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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1925
Page
7
A fragmented appeal claims the reader can gain vast wealth by joining a perpetual golden venture. It promises 000,000 from rust and stresses distrust of selling to outsiders, urging private control by trusted men and offering admission via shares and future opportunity.
Dante Club meets Bulls Gap in Kingsport with two semi pro baseball games at 10 a m and 4 p m tomorrow. Dante lists a .366 team batting average and ten win pitcher Fleenor. Bulls Gap features ex App League players Newhart Myers and others from college squads. Close games are expected as both squads bring strong lineups and form.
Detroit and Boston experience rain as New York facing Chicago also reports rain. St Louis beats Philadelphia 5 to 4 while Cleveland trails Washington 2 to 5 in games noted.
Today features St Louis visiting Cleveland along with New York at Washington Philadelphia at Boston in a set of NBA matchups with stakes clear and teams aligned for action.
Results show Atlanta defeated Birmingham 3 1 Memphis rival Little Rock beat Memphis 5 1 Chattanooga edged Nashville 4 3 New Orleans won 6 5 at Mobile showing New Orleans hosts Mobile in a close finish.
In a July game, Eastmanites defeated the Collegiate team 13 to 5 as Eastman’s 13 hits overwhelmed Collegiate pitching by Hicks. Smallwood led Eastman offensively, while Anderson and Dodd starred for the Collegiates. Next games noted for Cement Plant and Brick and Legion, with rest for Eastman until August 24.
The governor of Tennessee honors a requisition issued by the governor of Ohio for Edward Smith also known as Odell Smith. Ohio state authorities seek him on a charge of neglect of a minor child.
Funeral services for Carl B. Eads 33 were held at Rock Springs church with Rev Bratton and Rev Hale officiating. Interment followed at Rock Springs cemetery. Eads died Monday from double pneumonia after a brief illness. he is survived by his wife two daughters parents and siblings and was a former employee of Bitter Lumber Company.
Dr. Schiele, Germany’s interior minister, told the Reichstag that 1923 inflation reversed postwar health gains. He noted more constitutional diseases like tuberculosis and rickets, rising undernourished children, but after currency stabilization health improved and 1924 mortality fell. He urged ongoing sanitary measures and school hygiene efforts to aid poor children.
The Kingsport Kiwanis Club held its regular weekly meeting at the Kingsport Inn with strong attendance. President Jerry Stone chaired as M. J. Willaby of New York spoke, a report on aiding underprivileged city children was discussed, and plans for a Legion dinner at Boy Scout Camp were accepted.
Oakland California August 11 a woman believed to have aided Charles Henry Schwartz in his flight seclusion after the blast exposing the murder of G W Barbe was sought by an inspector. Police also sought the fate of a suitcase packed for flight that Schwartz owned but did not find when they entered the chemist's apartment after his suicide.
A $100 reward is offered for the return of an 8-stone diamond ring, a solitaire diamond ring, and an 8-stone opal ring lost in The Homestead on Monday, August 10. Contact B. W. Hagg, The Homestead. August 12 14 16.
S. W. Sharrett and Bettie L. Sharrett sue Willard M. Smith and Willie Dare Smith in Sullivan County Tennessee. Judge H O Bunn orders four weeks of publication in Kingsport Times to compel appearance by Sept 5, 1925, after an attachment was levied on the Smiths property.
John Bowman seeks divorce from Lena May Bowman in the Law Court at Bristol Tennessee. Lena May Bowman is a non resident and must appear by the third Monday of September to defend or the bill will be confessed. Notice published four consecutive weeks in the Kingsport Times. July 30, 1925. J. B. Anderson, Clerk. By J. K. Brown, Deputy Clerk.
London reports an unusually hot spell driving lemon consumption in Britain to 52.5 million in four weeks. The June imports alone match and exceed typical monthly Italian shipments by 15 million, signaling an extraordinary demand for the fruit.
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