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Newspaper

Comet

Location

Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1901

Page

2

Hanna's Snow Poem and Senate Trust Talks

The Tallahoma Guardian notes Hanna’s rein and McKinley era poems including Beautiful Snow. Johnson City will host Soldiers' Home officials to pick a site. Washington gossip ties J Mercent Morgan to steel trust orders and annex plans. Hanna is expected to seek the Republican nomination with Fairbanks. Babcock pushes anti trust and tariffs while pressuring trust bound leaders.

Hanna McKinley Tallahoma Cy Lyle J. Mercont Morgan Senator Hanna Washington Bir Stee Great Lakes Morgan Odell New York Ross Platt Senator Fairbanks Marcus A. Hanna Representative Babcock Wisconsin Babcock Ling

Bill Babcock bend on trusts split in party power struggle

Rival interests expose a scandal tied to the Drigg Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company over government machinery use in the Frankfort arsenal and Colombia contracts. Secretary Root faced questions but accepted explanations amid threats of a court suit. A cynical senator laments hypocrisy after a leader’s death, while Meiklejohn’s allies and Root clash over war department politics. Knoxville and Bristol shifts loom as officials move locations and duties amid federal building crowding.

War Department Drigg-Seabury Gun and Ammunition Company Frankfort U. S Colombia Root Benjamin Harrison Bey Harrison Meiklejohn U. S. Senate Nebraska Senate Maiklejohn Washington Platt Depew Col. Sanger Brownlow Bristol Knoxville Federal Building Yerkes Knorville Judge Gibson Dr. Goddard Tyler Bristol-on-the-border Knoxville Journal and Tribune

In Memoriam Mia Earnest and Legislative Summary

Memorial notes Mia Earnest’s sudden death and praises her character, with tribute from the Monday Club and family sympathy. The second item lists legislature bills by Hon. Jno Cox and Johnson City bond and land actions, plus a verdict in the Tucker vs Virginia Coal case following a furnace accident at Carnegie Furnace in Johnson City.

Mia Tate L. Earnest Ernest Monday Club Earnest Jessie Kinxearaicn Bowman Joaxxa Fouren Hux Jona Lova St. Jon Senate Jno. I. Cox Lyon Johnson City

Watauga News Finds Visitors and Veterans in Town

Barron Cogners and Charles Paddock of Chattanooga visited the Watauga Valley Lumber Company mill area during the week. Local veterans W B Reynolds Jack Holly and Will Smith returned home after service with the 6th regiment in the Philippines. Archibald Curtis, age 75, died of pneumonia. Ernest Magee and J J Hindman of Clarion, Pennsylvania attend the lumber company meeting. Miss Ethel Reese collects souvenirs from the Philippines Hawaii and Japan. J Robertson returns from Chucky City to visit a ill mother. Chas Estes and children visit M S Bennett's family. C F Carrier, president of the Watauga Valley Lumber Co., attends annual meeting.

J. J. Hindman Ernest Magee Clarion Pennsylvania Watauga Valley Lumber Co Ethel Reese Philippine Islands Honolwha Japan J. ©. Robertson Chucky City Apeharely Mr. Chas Estes and Children Bristol M. 5 Bennett C.F. Carrier Elizabethton Watauga

Tuition cut at Southern Busters College Bristol For April entrants

Bristol Tenn March 21 Fuel adds to the receiver ship case of the Virginia Tron, Coal and Coke Company as Baltimore bondholders request to join the suit and oust current receivers. The $10,000,000 dispute involves iron coal operations across Tennessee Virginia and Kentucky. An unrelated Cosmopolitan article discusses the ideal wife and husband dynamics in its April issue.

Southern Busters College Bristol Nenal Bristol, Tenn Virginia Tron, Goal and Coke Company Twines Clark Paul A. Scoger Baltimore Carter General Interant Tennessee Virginia Kepmoky Lavinia Mart

Constitutional Dog Law Proposed by House Vomminwoo

The House Vomminwoo agreed to recommend a dog law drawn by Hon. John J. Vertroos. It requires tagging of all dogs over three months and permits killing of untagged dogs found at large. Sheriffs deputies constables and policemen may seize untagged dogs. County clerks must tag and collect a 60 cent fee with 10 cents to the clerk and the rest to the county treasury.

Vomminwoo John J. Vertroos

Sensible Answer and Vanderbilt Sale Highlight Regional Auction

A puzzle about a tree and birds ends with a humorous misdirection. George W. Vanderbilt's recent sale of horses on his Asheville estate features the largest event in the region, with over 160 thoroughbreds and registered hogs sold at an average price above 80 dollars each.

George W. Vanderbilt Asheville N. C

A Horrible Outbreak Cleared By Arnica Salve

C D Tabill of Morganton Tenn recounts a severe head sores outbreak on his daughter that Bucklen’s Arnica Salve fully cured. The ad claims it treats eczema, tetter, salt rheum, pimples, sores, ulcers and piles. Available for 26 cents at City Drug Store.

C.D. Tabill Morganton Tenn Bucklen City Drug Store

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