Rain Lifts Spirits as Communities Share News
Social news from nearby communities highlights rain relief and weekend travels. Families visit relatives in Nicholsville Virginia Mendota Virginia and Wayland Kentucky with gatherings and a party honoring Willie Kilgore. Local Illness and injuries include Mrs Martha Dixon on the sick list and Curtis Martins arm injury from a car crank. A community picnic at Indian Springs August 22 is eagerly anticipated and residents plan trips to Gypsum Ohio and North Carolina mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Dixon
Nicholsville
Gess Holt
Hermon Fleener
Mendota
Georgie Dixon
Sassie Hart
Martha Dixon
Virginia Cox
Tom Foust
Ore Bank
Hugh Fleenor
S. E. Sutherland
Burglar Sent to Sing Sing for Ninth Time
Charlie Hill, 74, was sent to Sing Sing for seven years for possessing burglar tools. The court noted this was his ninth trip to Sing Sing dating back to 1874, with Hill admitting he has been a lifelong burglar except for these nine mistakes.
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New York
Charlie Hill
Sing Sing
Charlie
Fall Creek Social Notes Mention Visits and Illness
Fall Creek community gossip lists Mrs. French Hunt staying ill as Winona Graham visits Carrie Weaver. Berkshire mentions J W Cox and Leona shopping in Kingsport, Ed Graham trips to Cook's Valley, Minnie Rupe visits Will Taylor, and numerous calls between residents in Kingsport Bethel and Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Hunt
Winona Graham
Carrie Weaver
Kingsport
Nannie
Bettie Graham
Bethel
Nellie Cox
Amanda Childress
Harbours Chapel
Ethyl
Lexi Taylor
Nannie Kate
Aileen Hayes
J. W. Barger
Blountville
W. Barger
Aileen
Hayes
G. C
Ella Cox
Catie
Fleetie Roller
G. S. Hayes
Rollin Sanders
Bristol
J. S. Huddle
Huddle
Robert Boaz
Clover Bottom Community Notes Busy Residents
The Clover Bottom column lists neighbors busy with mowing paster fields and crops. People visit, plan camp meetings, and attend gatherings across Sulphur Springs Sulphur Springs, Blountville, Gipson Town, Kingsport, and Milens mill. Eli Chinouth, Beulah Chinouth, Helen Wilson, Roba Chinouth, and R. T. Grills are mentioned among daily activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Chinouth
Ben Hood
Paul Mamblen
Clyde McCuley
Blountville
Georgie Ratliff
Beulah Chinouth
Lara Wilson
Helen Wilson
Roba Chinouth
Stanley Wilson
Helen
Otna Wilson
Bessie Eads
R. T. Grills
Milens Mill
Gipson Town
J. W. Chinouth
Kingsport
Local Notes and Travel Through Big Stone Gap Area
Henry McDaniel and Tate Goode drove to Eakins Kentucky on business. Rev Kidd of Indiana leads a Coles Chapel meeting. Emma and Margaret Goode visit uncle W H Akens in Kingsport this week. Vernon Mason of Kingsport visits. Mrs J R Cody and family drive to Hillsford Sunday. Thomas Goode of Wardale in the Gap Sunday. Mrs Charles Elliott improving after illness. Joe Moore prepares to leave for Kingsport for motorcycle stunts. Mrs Belton and Annie Fletcher also noted in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McDaniel
Tate Goode
Eakins
Rev. Kidd
Indiana
Coles Chapel
Emma
Margaret Goode
W. H. Akens
Kingsport
Vernon Mason
J. R. Cody
Hillsford
Thomas Goode
Wardale
Gap
Charles Elliott
Joe Moore
Belton
Annie Fletcher
Ice cream social at Lee School August 29 evening
An ice cream social will be held at Lee School starting at 3 PM and continuing through the evening. Everyone is invited to attend for a good time.
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Lee School
Lees
Rejoicing Over Rainmarks in Bays Mountain Community
Local notes show social visits across Bays Mountain including Bonnie Bragg Nellie Bragg and Nora Bragg with Missie Viola Lena Overbey Anna Jolie and Fannie Conkin. A Fall Branch resident Bill Smith attended Walkers Fork while Lena Overbey visits relatives in Green County.
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Bonnie Bragg
Nellie Bragg
Missie Viola
Lena Overbey
Nellie Phillips
Anna Jolie
Fannie Conkin
Martha Conkin
Lina Bragg
Anna Pobe
Nora Bragg
Blyde Conkin
Alonde Bragg
Bill Smith
Fall Branch
Walkers Fork
Mellie Phillips
Anna Jobe
Viola Overbey
Green County
Dorothy
Oma Conkin
Sousa Marches Revive in Paris Dance Halls
In Paris on August 22, Sousa’s stirring marches from the Spanish American War era are revived in Montmarte dance halls and new Melody and champagne dispensaries in the Latin Quarter and Montparnasse. Native French crowds and other Europeans seeking variety over jazz and tangos request encores of Stars and Stripes Forever and National Emblem, proving the bandmaster’s works suit modern one steps as well as earlier dances.
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Paris
John Phillip Sousa
Montmarte
Latin Quarter
Montparnasse
McKinley
Roosevelt
Famous Composer to Direct an Orchestra
Berlin Aug. 22 The Associated Press reports Richard Strauss will conduct the orchestra during the showing of his opera Der Rosenkavalier on the screen in Dresden. The move lends new dignity to the cinema, which German art circles had not valued as high as theatre or opera.
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Berlin
Richard Strauss
Erman Art Circles
der Rosenkavalier
Dresden
Prohibition Dominates New Jersey Federal Dockets
In the year ended June 30, 1925, over 90 percent of New Jersey federal criminal cases involved liquor law violations. U S Attorney Walter G. Winne reported 2,338 criminal cases begun, with 2,124 tied to prohibition. Convictions reached 1,131, liquor convictions totaling 1,011.
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Trenton
United States
New Jersey
Walter G. Winne
Outlaw Cabin Becomes Radio Church in Gold Region
In hills near Gilbert gold mine, a 50 year old stone Outlaw’s cabin is renamed Radio church. Its walls bear bullet scars from desert raids, now hosting Sunday sermons broadcast from far away as prospectors arrive by car seeking riches and entertainment.
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Tondépah
Nevy
Gilbert
Radio Church
Indian Bride Paddles to U S to Find Mate
Vera Cassel an eighteen year old Indian girl from Walpole Island fled to Detroit seeking a Spanish sweetheart found during a 1924 meeting. After crossing borders and being jailed she faces deportation and trial for immigration violations. Federal officers say she uses the name Edna Isaacs.
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Detroit
Cupid
J. Stanley Hurd
Vera Cassel
Vera
Walpole Island
Algonac
Edna Isaacs
Brooklyn Trolleys Allow Smoking in Rear of Cars
Transit Commissioner Le Roy T Harkness announced the Brooklyn City railroad won a request to permit smoking in the rear open-face trolley cars during the summer. He noted earlier rules against smoking on elevated trains had been dropped and suggested many women may welcome the change.
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New York
Transit
LeRoy T. Harkness
Mr. Harkness
Puppies Chase Hen Mother From Barnyard
A Rhode Island Red hen that fostered beagle puppies on J. W. Cesan’s Rhode Island farm has been forced to flee the barnyard as the pups turned against her. The hen seeks shelter in the sun, while Cesan relents and allows the hen to live out her normal life instead of sending her to the chopping block.
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Springfield
Mass
Rhode Island
J. W. Cesan
Cesan
Los Angeles Pupils Learn Thrift In School Curriculum
The teaching of thrift reaches nearly 200 public schools in Los Angeles focusing on savings and home and business economy. By July 1, 63,478 school savings accounts had been opened totaling $686,000 in deposits for students, sparked by a proposed school savings department from local banks.
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Los Angeles
Beauty Is as Beauty Waves Her Hair Declares Nestle
New York report quotes Charles Nestle international beauty expert on the permanent wave boom. He cites 6 million waves per year in salons and 250000 at home, with professional costs from 15 to 100 dollars. He notes vast fashion spread and his role as a pioneer in the industry.
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Nestle
New York
United States
Charles Nestle
Mr. Nestle
Beauty
Europe
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