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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1897
Page
2
A scramble of local politics and editorial chatter from multiple papers reports campaigns, candidacies, and raucous commentary. Figures include Col. Jack Chinn, Gov Nellie Ely, Congressman Brownlow, Hanna and McKinley allies, with nods to Johnson City and Knoxville coverage.
Odd mixture of medical advert with a political note and library event. The catarrh cure offer claims to restore hearing by curing a nasal tube condition, followed by a local political nomination note and a Library Association event offering baked goods for Sunday dinner at the library building on a Saturday afternoon.
An old advertisement extols Mother’s Friend as the best aid before birth, claiming it eases morning sickness, relaxes strained muscles, shortens labor, speeds recovery, and carries no dangerous after effects. It also mentions Bradtield Regulator and other products in promotional blurbs.
A long letter congratulates a nominee for district justice in Washington County Texas style. It praises ethics, builds alliances, and urges vigorous campaigning amid lively regional references, mentioning Henry George and Building and Loan interests while predicting a landslide victory.
An advertisement touts DR BELL S PINE TAR HONEY as a cough remedy that prevents coughing and claims superiority over other medicines. It also promotes digestive aid from Shakes Digestive Cordial and lists price and a few other sale items including a dry cow and second hand stoves.
Mr. Th. Greeve of Chilhawk Virginia sought every possible remedy for consumption. He spent money and time on cough medicines and a chat war induced regimen with no relief. After trying Dr. King's New Discovery his condition improved, and others with similar symptoms may benefit from this remedy.
The execution of Robert Sims for the 1840s era killing of Walter Galloway drew a large orderly crowd in Jonesboro. Sims, claiming he did not intend to kill Galloway, fired a shot and killed him at the Boring residence near Flourville. Sheriff Pritchett oversaw the process, with ministers in attendance and Sims meeting death on the scaffold at about 11 o clock.
Bristol Tennessee November 17 Will Mays was hanged at Blountville for the murder of D Massen Gill. The drop fell at 1 20 pm and life was extinct in sixteen minutes. One thousand people witnessed the execution as Mays stood calm and defiant on the scaffold.
William Mays, 22, killed Massengill on June 14 on Massengill’s farm after friend tensions. He confessed to murder and implicated his stepfather and constable, while two children and his wife witnessed. Robert Cole received 99 years. Mays’ appeal to the Supreme Court upheld, with November 17 set for execution.
The notice lists officers of election across wards including judges clerks and assistant registers for Third Ward and fourth ward plus commissioners James Scalf Alfred Hice and others. It also mentions a special election for Justice of the Peace on November 4 1807 and ads for medicines and a carriage factory.
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