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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1925
Page
7
A garbled weather column mixes names and phrases about temperatures and thermometers. It hints at freezing or heat while weaving in political names and odd interjections, creating a fragmented forecast snapshot with unclear attribution or clear deadline.
Camp Fire Girls depart next Sunday for Camp Minnehaha to stay from August 16 to 26 with Miss Hope Brown in charge. The program includes dip, drill, nature walks, sports, and stunts. Visitors may come on Sundays, and parents are welcome anytime.
Results yesterday show no Sunday games. Today Knoxville faces Charlotte while Greenville meets Augusta. Spartanburg plays Macon and Asheville travels to Columbia in regional basketball action.
Governor Peay named Col. David C. Chapman A. E. Markham and Maj. Henry E. Colton to the state park and forestry commission. The panel, two year terms, will oversee park and forest projects, with the governor as an ex officio member.
Scores show St Louis 8 Philadelphia 4 New York 5 Cincinnati 4 Chicago 8 13 Boston 1 3 Philadelphia at St Louis Boston at Chicago Brooklyn at Cincinnati New York at Pittsburgh.
In a high scoring game Chicago edges New York 4 to 3. The matchup featured strong offense, with goals from key players and a late surge by Chicago securing the win.
The quarterly meeting of the state board of education, set for Friday at the capitol, is postponed until September by call of P. L. Harned the state commissioner now in Europe and due back around September 1.
The state railroad and public utilities commission approved Tennessee Electric Power Company’s purchase of the Waverly power and lighting plant. A Mountain Springs Water Company petition seeks approval of a 60000 dollar bond issue.
Governor Peay plans to appoint a state tuberculosis commission to survey the need for tuberculosis hospitals and prepare reports and recommendations for the next General Assembly. The move aims to assess statewide facilities and guide future health policy.
The USDA Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports stronger beef cattle conditions year over year with expected scarcity of fed steers this fall and higher prices. A large corn supply and fewer hogs forecast active feeder demand, while Tennessee eyes a revival in cattle industry led by analyst L A Richardson noting robust fall and winter interest in quality cattle.
Lockie Young files for divorce in the Law Court at Bristol Tennessee. John Young, a non resident, must appear by the third Monday in September or the bill will be confessed and the case proceeded ex parte. Notice to be published four weeks in the Kingsport Times. August 8, 1925. Clerk J B Anderson Deputy J K Brown.
The 11th civil district registers for general registration from August 10, 1925, for ten days daily 9 am to 4 pm, with extended hours 9 am to 9 pm in the last three days. All residents inside and outside the corporation must register to vote in any county election. No prior registration is required.
In the Law Court at Kingsport Sul livan County Tennessee Lacie H Webb versus Robert Reed Webb et al the defendant a non resident must appear before the law court on the 38rd Monday in October 1925 at Kingsport Court House to plead or the complaint will be taken as confessed This notice is published in Kingsport Times August 3 1925 by Deputy Clerk W P Flora
J. E. Miller announces the sale of his interest in the Service Lunch Room of Kingsport Tennessee and states he will no longer be responsible for any accounts or debts of the firm. Dated July 27, 1925.
The holder of four notes issued by Cotton States Hosiery Mills Incorporated offers a public sale of pledged collateral at 2 PM August 25 1925 in front of the First National Bank of Kingsport Tennessee. Collateral includes 200 shares of Kingsport Hosiery Mills preferred stock and 150 shares of common stock. Cash only. Kingsport Farms Incorporated by W E O'Brien Treasurer. Kingsport Tennessee July 18 1925. 7-20-41-c
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