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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1898
Page
2
A garbled compendium mentions Spain, Dreyfus, Camp Wikof, Miles, Vermont, and Knoxville with satiric asides. It cites crowds, editors, and political figures, including McKinley and the Peace Commission, while noting local papers Bristol and Knoxville amidst fragmented reporting and social quips.
The piece surveys political maneuvering with hints of cabinet selections and a plan to sail for Europe while analysts debate Luzon as a single island focus. It notes Democrats gaining ground in House races, Republican splits aiding Democratic prospects, and a South Carolina Georgia line purchase expanding rail.
The article outlines scheduled governor candidate talks in East Tennessee with dates from Chattanooga to Blountville, plus the Memphis joint debate of McMillin and Fowler. It notes emphasis on state issues over national topics and cites Nashville American commentary on Bryan and military duty, praising Bryan’s conduct and predicting future public remarks.
A compilation of satirical lines from Tennessee newspapers including Brownlow, Chattanooga News, Springfield Bealer, Nashville American, and Commercial Appeal. It lampoons Republican strength in Tounenses, health at Chickamauga, disbands of European armies, Vermont versus Hell, Memphis editors on legislators, and a Solomon proverb about cats.
Congressman Botkin declares Peruna highly curative after long battle with stomach catarrh and constipation. He credits Dr Hartman and J D Burns for medicines that brought nearly complete relief during Washington residence. The Kansas representative lauds Peruna as a wonderful remedy for catarrhal affections.
The Tennessee supreme court met in Knoxville for its annual session to hear cases from multiple circuits over eight to nine weeks. The Washington county docket lists cases including Johnson versus Gay Johnson, Southern Railway, Carnegie Land, and several bank and administrator disputes among others. A subsequent local notice laments a rat infestation after winter, praising a pest control product Cheese for rapid eradication.
A late news digest notes a New York parade of soldiers, approval of a peace protocol by the Spanish Cortes, and estimates of 600 women and children killed in Crete. Manila insurgents withdrew as per American demand, Jacksonville reports no yellow fever, and Camp Thomas dissolves the volunteer army.
Regiments in the Santiago de Cuba province report rising sickness with the Fifth Infantry losing five men to death and forty percent on sick report while ordered to garrison duty. Dewey faces a critical Manila situation seeking ships and planning measures. Aguinaldo rejects commitments, and Cabinet talks on Philippines sovereignty and US governance continue amid Cuba protectorate debates.
From Watauga Tennessee September 14 1808 news notes include Bascom Little returning home from Knoxville with others pleased with their stay in East Tennessee Misses Irene and Lula Humphries visiting relatives return to Monheim Isaac Dougherty of Shoun s X Roads Johnson County on a lumber deal Dr H L Campbell on a Bristol trip B Smith and others on travel to Bristol Dr Brown and M H Heeks in town Tom Borat driving a pony team Maud Hodge leaving for a Bristol college A picnic is planned for next Saturday Rev Barney Thompson preached last Sabbath appointing Second Sabbath in October a busy period with commercial fertilizer talk and other local items
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