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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1901
Page
2
Rising tensions outline Roosevelt’s potential renomination and Hanna’s wary stance as ship subsidies, tariffs, and labor battles unfold. References to Dewey Sampson Schley and Morgan’s steel trust frame a volatile political and economic landscape with large capital interests shaping policy and public opinion.
The article notes Hawaii's political turmoil with resignations and opposition to Governor Sanford B. Dole. It mentions Dole’s retirement notice en route to Washington, and discusses potential implications of a new governor seen as an experiment amid Pacific island affairs.
A September 19 patriotic school procession at Martha Wilder School marked the late President McKinley’s funeral. Students formed in double file, drums and flags flying, marching through Johnson City to Columbus Powell and Spring Street. The program included songs, a recitation of the assassination, and prayers. Also reported: Czolgore found guilty of first degree murder. execution set for late October. Ice plant contract and partnership change at Pardue Rogan. Johnson City Foundry and Marble Co. to install a 80-ton refrigerating plant. Local notes cover fair preparations, entertainment, and social happenings.
A promotional notice offers the life of President McKinley by Gen. Charles H. Wolvenor with proceeds donated to a McKinley Monument Fund. It urges subscribers to buy, promises mass sales, and invites orders and an outfit from the Continental Assembly at Corcoran Building Washington.
An active audience greeted young performers Monday night at the opera house with a rag time program noted for its variety. Several numbers were described as splendid and engaging, reflecting lively reception.
A blend of old time classified notes offers a stove for sale in good repair and a line of health tonics and stomach pills. Also an upright piano from Rosenmarr Co of Greeneville Tennessee and a brisk caution about roasting taunts.
A flyer touts sleep aids and digestive tablets stamped C C C sold openly. In Elizabethton, W M Holmes heard attic noises after a flood, suspecting a ghost, but investigators found a nate ring hen causing the sounds.
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