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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1896
Page
4
Lincoln Neb Nov 7 Mr Bryan issued a telegram to the eastern bimetallists praising their stand in defeat and urging them to continue the fight noting eastern gold delegates and papers opposed to bimetallism. The message underscores confidence that events will vindicate their position.
Official returns from 78 counties plus complete unofficial results push Minnesota total to 940,909, the highest yet. McKinley 193,555. Bryan 199,477. Levering 4,082. Palmer 8,200. Matchett 74. McKinley leads by 58,878. Clough wins governorship by 8,545 over Lind. GOP congressional majority 41,858. An ad for Dr King’s New Discovery and New Life Pills appears in the notice.
An old prospectus touts a building and loan society as superior to banks and insurers, offering 6 percent coupon shares at 50 dollars, semiannual interest, withdrawable after six months with 80 days notice, secured by first mortgage real estate with deposits at Fonesboro Banking and Trust Co. Tate L. Harnist, secretary, Johnson City Tennessee.
Tutt's Pills promote health by claiming to cure liver and bowel derangements. The ad asserts liver disorder causes systemic disease and positions Tutt's Liver Pills as the remedy for such liver troubles and intermittent fevers.
Philadelphia observer George Leslie wins a $100 bet with Kelly after McKinley carries New York and Pennsylvania by a large aggregate. Telegrams promise more, but Ledlie refuses. The piece notes broad reactions to election rhetoric and calls for unity and law. It cites Pennsylvanian and New York plurities and comments on Bryan and McKinley messages.
The Vatican Journal prints King Menelek of Abyssinia’s letter to the pope, brought by Mgr Mnenire. Menelek vows devotion to the Pope and says Italy’s hostility prevents freeing Italian prisoners, urging papal intervention to speed their liberty and peace.
A New York banquet celebrating McKinley supporters featured Mark Hanna hailed as modest while Rankin framed him with one hand on the Almighty and one on McKinley. The piece mocks the notion and recalls Parkhurst’s similar claim. It notes Hanna’s supposed divine aid in the campaign and questions the piety of the rhetoric.
London news reports Miss Annie How ard daughter of the late Charles T. Howard of New Orleans married Walter Parrott of Parrott Brothers stock brokers in St James parish church Paddington. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Walter Abbott. The couple will honeymoon in England. Miss Howard funded the Howard Memorial Library and Confederate Memorial Hall in New Orleans in memory of her father.
Local merchants report strong interest in Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs colds and consumption though testimonials are poorly edited and include typos. An obituary mention notes the product’s persistence and a drug store sale at McParland & Co.
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