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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
6
The Kingsport Times details publisher, address at 497 Market Street, subscription rates payable in advance, and post office registration as second class mail. It notes Associated Press news use rights and invites reader letters signed with full names for publication with optional name withholding on request.
Opinion piece condemns street begging as nuisance and graft. It urges compliance with Community Chest and municipal relief programs, warns against aiding beggars on sidewalks, and advises directing needy to official channels and police when harassed. It notes broader wartime Riffs movements in France.
A woman vows to be ready in a minute yet refuses to specify which minute. The ambiguous statement leaves others waiting without a concrete timeframe.
The United States faces Britain's rubber control and substitutes, urging home production and substitutes. British dole policy spreads subsidies to coal to avoid strikes, with Baldwin funding mines while noting risks of nationalization and public costs. Asheville Citizen contrasts with U S stance on avoiding government bounties to secure coal.
A traveler questions a Georgia native about a howling dog labeled lazy as hookworm on a sand bar. The man jokes of cyclones lightning and earthquakes sparing him chores while picnickers cross a railroad track. A boy shouts for lunch as a train nears.
A Brisbane Mail snippet notes a speaker claiming his poetry now reaches twice as many readers, prompting a casual remark about marriage. The exchange underscores literary visibility and personal ties within a light newsroom item.
Fragmentary note shows Mrs Smith speaking with Mrs Brown about a burst pipe at a home and needing assistance while awaiting the husband who is at Good Hardware. The phrasing suggests a domestic repair request in a casual dialogue.
Abridged anecdote notes an exchange where a girl Alice refuses an offer of money from a man at church, answering she was a good girl. The brief captures social awkwardness and prudery reflected in a London source.
In a classroom exchange from The Progressive Grocer a teacher notes many plants carry the prefix dog, like dog rose and dog violet. A boy volunteers collie flowers as another example, earning a proud moment in the back row.
On his eighty ninth birthday in Danville, Uncle Joe Cannon denounces retirement and year round sea side colonies. He mocks retirees who sit idle while golf and auctions dominate, recalling a noisy seaside cottage and the couple next door.
An early model Ford touring car carrying six African American passengers overturned after veering over a 20 foot embankment on Chestnut Ridge near Bristol. The vehicle lodged upright in woodland. two or three occupants were slightly injured but all escaped serious harm. Drivers lost control on soft dirt while descending a ridge.
Nashville experts say expanded highway motor bus systems will eventually benefit railroads. Bus routes will carry short hauls and open new territory, while railways handle long hauls. A continuous Tennessee bus network may stretch from Bristol to Memphis, with key links like Nashville to Chattanooga and Nashville to Murfreesboro and beyond.
Construction on the new high school had paused for ten days due to slow steel fabrication and shipment. A wire today announced the steel has shipped and is expected to arrive soon, with foundation work already finished and full crews set to return within a week.
London reports a threatened miners strike affecting over a million men was averted by a government offer to fund mine owners. Unofficial figures estimate about 10,090,000 pounds will aid relief, keeping wage scales and hours unchanged until May 1, 1926.
Gothenburg's new five story post office will expedite American mail to Sweden and other northern European points. The building is praised as one of Europe’s best for its purpose and cost $2,274,000.
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