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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1925
Page
8
A reader invites peers to send social updates by postal card or phone, whether guests visit, travel, or return home, and to sign the item with their name and act. The note requests details and promises appreciation for shared social news.
Items for the column will be received by The Times Society Editor between 8 30 and 12 A M and 2 30 to 5 P M daily except Sunday Phone 136.
A collection of local notices and social items. A mountain City motor trip reports a group from this city visiting Mountain City Tennessee. Camp Hammond visitors include several couples and a list of guests. A dinner and dance at Tate Springs honors Miss Billy Lambert with attendees from Rural Retreat Holston Valley and local families.
Fashion notes describe a beige cheviot suit with a straight skirt and crepe blouse, designed to resist showers and keep a smart look for working women. It pairs with a three quarter length coat adorned by black velvet strips. The article also mentions other fall ensembles and a string of local visitors and acquaintances in Johnson City.
Miss Jess Pyle spends the day in Johnson City. Mr. Hugh Masengill also spends the day with Miss Frances Booher and Mr. Scott Booher of Holston Valley. They are guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Gordon.
Harvey C. Brooks has started basement and foundation work for five modern Spanish styled bungalows at Wateree and Catawba streets. Completion is expected in 60 days with occupiable residences featuring baths and standard amenities. Architect Allen N. Dryden designed the tile and stucco homes with tile roofs and terraced, sodded yards.
In Williams Arizona an aviation field is named Webber Field for Lieut Charles L Webber who died December 7 1922 at age 26 He piloted a flight with Col Francis C Marshall from Rockwell Field to Fort Huachuca and both died when their plane crashed into the Santa Rita mountains after a prolonged search by Southwest air forces.
News notes discuss Madeline Hurlock in Mack Sennett slapstick, her dignity amid wild gags, and her fondness for pearls. It also mentions Mary Pickford declining a bobbed hairstyle, Mae Marsh’s sister Frances turning toward script work, Virginia Valli in Munich, and Emil Jannings returning to perform Tartuffe. The piece then warns about vitamins in children and margarine, with Dr. Monrad doubting vitamin industry claims.
A spate of car crashes hit the Bristol area yesterday with five or six accidents on the Bristol highway near Chestnut Ridge. The Figg family wreck and a collision involving six Black individuals on Chestnut Ridge are the only definite incidents learned. A possible accident near Indian Springs could not be confirmed and no serious injuries were reported. Another minor crash occurred at Rotherwood when three young ladies drove into a river bridge railing. one passenger suffered a facial cut, the car sustaining only a damaged side fender. Times Want Ads bring returns.
Dr. S. Monrad of Queen Louise Children's Hospital in Copenhagen says vitamins are fashionable rather than essential for public health. He argues well made food suffices for children, milk should be boiled briefly, and vitamin industry will fade as practices improve and scurvy declines.
Four large city limit boards mark the Kingsport entrances at Tenn Eatsman western limit, Bristol Highway Highland Park, and Reedy Creek Pike. Each square board shows residence area speed 18 mph and business area 10 mph, placed for awareness of incoming drivers.
Tokyo reports that despite 19 daily newspapers in the city, news gathering is hard due to primitive telephone and telegraph services. Officials say rapid news transmission is nearly impossible, hindering timely reports across the empire.
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