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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
3
Court hears challenge to pay and authority of a so called state board of elections. Complainants claim the defendants hold unlawful positions and seek injunctions and an order that payments be deemed illegal. The argumen ts contend constitutional readings and procedural defects invalidated the acts and the salaries and expenses.
A government plan sets aside 280 dollars a year toward expenses for a student. Aimed at providing aid by September, the program promises not to block other education funding. The state name of Institutiongowio a No awe Mar Onaga are Brion, area Oat City, Mo.
Court considers voiding provisions of 1907 act for board expenses and election method. If the court finds partial validity, sections on electing board members by the house may be struck. Injunction sought to restrain defendants from acting as state board members or performing duties.
Johnson City Tennessee page shows a Seaboard Tragic Manager entry with rail stops and numbers. It lists Johnson City and nearby locales such as Mingaport Berwin Unicot and Sprucepine with times and codes for the May 2 1909 service. The fragment references a manager in Johnson City Tennessee and several station numbers and times.
The item advertises Southern Railway as the greatest highway of travel to western points with daily trains referenced.
East Tennessee pension board, in session April 19 to May 11, placed 109 East Tennesseans on the rolls. Three widows in first class receive $6 monthly, sixty widows in second class $5, and forty six soldiers in fourth class $4 per month. Names listed include Harriet M. Long, Martha J. Boring, A. E. Cunningham, Sarah J. Folsom, Elizabeth Gray, Eliza B. Johnson, Hattie B. Johnson, Margaret Love, Nancy Mattox, Amanda Shipley, Margaret Shipley, Nancy Stillman, Nannie Stockton, Lucinda Wasson, Virginian Wolfe, John M. Barron, Joseph Gray, J. I. Jones, Join H. Owens, M. E. Spurgin, J. D. Swanner, and F. M. Wolfe, with many others. Also notes schedule figures published for information and not guaranteed. Includes an unrelated medical anecdote and discussion of travel schedules and train connections from Knoxville to Cincinnati and other cities with daily trains and low rates.
The petition asks that Frank Dibrell comptroller be enjoined from issuing warrants or paying funds to Young, Tigrett, and Maynard or their vouchers, and that Folk treasurer be restrained from paying salaries or voucher expenses from the state treasury. Attorneys Bradford Vertrees Puryear sign the filing seeking general relief.
An antique ad style piece argues rent as graft income enabling landlords to grow fortunes, urging readers to buy with favorable terms like 10 percent cash and $3.00 a month. It promotes Davis West Park Addition and features John L. Davis as owner. The quotation about starting a revolution reflects a Philadelphia Ledger cartoonish tone.
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