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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1899
Page
2
The piece cites remarks by J A Fan and Senator Stewart on Bryan and the Belmont dinner. It mentions Boss Platt and Theodore Roosevelt, laboring to anticipate party dynamics. It also recounts Attorney General Griggs amid anti trust tensions and a pending Republican platform stance.
A Republican critic likens the Attorney General to a failed reformer as he warns against restricting capital combinations. Senator Mason notes shifting public opinion, cites high war costs, and argues Filipinos seek independence not allegiance. He condemns expansionism and warns of moral and health costs.
A poetic tribute from Memphis Tennessee honoring Bob Taylor a master of many arts who touched thousands with music and kindness. The verse extols his benevolence generosity and uplifting influence on humanity noting his life of love sunshine and song and concluding with the epitaph None knew him but to love him None named him but to praise.
A Bristol claim that a lawyer’s life was saved by an empty stomach amid pistol fire draws surprise. The piece mocks regional claims about health habits, likening East Tennesseans’ eating rules to steel armor and ridiculing the idea of stomachs stopping bullets while noting the tale’s clearly humorous bias.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal piece relays a humorous Bristol lawyer tale about armor for the stomach. A shot deflects on a fortuitous stomach defense, sparking a mock admiration for steel and a boast about Bris and Wesson era artillery.
A bill by the committee on judicial reforms proposes creation of nine First judicial circuit counties and eleven First chancery division counties starting August 1, 2002 for circuit and chancery elections. Other provisions begin September 1, 2002 with terms of judges and chancellors under the act. The bill retains existing election timing for attorneys general and other offices.
Regular Cuban letter from Camp Trinidad Cuba dated March 15 1809 reports the Fourth Regiment near muster out with officers under court martial scrutiny. Captain Marton of company H is jailed awaiting trial over charges tied to attempts to recall the unit. Colonel Brown Major Tatom Major Ekler and others face various accusations while the regiment’s health improves to about three hundred men unable for duty.
The notice compiles testimonials and claims about Dr. Hartman’s Peruna remedy curing catarrh for forty years. Letters from users like Mr Ingalls in Waco and Burt Tenn describe dramatic recoveries. The page also lists regional industrial reports and a bankruptcy notice for James E. Crockett of Elizabethton with creditors' meeting details.
The Davidson Circuit Court and Chancery Appeals are debated as committees urge abolishing multiple courts to realign to ten Chancery Divisions and fourteen Judicial Circuits. The plan, effective 1904, aims to retain Chancery Appeals while saving about 20 250 dollars until the redistricting bill takes effect. The report spans twenty six pages.
The March 11 1999 death of Frankie S Campbell age 5 years 6 months 9 days mourned by his Sabbath school infant class as he fell asleep in Jesus. Resolutions praise his faith and bid sympathy to his parents sisters and brothers with notes of heavenly gain. Committee members Kate Starrs ox L C Hoss and A B Box sign and file the remembrance. A separate item notes a $15 000 000 capitalized company formed in Trenton New Jersey to manufacture compressed air in cap salon and a German partition proposal abandoned due to lack of responses from Britain and the United States. A Benton Polk County civil suit between John Freaman and W A Guinn costs over $100 and remains unsettled.
Advertising blurb claiming a liniment named Mother’s Friend prevents pain and danger during childbirth. It touts immunity to labor, safety for mother and child, and endorsements from many mothers. A free booklet titled Before Birth is offered by the Bi Regulator Company in Atlanta.
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