Seaboard in Coal Fields Feasible Route by Whitch
A Journal and Tribune report notes rapid railroad development in northwest North Carolina and upper East Tennessee. It cites possible Virginia and Southwestern Railway entry into Johnson City, connections with the South and Western and Southern railways, and a network linking coal mines to Carolina markets, with extensions of the Seaboard Air Line and Carolina and Northwestern lines toward Blowing Rock and Pinola.
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North Carolina
Upper East Tennesses
Seabord Air Line
Virginia and Southwestern Railway
Johnson City
Johnson Cty Elizabethton
Virginia and Southwestern
Jolson City
South and Western Railroad
Sonorepyne
Virginia and Southwestern Railroad
Southern Railway
Marion
N. Y
Carolina Territory
Moss
Cheater
South Carolina
Lenoir
Cranberry
N. C
Blowing Rock
N.C
Ritter Lumber Company
Pinola
Pisola
Hearst backs St Louis Democratic nominee pledge
Washington May 14 William Randolph Hearst declares he will support the St Louis Democratic Convention nominee no matter who it is. He says he will use his papers to back the regular ticket and dismisses bolting fears while noting loyal Democrats should control the convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Randolp Hearst
St. Louis
Washington Post
Albany
Bryan
Arthur Brisbane
Weaver
Lowa
Biot
St. Lonia
Harrison's Recalled Souvenir From 1840 Campaign Button
Horace Mottern, son of George O Mottern, owns a Harrison and Tyler campaign relic from 1840. The horn inlaid button features a log cabin with Harrison at the door and a barrel of bird cider beneath the window, reflecting a vivid Whig era campaign scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. Journal and Tribune
Jonesboro
Horace Mottern
George O. Mottern
Tyler
Harrison
Gov Odell vetoes bill to curb Niagara Falls power use
Niagara Falls power bill vetoed by Gov Odell. Vancouver harbor to be fortified as a precaution if India trouble arises. Beckham promoted to first lieutenant in US Army. Austrian budget for army and navy totals 1 201 200 dollars. Western Kentucky miners accept terms to avert strike. Southern Baptist and negro convention plan equal funding and cooperation. Japan advances in Southern Manchuria while Russians fall back to Harbin pending fresh troops. Dalny evacuation confirmed and Japanese warship crippled. China bandit activity noted amid tensions with Mongolia.
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Gov. Odell
Niagara Falls
Vancouver
B.C
India
Beckham
Guy. Beckham
United States Army
Navy
Manchuria
Harbin
Russia
Dalny
Mongolia
Progressive Democrat Seeks Nomination Within Party Lines
The speaker expresses honor at a possible Democratic nomination but rejects bribe concerns and pledges to support the party nominee. He notes backing past Democratic ticket campaigns and Cleveland and Bryan, stresses fighting within progressive Democratic lines, and mentions inquiries into Hearst delegations and state conventions.
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Inet
Cleveland
Tee Times
Bryan
St. Louis
Progressive Democracy
Hearst
Masons Receive Warm Welcome in Louisville Transit
ISAS The Hon James D Richardson Grand Commander and Admiral Winfield 8 Schley led a group of prominent Masons who were greeted by over 100 Grand Court members in Louisville. The party traveled by special car en route to Memphis Little Rock and other Southwestern points amid limited war news and shifting dispatches from the Russian front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Richardson
Supreme Council
Southern Jurisdiction
Winfield
Schley
Grand Court Story
State of Kentucky
Louisville
Memphis
Little Rock
Russian War Commission
Whig Campaign Echoes in 1840 Jonesboro History
The piece recalls Martin Van Buren's alleged extravagance contrasted by Harrison supporters using log cabins and hard cider as symbols. It notes a campaign button found in a garden tied to Judge Emmerson, mentions Brownlow and Haynes, and marks the 1840 campaign’s legacy as Jonesboro landmarks fade with the old house on Main Street torn down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin van Buren
Peck
House of Congress
van Buren
Harrison
Pook
Richmond
Mottern
Thomas B. Emmerson
Knoxville
Emerson
Jonesboro
Byrd
Col. Haynes
Villian
W. G. Brownlow
Landon
Haynes
Brownlow
United States
Tennessee House of Representatives
Congress
Andrew Johnson
Nelson
Main Street
William E. May
Transport Innovation at Siam Exhibit at World’s Fair
Siam shows a water craft and land transport display portraying an aquatic culture. The exhibit features bamboo and wood vehicles built without metal, from priestly canoes to full-sized wooden buggies and bullock carts. Saints and boats highlight Siam’s canal network and river economy as Bangkok earns its Venice of the East nickname.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siam
Department of Transportation
Bangkok
Venice
Gulf
Mexico
Nicaragua
Public Health Display Attracts Attention In Sanitary Exhibit
The Bureau of Public Health and the Marine Hospital Service will present practical models illustrating water purification and disease prevention. Demonstrations include typhoid and cholera contamination, tenement reform drawings, quarantine apparatus, sterilization methods, and medical museum displays. Also noted are debates at the Methodist General Conference in Los Angeles over the advisability of electing a colored bishop and improving Northern Southern church relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Public Health
The
Marine Hospital Service
Oreal
Marine Hopital Service
Immigration Service
Methodist General Conference
Los Angeles
George Elliott
Detroit
Ebcrch
Charles P. McClelland
New York
Elliott
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Cox
Public Square
Walnut ST
Samuel M. Arnell
Taw
Lens
Arnotteas
Callewet Ad
Toom &Ive
Hart Building
Thad
Hart Burrow Building
Bowman
Ye Kirkpatrick
O.irkpatrick
Willams & Oowman
Johnson City, Tennessee
H. Miller
Arronstraw Law and Solicitor In Chancery
Tennessee
RO Reeves
Arroy Reeves Reeves & Reeves
Voloson City, Tenn
Miller
Dad Miller
Drs Miller
Physicians and Surgeons
Roowie Saul
Opers House
Bairdl Howtsz
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Peatdence
King Street
J. Miller
Watauga Avenue
Neue Roanstent
City
Barbor
John City
Russell & Hamsch
Prope
Cornu Main and
Bulle Sireore Chas
Longley Pashionable
Rievanor
Piermont Hotel
Bull Line Union Brands of Clears
W. ©. Phillips
Nat Hyder
D. A. Vines
Johnson Oily
Courts of
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Whitch
William R. Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Campaig
Western Kentucky
Southern Baptist Convention
National
Negro) Baptist Convention
South
Ary Women’s Society
Chicago
W. L. Darby
Kirkeville
Japan
BSA
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Rosenblatt Piano
Greeneville
Wm, Silver & Co
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