Our Clubbing Offer and Local Bank Endorsements
A survey of political balance notes Democrats hold ten of fifty senators and forty five of one hundred twenty representatives with Republicans and Populists splitting the rest. The piece praises Jonesboro banking institutions the First National and Jonesboro Banking and Trust Company for sound leadership and stability and cites the London Loan and Trust Company placing deposits there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Marion Butler
Senate
Thanksgiving Day and election talk mix in Tennessee notes
The column blends holiday reflections with political squabbles. It cites Evans, Morgan, and McCorry as urging honest elections, mentions T. H. Clay Evans and A. H. Pettibone as qualified picks, and notes figures like Tobe Hickey and Hank in potential future roles. It also touches Howgate investigations, pension and fortification bills, and a Washington dispatch on local contests.
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Evans
Clay
Morgan, McCorry
Watauga Bend Notes Sneak in Local Skirmishes and Visits
Joseph Bowman is on the sick list and Mrs. W. V. DeVault has been aay sick for several days. Mrs. Mary White went to Johnson City shopping Tuesday. Four district schools are noted to be in good progress. J. A. Bowman and wife spent last Sunday with homefolks. John Howard of Bloomingdale visiting the Hale family on the river. Cleo and Lula White visited the Misses Selle last Sunday. W. K. Hodges of Morristown spent last week with Landon White's family. D. W. Cash, ill for some time, improving slowly. Mrs. L. W. Bowman visiting her father, Mrs. Mark, in poor health. Bertie Eden visiting relatives near Snow's Chapel last weekend.
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Tuxne
Howgate
Signal Service
Washington
Morton
Joseph Bowman
W. V. DeVault
Mary White
Johnson City
J. A. Bowman
Epent
W. K. Hodges
Morristown
Landon White
D. W. Cash
Mra. L. W. Bowman
Mra. Mark
Periodical offers and literary notes from The Living Age
An 1895 prospectus praises The Living Age as a concise, up to date digest of current literature. It highlights new subscribers’ clubs, low prices, and broad coverage from The Ladies Home Journal to Scribner’s Magazine, with Kipling, Bunner, Cable, and others featured. Local notes include visits, social chatter, and upcoming Christmas plans as well as a brief report on Georgia politics and a run of literary pieces across magazines of the era.
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Latol
Ita
Little & Oo
Boston
Arthur Sullivan
Christman Ladies’ Home Journal
Frank Stockton
Eugene Field
Frances Hodguin Burnett
John Kendrick Bunga
New York City
Ladies’ Home Journal
Curtis Publishing Company
Philadelphia
Scribner's Magazine
Rudyard Kipling
Robert Grant
H. ©. Bunner
Brander Matthews
George W. Cable
Oliver Herford
A. B. Prot
Albert Lynch
Emile Friant
Kipling
Kentucky Exam Questions For State Certificate Spelling and Pronunciation
Educational column from Kentucky discusses state certificate qualifications for teachers. It notes possible gaps in State Board exams and provides a sample from September including spelling definitions and pronunciation tasks. The piece questions professional interest among local educators and presents words and pronunciations for practice.
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Kenttcky
Teunouyeo
Cole Uno
Washington County
Star Board of Kentucky
Dreinatton
Provuncia
Visiting families and locals in Watauga area
Andrew and Webb Albertson visited their parents William and Mrs Miller in Watauga. The article notes various local figures and events including patients treated for eye conditions, a funeral, a tannery fire scare, road work to Watanga Flow, and tax deadlines, reflecting a community snapshot with names such as G. Wigginton, H. Yockey, Mrs Hendrix, J. Pinckney Lewis, and Dr. Wallace.
Arena Christmas Number Highlights Poet Biographies and Stories
The Arena’s Christmas issue features essays and papers on Guy de Maupassant and Wit plar in literature, Rev Minot J. Savage on religion and the poets, and B C Flower on age of consent laws. It also includes fiction by Hanlin Garland with A Woman in the Camp and Cinch by Will Allen Dromgoole, plus Walter Blackburn Harte’s At the Old Pogies’ Club in Elysium and a Johnson Boswell Goldsmith dialogue in the afterlife.
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Iinet
Guy de Mappasaant
Wit Plar
Davil A. Weyn
Wolla Acany
Minot J. Savage
Holmes’ Posen
B. C. Flower
Bey
Hanlin Garland
Will Allen Dromgoole
Tennessee
Walter Blackburn Harte
Pogies
Elysium
Samuel Johnson
Boswell
Oliver Goldsmith
Christman
District News From Greenwood Institute Meeting
Deputy Leach works on barn completion in Eight District. Bill White moves to Johnson City. Mrs Ed Brown of Knob Creek visits relatives here. Greenwood Institute hosts a district meeting for pupils, patrons, and teachers hoping for school benefits. Mormon brothers preached at Green Meadows but home was locked against them.
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Leach
Willian White
Bill
Johnson City
Mra. Ed. Brown
Knob Creek
Green Meadows
Teachers Institute at Blountville This Week
A Teachers Institute is to be held at Blountville on Friday and Saturday of this week. All teachers and friends of education are invited. These meetings ought to be made profitable occasions, developing more professional and normal methods of teaching. Prof. Hanns, of Holston Institute, informs that every child in East Tennessee is born with the gift of aramory. May that gift be cultivated.
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Blountville
Hanns
Holston Institute
East Yenneacee
Procter Favors Permanent Postal Service Structure
President Procter of the Civil Service Commission backs a permanent tenure plan for postal clerks and postmasters. He envisions a military style promotion ladder culminating in the First Assistant Postmaster General, with life tenure for good behavior and court martial for cause. He seeks a law change to keep the postal service out of politics, and has discussed the idea with the President and Secretary Gresham, who support it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Procter
Civil Service Commission
Saya
New York Sun
Postal Service of
United States
Avaktan
Army
Schofield
Secretary of War
Conaniar Service
Greaham
Lumber Prices and Delivery from Carnegie Sawmill
Lows Loget Lognut Lam offers to pay high prices for poplar oak ash and walnut logs delivered to the sawmill in Carnegie. Lumber to order can be sawn quickly. For prices and specs contact G Charrin Johnson City dated October 20 633.41.
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Lam
Carnegie
Charrin
Johnson City
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World Parliament of Religions
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William Rhea Miller
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Joseph Pinckney Lewis
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Knoxville
Thos, Cole
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Chancer
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Jenna City
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Edward D. Duncan
Third Moor
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Thad A.f
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Martin 1. Gump
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Bovié'Cieet
G, T. Lee
Carr Huilding
Market Street
Johnso City
Tennornen
Napecialty
Sep Lo
Jm, Martin
Justice of the Peace
Drauighon
Practical Business College
Nashville
Tenn
Chancery Court
Jolson City
Washhington County
Tahesme
M.dJnekaon
Millord&Carmichael
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M. A. Miler
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