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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1905
Page
2
The text cites Scott's Emulsion as a preferred cod liver oil product and moves into Tennessee politics detailing Patterson campaign openings, Cox support in White DeKalb and Claiborne counties, and remarks on party sentiment and pardons. It notes Cox’s anticipated nomination and mentions editorial commentary from Chattanooga News and Memphis Scimitar.
Tennessee political drama surrounds mass conventions in White DeKalb and Morgan counties planned for October 2 to bind delegates before Patterson can address voters. Patterson demands fair access and a gubernatorial primary, while Gov Cox remains blocked from Patterson's Vendome speech date of October 6 in Nashville.
Fragmented letters from Hardeman and Leavenworth homes discuss Union and Confederate veterans. depictions of life in East Tennessee, Johnson City, and Winchester. The pieces touch on alcohol, social acceptance, temperance norms, and intergroup attitudes among ex soldiers and local citizens.
A long editorial voice argues Union and Confederacy pains, condemns malice, and calls for national unity under one flag. It rails against hypocrisy and moral decline, praises reform efforts, mocks sensationalist rhetoric, and urges readers to support a costly moral paper.
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