, and congressional goings on. Mentions Taylor Carmack Washington McMillin and public sentiment across Nashville Chattanooga Memphis and Humboldt with local political commentary and varied opinions.

Not Much Improvement In State Insurance Probes

State Superintendent Hendricks and counsel M J Driscoll left for Albany after completing a report on the Equitable, said to be in press. The Journal notes the Hyde Ryan deal denounced in the Hendricks report while the legislature is asked to consider a mutualization plan. Coverage includes Thomas F Ryan criticism in the Sunday World and details on the 1903 04 papers that enabled a 2 4 million loan to the Seaboard. Also reports on the Carolina Company charter in Sullivan county with incorporators and capital.

Hendricks M. J. Driscoll Albany Hendelake Aquitable Hyde Alexander Gava Hyde-Ryan John Skelton Williams Imakea Thomas F. Ryan Sunday World Hearys Baltimore Richmond Equitable Ryan Cycling Trust Seaboard

West Tennessee politics swirl around Little Joe and Our Bub

A Spencer of West Tennessee political rumors centers on Governor Cox and Carmack. Washington’s West Tennessee tour and Gov Taylor’s visits fuel talk of anti Carmack sentiment. Memphis and Nashville papers note local interest lags and strained alliances as candidates vie for governor and senate.

Camden Tenn, Sone Anent “Tittle Joe Washington West Tennessee Cox and Carmack Cox Little Joe Tf Mach South Nashville Kentucky West Tennesses Bob Gov. Taylor Mr. Washington

Memphian notes stir with wild humor from Hardeman presses

A jumble of satirical squibs from the Hardeman Free Press and Hardeman Free Reas jokes about Memphis visits, stock barbs at public figures, a Kentucky rattlesnake crusade, Georgia sobriety lore, and a dreamed beer lineup featuring Schlitz Pabst Miller and Anhauser with local ribbing about conventions and creditors.

Schlitz Pabst Miller Schorr Gerat Anhauser Busch Cook Lemp Hardoman Free Press

Woman Sues To Nullify Marriage Over Husband’s Alleged Insanity

A New York woman sues to annul her marriage arguing her spouse was crazy when they wed while she believed him a genius. The piece opines on the hazards of romantic idealization and suggests many marriages hinge on illusion, warning against dangerous precedent if annulment is granted.

Milenwbar Mer Mieowbar New York Nashville

Truncated Verse and Whimsical Queries in Scimitar Column

The piece riffs on widow and wife value, income, and life impurities with mock moral questions. Scattered slang and misprints describe past escapades like a water wagon ride, a Memphis episode, and a playful jab at whiskey nicknames, ending with Hardeman Pree ress.

Knoxville Rail Conjecture Shapes East Tennessee Trade

Rumors in Knoxville and Bristol say the Southern Railway may acquire the Virginia & South Western, tying routes from Johnson City to Mountain City and Morristown to North Carolina. Projections of the Johnson City Southern meet opposition from East Tennessee commentators as coal traffic and markets shift among Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina.

Johnson City East Tennessee Maryville Virginia Pennessee Vineginia Tennessee Carolinan Wise Dickinnon Countier North Carolina Virginia & South Toman Mountain City Tenn

Seaboard Air Line Stock Deposits Spark Holdings Fight

Announcement by the Ryan Blair syndicate says 8d percent of Seaboard Air Line stock has been deposited for exchange into certificates of the Adaboard Air Line company. A peculiar situation arises as ten million shares refuse to come in, challenging Ryan's plan. The railroad is not bankrupt or in receivership, so no ordinary reorganization is possible. If the property is handed to a new holding company, outstanding stockholders will sue to protect vested rights. Current interests: Baltimore stockholders 20 million, Shepard and Ladenburg etc 12 million, Ryan Blair syndicate 14 million, outstanding 10 million.

Ryan- Blair Seaboard Air Line Railway Adaboard Air Line Cme Ryan Baltimore Shepard and Ladenburg, Thilman & Co

Publication Notice for Pioneer Music Publishing Co

Affidavit shows Pioneer Music Publishing Company is justly indebted to plaintiff and non resident of Tennessee. An original attachment was levied on its property. Publication ordered in Comat weekly at Ol ing on City for four weeks. Defendant must appear in Johnson City July 22 1905 or face ex parte proceedings. Dated June 22 1905. A I Bunroor, Sheriff.

Atldelitent Nation G.T Pioneer Music Publishing Company A. H. Bullock J. P Pioneer Musie Publishing Company Olingon City Tennessee Johnson City Enid A. I. Bunroor Snatiog Prace

Great Activity 18 Reported on South Western Extension

A Knoxville citizen reports strong progress toward extending the line eastward with crews at work improving grades and curves. George Carter, now in the east, indicates orders for six hundred freight cars and preparations to push a Seaboard and Virginia coal route, while surveying crews advance northwest of Johnson City toward the Blue Ridge region.

Knoxville Fertile Inns South & Western Railway Geo. Carter George Carter Jolunon City Seaboard Mouilis Tribune Southern Railway Granharry Bab South & Western McKinnay Gap South & Western Railroad Johnson City Blue Ridget Mountains Marion Carolinas Sicharonta Virginia Coal Flakde Sncb Sesboard Ale Bie Ridge Grady Rabu Gap Tuin Villa Trittune Folinaen City Virginia Hells Clinch Mountain Madison Gay Venetory Road

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