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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1925
Page
2
Postoffice notice from Kingsport Tennessee describes subscription rates payable in advance and advertising rates on application. The text asserts Associated Press news dispatch rights and exclusive republication of special dispatches.
The Times invites readers to send letters but requires contributors to sign with full names. Anonymous communications will not be printed. some frequent correspondents may have names withheld.
The piece argues Americans should feel deep gratitude for relative ease of taxes and national debt, crediting ancestors and pioneers for building a strong nation. It urges continued effort, charity, and devotion to make a better country and aid less fortunate lands, citing scripture about responsibility.
Amid protest against the young, Syracuse University chancellor says students are working harder than before and do so voluntarily. The faithfulness of students now signals potential future reliability in careers and family life.
The article discusses ministerial salaries, noting no strike reports and that ministers may have seen salary increases. It stresses ministers work for the community, but their families need bread and butter, education for children, and adequate support to attract top talent to the ministry.
The dispatch from Swampscott Massachusetts notes President Coolidge is at a loss how to spend his vacation as he neither golfed nor fished nor played tennis. He has been a hard worker in Washington and seeks mental and physical refreshment, with rest seeming hard to come by and popular belief about sleep highlighted.
The piece argues rest hinges on attitude and environment not forced sleep and notes the Congo missionaries’ shock at American women’s immodesty. It laments fashion’s extremes from tight lacing to evolving styles and questions who guides American taste.
A Times of Cuba item recalls a Christmas party guest, a late husband, and a hostess quip about coming home. A banter about unrest follows with a puzzled exchange on duty and loaves, while other wry jokes appear from London Tit-Bites and Evanville Crescent.
Members of the Kingsporte Business Men's Club are urged to attend the regular meeting at 8 o clock tonight to discuss important matters awaiting action by the club. A B Lovette secretary of the Greeneville Chamber of Commerce will be present with a message for Kingsporte businessmen.
Reverend Ray King was formally installed as pastor of the Pulaski First Presbyterian Church yesterday after congregational moves into a new edifice. J Fred Jahnegn delivered the installation address with Dr. George Gilmer presiding. Rev W N Mebane and Elder George C Moomaw gave the pastor and people their charge.
The Broad Street Methodist Church Sunday School class heard G. Dy. Black deliver a plain spoken address to teenage boys. He urged clean speech and living, warned that peers imitate adults, and praised Kiwanis Club fellowship as a model for good conduct.
Old Kingsport Presbyterian hosts an all day homecoming service on Sunday August 30 with multiple speakers. More than 60 ministers from the church have gone out. Dr W B King Dr E L Orr Dr Robert I Gammon Dr E H Broyles Dr E J Vance H S Lyla R C G Houston and Prof Charles Ross will speak. The church has a 100 year old Sunday school tradition.
The Times announces a bargain week featuring local sellers and discount events. Shoppers can expect deals across categories with spotlight listings and special promotions from participating merchants.
The region faces a widespread drought with no reliable rain in sight. Weather forecasts show possible showers but haven’t materialized, leaving Kingsport and nearby towns with low water supplies and intensified conservation needs.
Ketron announced a camp ground meeting for the last Sunday in August. Ketron is now in Surgains ville and assisting in a union revival meeting.
Immense triangular reservoirs, 60 feet deep and up to 25 feet thick walls, were found in Spring Valley Nevada by Cosmographic Society members. They date to about 60 000 years ago and may have served irrigation. limestone cave artifacts include crude weapons and arrow springs suggesting pre bow technology. The finds challenge glacial action theories and indicate an ancient irrigation complex.
Tacoma August 8 Euther C White superintendent of federal prisons visited McNeil Island penitentiary and urged near self support for federal facilities. He said prison populations have grown and a McNeil Island canning plant would allow prisoners to grow and preserve vegetables for self and government use while earning funds and learning trades.
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