Democratic Converging Voices Favor Cy Lyle for Congress
East Tennessee editors and politicians from Johnson City to Nashville rally behind Cy Lyle of the Johnson City Comet as a Democratic candidate for Congress in the first district. Letters from supporters praise his candidacy and pledge Democratic unity, while local papers note Gardner’s Senate bid and Hooper’s remarks on state finances.
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Cy Lyle
Johnson City
J. R. Gardner
Tennessee
Rogersville
Cy H. Lyle
Congress
Colonel Lyle
East Tennessee
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
East Tennessee Times-Journal
Sew Tazewell, Tenn
Democrats seek strong candidate in First District race
The Bristol Herald Courier reports a split in Tennessee's First District Republican camp between Sam R. Sells and General James B. Cox. Democrats consider backing a strong nominee, with Colonel C. H. Lyle and Colonel J. M. Barker named as possible candidates to contest a GOP split and potentially win.
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Tennessee
Congress
Sam R. Sells
James B. Cox
C. H. Lyle
Johnson City
Lyle
J. M. Barker
Bristol
Barker
Congression
Bristol Herald Courier
Contested Gubernatorial? First and Second District Races Highlighted
The piece outlines high‑stakes contests in the First and Second congressional districts. Sam R. Sells seeks re election backed by his faction while J B Cox challenges him, with Republican support for Cox. The report notes Cox’s political breadth, family ties to John Cox and Cy Lyle as a Democrat candidate with Johnson City links and Vanderbilt connections.
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C. H. Lyle
John Sson City Comet
Tennessee
Sam Bells
James B. Cox
Mooser
Cox
John 1 Cox
Republicman
Cy Lyle
Democrat
Cy Hiut
Johnson City
Shiek
Vanderbilt
Biltless
Political notes and a police murder in Johnson City
The Chattanooga News notes a second district race with R W Austin and a Democratic opponent called The Little Black Bull at Roane. It reports on the Johnson City murder of George F Campbell, Chief of Police, praising his duty and the community’s support while noting the danger he faced. It cites Jewish New Year prayers amid war and the call for peace, and mentions Sells challenging Gen Cox in a debate.
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George Campbell
Johnson City
Johson City
Campbell
0. M. Dugger
Greeneville
Hamilton County
R. W. Austin
South
Washington
Roane
Harvey Hannah
Harve
Bob Taylor
Chattanooga News
George F. Campbell
Fies
George
India
Johnson
City
Greeneville Democrat
Europe
Germany
France
Russia
Battefields
Memphis
Hooper's Finance Failures Highlight Debt Costs
The Tennessee refunding board sold short term notes in New York for 1.4 million dollars due in October at 6 percent while Alabama floated 1.6 million at 4 percent. Critics claim Hooper's administration mishandled bonds, raising interest and taxes, with fallout including 440,000 extra interest and higher textbook costs. The Memphis News Scimitar editorializes that voters have had enough.
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Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Tennessee Refunding Board
New York
Alabama
Tennessee
Hooper
Memph!s News Scimitar
Contestants Seek Pony Contest Amid AOO Vote
A brief notice indicates contestants pursuing a pony contest amid an AOO related vote. Details are sparse, with limited readable names or places available in the fragment.
Elaborate Franklin card party honors visitors in town
Mrs. W. J. Exum Mrs. C. C. Crowder and Miss Eleanor Exum hosted about two hundred guests at the Franklin. The event honored Mrs. Clarence Lovering Marailiot of Memphis and Mrs. A. N. Molesworth of Toronto with the grand march followed by bridge and dancing. Prizes went to Mrs. Divine and Mr. Horace Spencer amid pink roses red decorations and formal refreshments.
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Mesdames Exum
Crowder
Franklin
W. J. Exum
C. C. Crowder
Eleanor Exum
Clarance Lovering Marailiiot
Memphis
A. N. Molesworth
Toronto
Canada
Fred Hoss
Maranhot
Donegan
Missex Francis Nugent
Edith Armbruster
Messrs
Earl Jackson
Edward Dunn
Angeline Wofford
Watauga Avenue
Miss Wofford
Copenhayer
Elayra McNeil
P. H. Wofford
Hugh Seneker
Allen Harris
Hotel
Bristol
Bristol Cotillion Club
Knoxville
Meckae
Misa McHae
Miason
Carrie Wright
Grace Gunting
Myrtle
Eileen McHale
Mary Cox
Louise Bt
John Corinne King
Mery Dornin
Margaret Dunn
Bess Hill
Katherine Faugna
Rebecca Louder
Loretta Newcomb
Miss Summers
Johnson
City
Miss Jones
Newport
Nickels
Dorothy
Shirley Winston
Masterful Sermon at Dedication of New Church Home
Johnson City marked the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. J Lynn Bachman delivering a sermon on Christ from four views. The $35000 modern house seats 1200, with numerous local ministers and music including a violin solo by Miss Margaret Wright.
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Johnson City
First Presbyterian
J. Lynn Bachman
D. D
Sweetwater
John Wood
Dayton A. Dobbs
Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church
John A. Allison
J. A. Ruble
W. M. Morrell
Munsey Memorial Church
J. N. Jessup
The
Christian Church
J. A. Mitchell
Methodint Episcopal Church
Rev. H. C. Clemens
West Side Mission
Margaret Wright
Miss Lena Davis Lockett Attends Bristol Normal
Miss Lena Davis Lockett of Bristol is noted as attending the local normal school program. The brief item records her participation in the Bristol Normal attendance notes.
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Herald Courier
Mir
Johnson City
Kings
Lena Davis Lockett
Bristol
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Cherokee Club
Kyle M. King
Julia R. Love
Johnson City Bicycle Company
West Market Street
Phillips
Comet
Buffalo Street
Johnson Gity Bicycle CO
Britten Grocery Company
Swingle Bros
Spring Street
Britton Grocery Company
Seaver
Morristown
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Morristown, Tennessee
B. C. Weesner
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Morristown, Tenn
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