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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
2
A fragmented post office, editorial jabs, and political intrigue dominate Hobbs era writings in Tennessee. The Comet prints a constitutional note from Oklahoma, hints at Governor Patterson and Carmack in a heated race, and suggests saloon law changes. Local editors debate primaries, slander, and editorial feuds across Jonesboro Knoxville Nashville and Chattanooga.
Governor Patterson's Nashville address honors Tennessee reunions and the returning veterans. He extols state history from frontier pioneers to Civil War legacies, notes economic growth and harmony between capital and labor, and reiterates white supremacy as a regional pillar. The piece ends with editorial commentary on political maneuvering around Governor Patterson and Senator Carmack.
Denver readers recall a long, odd episode tied to W. B. Stratton and the Crown Palace hotel. Stratton clashed with hotel management over rules, then lent $626,000 for the Brown estate, later buying the hotel at sheriff sale for $850,000. Also noted are Ben Haynes visiting and Champ Clark’s October lecture in Johnson City amid Cedar Creek nuptials.
Henri Vincent Mossi a French traveler claims to journey around the world for a $10,000 wager. He travels with a shotgun and bold stories of survival, saying he aims to reach Washington to seek recognition from President Roosevelt after touring Europe Asia Africa and the Americas.
Wealthy young farmer William N Guilford plans an auction of his fine farm to fund a motor vehicle dream urged by his housekeeper Mabel B Thompson. Overseers of the poor intervene and appoint a guardian fearing the farmer may squander proceeds on the automobile, while Attorney Jore R Kane notes Guilford has hidden payments to a Worcester dealer using poultry trades. The guardian over him is accepted with conditions to prevent use of sale proceeds for the auto.
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