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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1925
Page
2
The article contains an Associated Press entitlement statement about republication rights and credits, noting exclusive use of AP dispatches and restrictions on other credits within the newspaper. It also mentions the Lansing area communications reference and placeholders for dispatch terms.
Returning travelers display mixed reactions to home towns. Some find the arid place dull after vibrant cities, while others feel faithful affection and friendly smiles greet them. Quietly they share observations, proposing improvements to brighten and modernize the local environment.
Enthusiastic posters tout a home city to travelers and urge relocation to a progressive place. Most ignore the rhetoric, but a tenth may be impressed enough to consider moving, driven by persistent push for the city’s interests.
Karl VY von Wiegand reports on German colonies where men and women live without clothing. The league promotes sun bathing, open air life, abstinence, and early sexual advice. Adolph Koch pushed unclothed gymnastics in schools and faced suspension. The piece questions how Golden Rule and Brass Knacks would fit in campaigns.
The article notes the beauty of Stone Mountain half dollars and recalls dark years when Confederate money held little value. It contrasts this with the new rebel half dollar, claiming a premium of 100 per ton to the Houston Post-Dispatch, highlighting speculative value and nostalgic sentiment.
Advertisement from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch offering a large elaborately furnished chamber for refined gentlemen. Strictly private with hot baths and reasonable rates per man. References exchanged.
Fragmentary quotes touch on price perceptions and parental sayings. Included are lines about “three hoers” for something cheap, a remark on babies not repeating parents, and a note that someone was appointed as a delegate to a peace conference.
A fragmentary item recalls a Mantua like scene from Hagerstown, with a storm uprooting a tree onto tracks and a train approaching, colorfully noting a man in a red shirt. It references a Philadelphia Public Ledger quotation and hints at ongoing debates among scientists and fundamentalists about ancient ancestry traced to sheep, via tablet evidence from the University of Pennsylvania.
A collage of humorous remarks and snippets from early 20th century publications. Anecdotes touch on war profiteering, lunar habita tion questions, traffic decisions, a village store turned drugstore, and a probated will from New York. Names include Louisvile Courier Journal and Punch style gags.
The first malaria outbreak is reported in Tennessee in White and Putman counties. Dr E L Bishop, health commissioner, says the epidemic appeared violently and is linked to the Falling River impoundment for hydro electric power. Health officials are taking steps to combat the spread. Psychiatrists note fear stems from the unknown.
Mr and Mrs J Pyle and children visited Kingsport and Tustin relatives. Larkin and family spent the day with Rosa Bupen. Hensley called on Gibsonidwa. McKensie and baby and R L Hickman visited Bruce Lloyd near Church Till. Eva McKenzie and Rosa Depew visited Joel Wheat who is ill. Albert McKenzie and son Rhea from Church Hill were guests of H W McKenzie.
Elmer Guy is improving with help from a fellow. Lawson and family of Kingsport visited Me Bir Sunday afternoon. Walnut Grove Sunday school is progressing nicely. Prof C M Smyth, William Guy attended to business in Kingsport Saturday. Walnut Chapel preaching Sunday at 3 PM August 16. Marah Hensley and family visited the Guy home Sunday afternoon.
Miss Essie Dickson visited grandparents Mr and Mrs C Le Dickson while Alvin Dixon of Cooks Valley and Miss Helen Woods of Bristol wed Wednesday morning at sunrise. The health of the community is good and many friends extend happiness wishes. Local families hosted dinners and visited neighbors including the Moody and Dix families.
Local social notes list church appointments by Rev. T. E. Goodman at Emory and Harbours. Family visits include Arnold of Bristol and Creek residents. many relatives gathered for dinners and weekends in Bristol, Johnson City, and Kingsport. Guests include Dickson, Moody, Childress, Roller, and others. travel and shopping trips noted amid late rain.
GRE BANK Misses Baul and Connie Cox spent Monday in Honaker Virginia. Miss Margart Laykey is very ill with typhoid fever. T Anderson and sister Mrs A A Gaines are in Johnson City today. Miss A E Anderson attended a homecoming in Blountville Sunday. Jim McClain spent last weekend in Menders Virginia. Louclia Foust is visiting Bristol. Mrs Geo Anderson spent last week with her mother in Bristol. Friends of Mrs A E Cam are glad she is able to be out now. Mr Baxter and daughter Billie Baxter called at the Anderson home last week. Mrs AL Gaines spent Saturday at Tate Springs, LA. Gaines is expected to join Mrs Gaines for the last of the week before they return. Staynes and family June and Kalley are leaving the first of Sept for Detroit to join a husband there since April. They plan to make their home there in the future. Mrs Starnes was formerly Miss Fannie Lesgley of this community.
Theré Dunlap sang at Beulah Sunday night drawing an extensive crowd. Earl Barnes of Kingsport attended the Holston Institute play Saturday and spent the night with Albert Norvis of the area. Mrs N I Barnes and sonnel ard Preston attended cen tenary Sunday church and were guests of N S Barnes and daughters, Robert Deck and Miss Stacy Bowery. Guests called at W W Bowery home Sunday afternoon. Miss Pannie Barnes returned home after a visit with sister Mrs Frank Deck of Kingsport. J Roller and family visited their son G W Roller in Johnson City. Misses Frank Bowery and Decatur Bullis called at Nash Barnes’s home Sunday afternoon. Miss Louise Roller returned home after a week with Pactolus friends. Many young people attended the HS play Saturday night. ON Doane and Mr and Mrs.
Local notes from Lonesome Valley describe Bayne and Hilton families visiting A B Hilton Sunday afternoon. Henry Roller and Eva Lady hosted guests. Chelsea Hilton attends Teachers Institute at Blountville. Neighbors Arnold McCray and others visited, Miss Arnold and Chelsea Hilton enjoyed a pleasant Sunday outing. An upcoming singing at Bethel is announced with invitations. Weather rain dampens plans as Lee Roller and families call on neighbors.
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