Demands His Resignation In Burden Of Bossed Letters
State Senator Sam R. Sells attacks Mr Brownlow over salary drawing from the home in Marion Indiana. He cites Taft and Mahone letters to prove Roosevelt urged resignation before running again in the same district. Sells vows bold, aggressive campaigning to unseat Brownlow in Congress race.
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Yosustiin
Congress
Homeful
Belly
Taft
Landis
Indiana
Marion, Ind
National Home
Martin T. McMahone
Home Board
M. Mahone
Talen
Roosevelt
Sells
Wadsworth
Sam R. Sells
Tennessee
Opposit
W.P Brown
Polly
Cleveland
Brownlow accused of political manipulation at national home
Representative Brownlow faces charges from district official Sells who published a letter demanding Brownlow’s removal as managing editor of the National Home at Johnson City or his withdrawal from the congressional race. The letter alleges Brownlow dominates the Johnson City home’s officers and hires to advance personal ambition and profit.
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Evening News
The
National Home
Chattain
Wadsworth
Sells
Brownlow
Johnson City
Prominent farmer Frank Miller shoots self on Limestone Creek
Frank Miller aged fifty six, a noted farmer on Big Limestone creek five miles east of Ald BRAIN, died after shooting himself in a barn. His hired boy found him with a bullet wound. Miller expired at home minutes later. He left a wife and relatives. Burial was at Oakland cemetery.
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Limestone
Frank Miller
Limestone Creek
Tennessee whiskey crackdown reaches supreme court ruling
Knoxville dispatch reports J. W. Kelly & Co. sue Sheriff Conner over wholesale liquor limits, with J. J. Vertrees and General Cates arguing construction of the 1907 act. Points include whether the law bans wholesale sales, its breadth beyond the title, and compensation or time for selling seized goods.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Hamilton County
J. W. Kelly & Co
A. Conner
J. J. Vertrees
Cates
Vertrees
General Cates
McMinn County
Century-Old Newspapers Listed in July 1908 Republic
The St. Louis Republic marks its centennial with a souvenir titled Century Club American Newspapers listing eighty-two papers over a century old. Fifty-five dailies and twenty-seven weeklies, from Philadelphia to Charleston, trace their origins to the 18th century. The piece highlights long-time editors Nathaniel Paschal and John Knapp and notes oldest titles like Philadelphia North American and the Saturday Evening Post.
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St. Louis
Nathaniel Paschal
St. Louis Republic
Knoxville
The
Republic
Joseph Charles
Beewie
Charleston News and Courier
United States
Brownlow A Candidate Confirms Re Election Bid
Congressman Walter P. Brownlow of Jonesboro confirmed plans to run for re election while traveling to Washington on business. He defended his record, said he would not campaign until appropriate, and dismissed primary worries after a judge struck down a primary law. He noted opposition from outside his district and claimed better health and vigor.
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Walter P. Brownlow
Jonesboro
Washington
Herald-Courier
Union Station
Brownlow
Samuel R. Sells
Congress
J. W. Wadsworth
National Soldiers’ Home
Allison
United States
Bristol Herald-Courier
Quotations and Mishmashed Prose from an Uneven Text
A garbled OCR fragment presents various aphorisms and stray lines about luck, love, knowledge, farming, and daily life. The jumble includes miswritten phrases, misprints, and stray dialogues resembling a late 19th or early 20th century miscellany. The passage lacks a clear single news event or identifiable人物.
Patterson in McNairy County Tangled in Politics
Selmer Tennessee correspondent reports political chatter in McNairy County with Governor Patterson’s strength undimmed. Local supporters favor a U S Senate run or a gubernatorial bid, while pro prohibition sentiment is debated amid reflections on 1905 attitudes and party loyalty.
PELLIGAR CAUSED DEATH AT ANDERSONVILLE
Dr G W Kerr of Corsicana Texas told the Southern Medical Convention that deaths at Andersonville prison in 1904 were due to pellagra not typhoid fever He described pellagra symptoms and noted fatal outcomes in most cases as the disease progressed
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New Orleans
Andersonville
G. W. Kerr
Corsicana
Tex
Ufl
Pellagras
Unclear medical debate influences prisoner rations
Fragmentary notes describe a disputed medical opinion among physicians about corn used for prisoner rations and potential links to pellagra. The text references medinal Fraternity and concerns over spoiled grain and supply distribution amid conjecture.
Murfreesboro Memorial Day Invite Accepted
Patterson writes formal acceptance of the Levelrion to address Murfreesboro lodges on Memorial Day in December. The governor has received many invitations but was expected to deliver the memorial address in Murfreesboro.
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Patterson
Elks
Murfreesboro
Tne
Hlks
Murfreesbore
Mayor Believes in Board Favors Appointed Inquiry Panel
Bristol Tennessee officials plan an immediate thorough investigation by a disinterested committee. The mayor and aldermen promise a fair inquiry into current city matters and call for transparent review.
Governor’s Memorial Day Addresses Highlight Tennessee Oratory
Siner's address will likely draw a large audience as notable contributions to Tennessee oratory emerge from the governor's Memorial Day remarks to the Kik-Nashville American.
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Siner
Oratory of
Tennessee
Kiks
Nashville American
Woman’s Cure Claim From Cardus System of Home Treatment
Mrs Annie Hamilton of Stetsonville Wisconsin recounts severe female trouble and sleepless pain. She credits the Cardus System of Home Treatment with a rapid recovery after two days, urging other sick women to try it and claiming it is sold at reliable drug stores.
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Annie Hamilton
Stetsonville
Wis
Yale
Caridad
Gould
Cunlut
State Pension Board Completes Quarterly Session
The state pension board completed its regular quarterly session adding fifty old soldiers and widows to the pension rolls to fill vacancies caused by deaths removals and other causes. Other eligible applicants were placed on the rolls as well.
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State Pension Board
Graft Allegations Prompt City Board Probe
In Bristol the accusation of graft swells as board members are linked to a $500000 water system deal. Dr Mattox litigates riparian rights while Alderman and Mayor Gannon call for a full, disinterested investigation and audit of city books.
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Wieter Ayston
Mattox
Lins
Bristol Herald-Courier
Mdlina Reeve
Gajumon
Chet Lei
Gannon
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