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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
2
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The Times invites reader letters and requires full signatures. Anonymous submissions will not be printed, though names may be withheld upon request.
An editorial argues street begging is a nuisance in Kingsport despite city laws and local relief networks. It urges citizens to direct requests to the Community Chest or police, noting misuses harm both donors and the city and that aid should come through proper channels.
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The Knoxville Sentinel argues Britain exploits a rubber monopoly raising prices while the US seeks home production and substitutes. The Asheville Citizen notes Britain subsidies coal to avert a strike, contrasting with US reluctance to government bounties to secure coal supply amid labor pressures.
A London classroom scene features a girl offered money for silence and a boy calling out a pun on dog flowers. The Progressive Grocer notes a lighthearted exchange about church manners and small temptations during lessons.
The piece lampoons aging and retirement with a talky monologue about growing old without care. It mocks year round seashore colonies where men chase golf and auctions while wives shop and gossip on the boardwalk.
A chaotic Georgia roadside scene unfolds as picnickers cross a track while a passenger asks natives about howling dogs and a lazy hookworm joke. A tram waits on a side track and a boy named Bobby hurries his father before an approaching train.
An old model Ford touring car loaded with six negroes plunged over a 20 foot embankment on Chestnut Ridge yesterday afternoon. It rolled about three times and lodged upright near woodland along the Bristol highway. Several occupants were injured lightly. all escaped serious harm. The driver reportedly lost control on a down slope and the car slid into soft dirt. Four remained in the wreck as it descended, top torn off and body damaged.
Nashville experts say highway motor bus systems will cooperate with railroads, expanding short hauls by bus and trucking while long hauls stay with trains. Bus routes open new transportation lines, linking Bristol to Memphis and Nashville to Murfreesboro and beyond, with rapid, comfortable service that supports business.
Construction on the new high school will resume after a ten day suspension caused by delays in steel fabrication and shipment. The full crew is expected back within a week as foundation work is complete and steel materials are due to arrive soon.
London reports that government aid to mine owners averts a miners strike affecting over a million men. The aid, unofficially about 10 million pounds, will allow holding current wages and hours until May 1, 1926, preventing an industrial crisis.
Gothenburg opens a five story post office regarded as one of the best for handling American mail to Sweden and northern Europe. The new building will expedite mail flow and handle mail more efficiently.
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