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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
2
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New ordinances mark Broad Street one hour parking between Market and Main. The measure aims to boost business by allowing shoppers and visitors to park briefly, aiding merchants and town access as the board of aldermen pursue updated city infrastructure. The article also notes ongoing debate over funding a public library with a $1,000 annual appropriation and potential tax implications in the 1926 budget.
The North Carolina Christian Advocate notes Hon. Josephus Janiels, a leading naval secretary, once wrote a poem beginning Dogr Arabella and praises his early verse. The piece contrasts poetry with crime and argues poetry will out in time.
The article notes Bimini's 500 residents facing hardship after the last bonded whisky case disappears. The commissioner laments work necessity, calling the situation depressing. Nassau had earlier assured Nassau restraint, while the Bahamas Assembly shows little sympathy as prohibition tightened.
The piece notes the decline of Britini glory and Mr Haynes under new enforcement, while extreme heat damages crops and raises disease risk. It warns that contaminated water, poor drainage, and dry weather threaten typhoid and bowel illnesses, urging continued sanitation and water safety until rains wash away filth.
In a Southwest Times report the call goes to each family to improve sanitation now to protect themselves and neighbors during this critical period. Public health workers emphasize preventive action and shared responsibility to prevent disease spread.
A composite fragment from newspapers features a humorous dialogue about a business described as a drug store with diverse offerings. It parodies a shop selling Ford parts, eggs, real estate, painting, marriage services, post office functions, stamps, and lodging.
A distorted OCR fragment describes a worker at an older factory plant slipping near a wall and sustaining a scalp wound after striking a metal bar. Details are garbled with misread words and uncertain timing.
Following a Broad Street petition by merchants the Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a one hour parking limit on Broad Street between Main and Market. Six signs were erected and police were directed to enforce the rule from 7 AM to 6 PM, with a later change to 7 PM to 9 PM for the same section.
Announcement from River View Hospital at noon reports Jon H. Fauver remains in very critical condition after a fall at the Federal Dye Plant last Tuesday morning. An operation was planned but canceled due to his condition. he will be taken home this evening to Biountville.
A Kingsport era Kiwanis meeting featured a delegation from the Erwin Kiwanis Club in charge. An attendance prize, a tea set from Southern Pottery, went to Ed Harris for the sentence Kiwanis is with all neighbors in service. Mayor Roberts spoke on helping the other fellow with unselfish devotion.
Read details recall Rev. T. E. Goodman filled his Harbours appointment Saturday night and Emory Sunday morning with a large crowd present. Antere Cole was shopping in Kingsport Saturday. Effa Moody and Charmie Moody visited Kingsport Saturday night with their cousin Mrs. Jess Good. Willie Fields was among attendees.
The Luther League plans a Sunday gathering with Miss Alta Roller as guest. A picnic at Indian Springs on August 22 is anticipated. Residents report shopping trips in Kingsport and Bristol, plus visits to New Heaven and Johnson City. Frequent calls and social visits mark a busy community week with illness updates and highway work progress noted.
Sunday in town featured several calls and visits. John Vingon and Miss Ella Carroll stopped by, as did Mr and Mrs F T Carroll at church and later Mrs Kenneth Green with baby. A picnic at Rotherwood and motor trips to Stony Point were reported.
Local notes list Mr and Mrs Patton Hensley of Indianapolis and daughter Miss Ooie visiting two weeks. Hiram Linkous and family from Elizabethton Tennessee visiting Exeter and Benhams. Mrs Dana Green from Benhams with two children. Mrs Sue M Guthrie improving after illness. Several trips to Exeter, Oreton, Tazewell and Wardale noted. church meeting by Rev W A Wise. multiple social calls and travel for camp meetings and shopping in Appalachia.
An unusual audience gathered at Harb Chapel Saturday night to hear remarks on illness and faith. Rev Hauk’s expected return to the chapel on Sunday afternoon at 3 30 drew invitations to attend. Local attendees included Miss Myrtle Moody and Mrs I T Childress family, with updates on attendance and schedule adjustments for upcoming services.
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