Times Encourages Letters From State Renactors
The Times asks correspondents to sign full names and print no anonymous letters. Names may be withheld from publication on request.
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
2
The cost of building homes and the shift in labor
A real estate worker laments rising building costs driven by high wages and a declining pool of intelligent young labor. He notes many youths favor white collar roles or specialized trades, leaving plain mechanical work short of ambition. He urges community efforts to spark initiative and steady the skilled labor supply.
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United States
Should I Go To College An Honest View From The Farm
An American Fruit Grower piece urges students to consider college time as a valuable life investment. It argues that a few years in college can accelerate later progress, offsets costs with loans or work, and provides broad benefits including confidence, networks, and practical knowledge. It acknowledges expenses but stresses long term payoff and personal development.
The Poor President Hounded by Press Men and Ethics Claims
The piece notes the president and his family are pursued by correspondents who break unwritten ethics in reporting private matters. A. E. Kirchhoffer of the Buffalo Evening News accuses some reporters of breaches while the president hesitates to punish, implying relief could come from his word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Focal
A. E. Kirchhoffer
Bufalo Evening News
Greeneville Democrat
Quotable quips from era column snips in papers
A collage of humorous, offbeat lines from old newspapers. The quotes poke at society, politics, fashion and technology with wry irony. Notable items reference burlesque shows sexualized vanity, ciphered currency, bootleg whiskey, and Henry Ford’s rumored new model.
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Henry Ford
Wichita Eagle
New York American
State geologist Nelson to Washington then Virginia move
Wilbur A. Nelson Tennessee state geologist leaves for Washington to arrange federal co operation for ongoing work. He will depart late month for Virginia to serve as state geologist and geology professor at the University of Virginia. Hugh D. Miser of the US Geological Survey will succeed him in Tennessee and may join him later this week.
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Associated
Fress
Nashville
Tenn
Wilbur A. Nelson
Washington
Department of State
Mir. Nelson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Tennessee
Hugh D. Miser
United States Geological Survey
Nelson
State highway chief touts Tennessee road progress
J C Creveling Jr state commissioner of highways and public works announced a drive to improve the Dixie highway linking Nashville and Chattanooga. He said recent $1 520 incorporation fee marks progress as 30 days away workers will lay top surface on five miles of mob blestone road past Monteagle and ten miles toward the Cumberland plateau to speed up travel from 12 to 15 mph. He sent engineers to other states to study methods and urges removing obstacles to prevent accidents.
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Dixie Highway
Nashville
Chattanooga
J. C. Creveling, Jr
Creveling
Tennessee
State Highways
Berlin Tries Street Bus Experiment Arrives
The first London bus arrived in Berlin today for an experimental trial. If satisfactory, 200 buses will be deployed.
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Berlin
Associated Preach
London
Revival and social rounds fill Church Hill news
A revival begins at Church Hill Sunday night while a large crowd attends prayer at Union. Relatives visit across the river and many townsfolk spend Sundays with kin. Tex Misses Elsie and Lorraine Jones visit Kathleen Housewright and others attend meetings at Union and McPheters Bend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snapp
Union
Rhea Housewright
Coy Henderson
N. F. Housewright
Tessie’ ‘Wallace
Wanna Lee Acuff
Hugh Marsh
Mack Barrett
J. E. Barrett
Gilbert Gibbons
Bulah Smith
Kingsport
Appa Arnold
Alice Snapp
Church Hill
J. C. Bombulley
Davis
Neal Marsh
J. Mack Jones
McPheter
Johnson City
Valley View
Lonesome Valley Social Notes
Mr and Mrs R D Jayne visit Mrs Jaynes brother this week Rev J C Clark fills Epworth appointment Dr L B McClatry trips to Bristol Earl Hawkins improving Miss Irene Steadman visits aunt Mrs W E Hicks Mrs S A Ketron visits her parents Mrs W E Ketron on sick list Miss Virgie King and Alma Hickam serve Miss Nellie Ketron last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Jayne
W. E. Hicks
S. A.ketron
Mrs. Dean
W. E. Ketron
Virgie King
Alma Hickam
Nellie Kotron
Local Notes From MT Lebanon Area
Mrs J E Pierce and children returning home after visiting J M Slaughter near here. Mrs Effie Strickler and daughters Cleo and Mabel spent Friday with Ruth Poore. Miss Marin Whaley shopped in Kingsport. C E Moore from near here went to Singspork on business Saturday.
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Horse Creek
J. M. Slaughter
Near
Effie Strickler
Cleo and
Mabel
Ruth -Poore
Local People Share Weekend Visits and Church Activities
Unclear but indicates social visits among Mrs. Mary Bond, Ruth Ponte, Effie Strickler, and families near here. Notes Sunday dinners, attendance at Fordtown revival and Gray Station association, plans for Indian Springs picnic August 22, and several relatives visiting, with mentions of Mary Walton, Marie Whaley, Georgia Poore, and others. Minor illness noted for Hazel Strickler Nak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bond
Edith Walton
Ruth Ponte
Near
Effie Strickler
David
Rocky Paint
Rex Whaley
Virginia Jane
John ‘Whaley
Maud Smalling
John
Sarah Low
Lena Boy’ ‘Smalling
Dorothy “Lee Slaughter
Ruth Poore
Near Here
Allen Booker
Fordtown
Marie Whaley
Georgia Poore
Mary Walton
Near Hemlock
Perry Slaughter
Gathman
Near Holston Institute
Association
Rex
Whaley
Sarah Lou
Lena Boy Smalling
GC. B.gott
Eleanor
Mary Neil
Georgia’ Poore
Perry
Slaughter
Henrick
Hazel Strickler
C. Strickler
Mess
Gray Station
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China
Indianapolis News
Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
Trance
Germany
J. J. Montague
New York Herald- Tribune
J. R
Milwaukee Journal
Gillenwaters
Staes
Adelaide Edwards
State Department of Finance and Taxation
Poor Sisters of
St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration
LaFayette
Ind
Court of Appeals
John H. DeWitt
Knoxvile
Sixty-Fourth General Assembly
Supreme Court
Ernest N. Haston
American Bambere Corporation
Elizabethton, Tenn
Lonesome Valley
MT Lebanon
Kingsport Restaurant
Gall
Sunkist
Sensation
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