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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
6
The Real Estate Man On Building Costs And Labor
A real estate businessman laments rising home building costs due to high wages and a decline in intelligent labor. Twenty five years ago builders hired ambitious, capable youths who stayed in trades. now many seek white collar or specialized work, hurting productivity. He suggests awakening ambition and initiative to revive skilled, practical labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Should you go to college asks American Fruit Grower
A persuasive piece encouraging students to pursue college despite costs. It argues three to four years pass quickly, many fund part of their expenses, and college offers practical knowledge and personal growth. It notes college helps in life problems and confidence, but success still depends on how the education is used.
Press ethics under fire in presidential coverage dispute
A critique by A H Kirchhoffer charges some reporters with violating unwritten rules as they shadow the president and family. The piece notes the president’s restrained wrath and hints that a Nashville appellate session may occur. It references Knoxvill e and court decisions final by the sixty fourth general assembly and mentions Ernest N Haston and a Green ville Democrat page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Kirchhoffer
Evening News
Court of Appeals
Nashville
John H. DeWitt
Knoxvile
Sixty-Fourth General Assembly
Supreme Court
Quoted Pithy Mugshots From Papers Past
A collage of cheeky quotes from various papers lampoons culture and politics. Snippets touch on fashion headlines church burlesque manners and consumer interests. The remarks showcase media wit and public sentiment across papers like the Columbia Record Cleveland Times Indianapolis News and New York Herald Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hope
New York Herald-Tribune
State News Briefs From Tennessee And National Commerce
Wilbur A. Nelson departs to Washington to arrange continued state geologist work and may take Hugh D. Miser to Tennessee as successor. Ed M. Gillenwaters considers an underground gasoline container mandate for safety, with gaps under study and cross state comparison. Inheritance tax receipts for quarter ending July 1 reach 264 323 39 dollars, about twenty thousand more than 1925. St Francis Seraph, LaFayette Indiana, a foreign corporation, is domesticated in Tennessee to aid the sick and aged.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Wilbur A. Nelson
Washington
Department of State
Nelson
Virginia
University of Virginia
Tennessee
Hugh D. Miser
United States Geological Survey
Miser
Ed M. Gillenwaters
Labor
Mr. Gillenwaters
Staes
Adelaide Edwards
State Department of Finance and Taxation
Poor Sisters of
St. Francis Seraph of the Perpetual Adoration
LaFayette
Ind
Tennessee highway projects boost road quality and cap new textile plant
State commissioner J C Creveling Jr reports substantial highway improvements on the Dixie Highway between Nashville and Chattanooga, including repaving mobblestone sections and smoothing ten miles toward East Tennessee. A new $1,520 incorporation funds a silk textile venture between Johnson City and Elizabethton, Tennessee, reflecting broader industrial growth alongside road upgrades.
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Johnson City
Elizabethton, Tenn
Nashville
Chattanooga
J. C. Creveling, Jr
Creveling
Tennessee
State Highways
Berlin Tries Street Bus Experiment in Berlin
The first London bus has arrived in Berlin as an experimental model. If the test proves satisfactory, 200 buses will be put into operation, signaling a major transit expansion for the city.
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Berlin
Sunday Socials and Revival at Church Hill Union
Mrs Snapp and family visited relatives across the river Sunday. A large crowd attended prayer meeting at Union Sunday night and a revival will start there Sunday night. Numerous locals attended meetings at Union and Fordtown with several families visiting kin and attending Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snapp
Union
Rhea Housewright
Coy Henderson
C. W. Clemons
N. F. Housewright
Tessie Wallace
Anna Lee Acuff
Hugh Marsh
Mack Barrett
J. E. Barrett
Gilbert Gibbons
Herschel Woods
J. N. Housewright
Charlie May
Tom Marsh
Little Son
Joe Marsh
Elsie
Lorraine Jones
Kathleen Housewright
Ina Christian
Whea
Rosa Bombailey
Rulah Smith
Kingsport
Appa Arnold
Alice Snapp
Church Hill
J. O. Bombailey
Davis
Neal Marsh
J. Mack Jones
McPheter
Bend
Ed Dickson
Johnson City
Valley View
Rex Whaley
Virginia Jane
John Whaley
Maud Smalling
John
Local Notes From Lonesome Valley Area
Mr and Mrs R D Jayne visiting Mrs Jaynes brother this week Rev J G Clark filled his regular appointment at Epworth Sunday Dr L B McCrary made a business trip to Bristol Tuesday Earl Hawkins improving Mr and Mrs L D Hickam guests Wednesday Rev J B Clark Mrs N M Dickson and Mrs J H Murphy Miss Irene Steadman visiting aunt Mrs W E Hicks Mrs S A Ketron visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Dean Mrs W E Ketron on the sick list Misses Virgie King and Alma Hickam ca ited on Miss Nellie Ketron last week
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R. D. Jayne
W. E. Hicks
S. A. Ketron
Mrs. Dean
W. E. Ketron
Virgie King
Alma Hickam
Nellie Ketron
Mt Lebanon Residents Visit Friends and Shop Kingsport
Mrs. J. E. Pierce and her children return home to Horse Creek after a stay with her father J. M. Slaughter near Mt Lebanon. Mrs. Effie Strickler and daughters Cleo and Mabel visit Ruth Poore. Miss Maria Whaley shops in Kingsport and C. E. Moore from near here goes to Kingsport on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Pierce
Horse Creek
J. M. Slaughter
Near Here
Effie Strickler
Cleo and
Mabel
Ruth Poore
Maria Whaley
Kingsport
C. E. Moore
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Howard Long
L. L. Duckett
Wena
Kingsport Publishing Company
Market Street
Ernest N. Haston
Greeneville Democrat- Tary
American Bem- Sunberg Corporation
Columbia Record
Cleveland Times
China
Indianapolis News
Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
France
Germany
J. J. Montague
New York Herald- Tribune
Milwaukee Journal
Henry Ford
Wichita Eagle
New York American
The
Mary Bond
Edith Walton
David Aes
Rocky Point
Dorothy Lee Slaughter
near _ here
Allen Booker
Fordtown
Marie Whaley
Georgia Poore
Mary Walton
Near Hemlock
Perry Slaughter
Gammon
Near Holston Institute
Association
Sarah Lou
Lena Boy Smalling
C. E. Gott
J. H
Eleanor
Mary Neil
J. C. Ritter
Perry
Slaughter
Hemlock
Hazel Strickler
C. C. Strickler
Grays Station
Lonesome Valley
MT Lebanon
Cas
Palace of Sweets
Main St
Sunkist
Sensation
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