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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1925
Page
8
Times Society Editor to receive column manuscripts
Testis for this column will be received by The Times Society Editor between 8 30 and 12 A M and 2 30 to 5 P M every day except Sunday Phone 136.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Testis
Times Society
Pirates Poetic Refuge and Town Society Notes
A collage of verse by Elizabeth Coatsworth, club notices from Country Club and Lawn Party scenes, plus a Ketron Earley wedding in Kingsport Tennessee. The items mix youthful seafaring imagery with social events and local nuptials.
Ruffles and Pearls Trim a Simple Georgette Frock
A dress described by Mme. Lisbeth features a sleeveless plain bodice with a low round neck and a tasseled pearl tie. The skirt uses multiple pearl edged ruffles forming a girdle like top, created in georgette crepe, yielding an elegant yet simple silhouette suitable for a debutante.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme. Lisbeth
Georgette
Martha Helen Wood Weds Charles Alvin Dickson in Bristol Home Ceremony
The Bristol Tennessee wedding took place at noon on Wednesday August five at the bride’s parents house on Broad Street. Miss Martha Helen Wood married C. Alvin Dickson of Kingsport Tennessee in a ring ceremony performed by Dr. A Preston Gray. Only close friends attended and announcements have been sent to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Earley
Kingsport
Tennessee
W. E. Earley
Sevier Street
Rev. Joiner
D. H. Wood
Broad Street
Martha Helen
C. Alvin Dickson
Tenn
C. L. Dickson
A. Preston Gray
Shreveport
Locals Hear of Visitors and Travel Plans in Johnson City Area
A series of short notices list residents and visitors across Johnson City Tazewell Bristol and nearby towns. Entries include Charles Wylie Norah Harrison Luke McAmis J D Latture Pearle Turner J C Wassemar and many others traveling to Kentucky Washington D C Pikeville and Hanover Pennsylvania for visits business or family reasons. Several hospital updates note patients Dee Jones and Liz Simpson recovering after operations.
Movieland Notes Highlight Barbara Manners and Other Stars
Barbara Manners, First National test girl, rejects two film offers while remaining famed as the most photographed actress never seen on stage. Ed win Carewe and June Mathis reportedly offered parts. Other stars and movers include James Cruze, Betty Compson, Rex Ingram, Tom Mix, Lois Wilson, Richard BarthelMESS, Mae Murray, Basil Rathbone, and a cyclone-driven move to California for a film extra role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Manners
First National
Barbara
Edwin Carewe
June Mathis
Miss Manners
James Cruze
Betty Compson
Claire Windsor
Cawker City
Kan
California
Conway Tearle
London
Rex Ingram
New Haven
Yale
Tom Mix
Lowly Worm Music Sparks Rivalry With German Songbirds
In Freiberg Germany Aug 7 a German zoology professor discovers earth worms can sing under a glass cover during experiments. Mangold reports rhythmic soprano sounds from the container as worms produce music. The finding follows broader concerns about poverty and health among children exposed to rubble dust and ash in Honjo and Fukagawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freiberg
Germany
Tetrazzinis
Gianninis
Anna Cases
Barbara Kemps
Mangold
Savant
Tokyo Slum Children Fail to Meet Nutrition Standards
Tokyo officials report over 60 percent of children under seven in slum areas remain unhealthy from under nourishment and disease after the 1923 earthquake and fire. Officials warn conditions could worsen without urgent aid for those housed in temporary shelters as unemployment tightens family resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Kimatsu Okaazaki
Tokyo newspaper for blind first of kind in Japan
A Braille daily, first publication in Japan for the blind, issued in Tokyo. Two sheets on both sides yield four news pages. Philanthropist F Kimura funds it while editor S Hirohasi leads. Censorship questions arise as police wonder how to apply rules to this unseeing press effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
F. Kimura
S. Hirohasi
Fami
Darrow Says He Is Not Expert on Evolution Debate
In Chicago Clarence Darrow declines to accept a debate with Rev Dr John Roach Straton. He proposes the American Association for the Advancement of Science supply a debater. Darrow says he is not an evolution expert though he supports the theory and notes aging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
John Roach Straton
Clarence Darrow
Straton
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dr. Straton
Darrow
Governor Peay Plans Actions on Succession and Appointments
The governor said he would appoint a successor to the late Chancellor Israel Peres of the tenth division in Memphis and approve a state geologist to replace Wilbur A. Nelson who resigns September 1 to join Virginia. Jeff D. Hunt and Miss Virginia Cox ran affairs in his absence. He praised the near completion of the War Memorial Building as departments move in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel Peres
Memphis
Wilbur A. Nelson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Peay
Reelfoot Lake Commission seeks federal expert review
Nashville Tenn Aug 7 The Reelfoot Lake Commission after a conference with Governor Peay asked the US Bureau of Fisheries to send an expert to Tennessee to review the annexation situation at the lake for future reclamation and preservation of its wild life T W Doty of Ashland City chairs the commission which recently visited the lake for a preliminary survey The body met at the capitol to discuss plans authorized by the legislature to purchase lands to one high water mark and to settle the overflow dispute use condemnation if necessary
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Reelfoot Lake Commission
Peay
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Tennessee
T. W. Doty
Ashland City
Capitol
Overnor Peay
Purification Calotabs Health Claim Advertisement
Physician endorsement promotes Calotabs as a system purifier to cure chronic ailments through a thorough course taken weekly for several weeks. The ad urges readers to buy a family package with directions for 35 cents or a trial package for 10 cents at any drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Rockwood mine disaster victims to receive insurance totals
The families of ten men killed at Rockwood Iron Company mine will share 33 172 in compensation under the compensation insurance act. Twenty four dependents will get weekly sums for 400 weeks. Eight bodies remain sealed in the mine entry. The victims include Roy Limburg Sam Daughty W J Snow Raymond Watkins Claude Tindell Sam Givens James Wilson John W Green Tom Green and Tom Sullivan. The disaster is described as Tennessee's worst in recent years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwood Iron Company
Rockwood
Tenn
Harry L. Nelson
Department of Labor
Roan Iron Company
Roy Limburg
Sam Daughty
W. J. Snow
Raymond Watkins
Claude Tindell
Sam Givens
James Wilson
John W. Green
Tom Green
Tom Sullivan
Nelson
Tennessee
Mapping Gainsboro region by state and federal surveys
Topographic engineers from the state geological survey and the United States Survey map the Gainsboro area in Jackson county. The field maps will aid locating storage and power reservoirs on the Cumberland River, outlining oil structures and highway routes as a cooperative effort between federal and state engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Geological Survey
United States Survey
Gainsboro
Cumberland
Jackson County
Wilbur A. Nelson
Cumberland River
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Pirates
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Parsons
Plate
Country Club
W. R. Jenings
F. M. Kelley
Holston Springs
Mary Martin
Clara Allen
Lena Brandon
Jane Larkins
Messrs
Olin Flora
Cedric Roach
Cedrick Brooks
Irene
Edith Roller
Pearl
Emma Cain
Edith Jones
Blountville
Edith
Louise Roller
George Snodgrass
Paul Jones
Walter Roller
Justine
Walter Lady
Henry Tate
Charles Snodgrass
Ketron
Earley
Rev
S. G. Ketron
Helen
GEM Theatre
Zane Grey
Tony
Fox
Sunshine Comedy
Fox News
Strand Theatre
Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Virginia Valley
Percy Marmont
Telephone Girls
PATHE
Maurice Tournui
Owen Moore
Bessie Love
Dickson-Wood
Charles Alvin Dickson
Bristol
Bristol Herald Courier
Charles Wylie
Johnson City
Norah Harrison
Luke McAmis
Tazewell, Va
J. D. Latture
Miss Pearle Turner
Kentucky
J. C. Wassemar
James Moore
W. R. Mitchell
Greeneville
Daily Smith
Washington, D. C
Felicia Russell
A. J. Dean
C. P. Turner
Pikeville, Ky
Hubert Riggs
Mrs
L. H. Riggs
A. C. Bernard
New York
J. C. Penney
M. W. Doggett
Tazewell
Dee Jones
Riverview Hospital
James Schaffer
Mrs. I. P. Fish
Near
Liz Simpson
Edgewood Village
Annie Breeding
John Howard
Juanita Shipp
Gate City Pike
J. Fred Johnson
Pulaski, Va
Robert King
Presbyterian Church
H. S. Ehrhart
Mary Stuart
Hanover
C. S. Hamm
Oak Street
Movieland
Lois Wilson
Ireland
Thomas Meighan
Richard Barthelmess
Dicky
Mae Murray
Basil Rathbone
The
Honjo
Fukagawa
Har
J. M. Hamlett
Evolution
West View Park
John B. Nall
T. H. Bailey Jeweler
Woody
Sullivan Street
T. J. Peirce
Peirce Drug Store
C. G. Frye Oonanoomeea
Kingsport Drug
J.frank Nelson
Market Street
Capitol Notes
S.S.S
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