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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1925
Page
12
Holidays Necessary Says Dr Mayo for Prolonged Life
Dr Charles H Mayo argues holidays sustain life and peak achievements. He praises English clerks and workers who weekend in the country or shore for restorative change, urging Americans to use weekends and vacations away from work. Nearby roads and Cherokee Park offer easy weekend outings, with economical summer resorts and better meals enriching family returns.
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Charles H. Mayo
Minnensota
Deworkmen
Mayo
The Use of Leisure
Observers debate if reduced work hours leave people with beneficial leisure or wasted time. Some see diversions and haste while others argue the mechanized era requires more leisure to prevent being mere machines.
Sleep machine touted to cure insomnia with color rays
Wayne County News reports a new sleep machine using twelve color rays to induce sleep, placed near the bed and operated by the sleeper. The device claims to relieve stubborn insomnia in 10 to 15 minutes, with home tips like fresh air and warm milk as additional aids.
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Wayne County
W. Va
Tennessee's Boy Hero Sam Davis Memorial Day Planned
The Smyrna Tennessee suburb home of Sam Davis is fixed for Friday as memories and reverent affection for Tennessee's Boy Hero, celebrated as a son of Tennessee famed for nobility. The event promises to reflect the enduring esteem for Davis.
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Tennessee
Smyrna
Tenn
Sam Davis
Tennesee
Movement urged to buy Davis home and farm memorial
The Nashville Banner reports officials and citizens from across the commonwealth should inaugurate a drive to purchase the old Davis home and small farm, birthplace and upbringing site of a famed man, to preserve it as a lasting memorial.
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Commonwealth
Nashville
Davis
Morristown (Tenn
Gazette Mail
Dust in Its Gills and a Catfish Tale in Greene County
A Greeneville man reports a dramatic tale from Greene County about a large catfish pulled from Nolachucky that was nearly choked with dust in its gills. He claims he would haul water to bathe the fish, a story believed by those who know him for his reputation for truth.
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Greene County
Greeneville
Nolachuckey
Greenville
Tenn
Democrat Sun
Punishment and Crime Waves Shrink in Cities
The Jacksonville Times-Union notes crime rises in cities and rural areas with murders arson bank robbery burglary and assault increasing in recent years. It argues lenient punishment lets offenders escape and reoffend, urging firm measures to curb crime.
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United States
Jacksonville Times
Unon
Belgian Debt Settlement With No Interest On Pre Armistice Debt
The United States is expected to gain congressional approval for Belgium debt settlement. The agreement splits the debt into pre and post armistice portions. No interest will be charged on the $171,780,000 pre armistice debt, based on creditor actions and Wilson's Paris assurances. Germany will assume Belgium’s debt with 5 percent of reparations allocated to debt service, prioritizing army expenses including the American army.
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United States
Congress
Belgium
Wilson
Paris
Germany
Washington Post
Witty Quotations and Observations From Across U S Newspapers
A collage of sharp lines and jokes about strikes dining in Paris. Prohibition politics and foreign policy quips include references to Cook county jail as a hotel and comments on China and extraterritorial grabs. The tone is satirical and punchy, reflecting era concerns.
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Chicago Tribune
Cook County
Louisville Times
Fundamentalists Chop Tree of Knowledge After Expulsion
The Columbia Record notes that Fundamentalists immediately cut down the tree of knowledge following Adam's expulsion from the Garden, reflecting a stance on learning and interpretation.
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Columbia Record
Adam
Scythe Work Said to Build Pitching Arms
A baseball writer asserts that eight hours daily swing of a scythe is the best developer of pitching arms and notes it benefits rural free delivery.
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Detroit News
Busy Bee and Complex Life Echo in Headlines
A collage of quips notes public curiosity about life and progress. The lines refer to a busy bee image, relationships with a spouse, and humorous takes on modern automation. The Tennessee attorney general and Santa Claus appear in brief witticisms.
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Tennessee
Brook- Eagle
Mussolini Outshines U S Reporter For Truths
A New Yorker quote accuses an American reporter of exposing unwelcome truths about Italy. The remark targets the journalist's failure to recall lessons from high school as he cautions that beyond the Alps lies Italy.
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Mussolini
The
Alps
Italy
New Yorker
Hudson gorge mapped to aid future submarine bootlegging
William Beebe mapped the Hudson gorge for a hundred miles to sea greener future piracy. Lawyers in Tennessee trials earned honorific colonel titles while serving without pay, prompting questions about motive and reward.
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William Beebe
Hudson Gorge
New York Evening World
Tennessee
Spokane
That South Carolina Gazette Antedates Williamsburg Paper
Historical note explains that the Carolina paper preceded the Williamsburg Gazette by four years, based on a pamphlet about That South Carolina Gazette of Yesterday 1732 1802. The column invites readers to submit items from over fifty years ago for Sunday features.
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Care Times
South Carolina Gazette
A. S. Salley, Jr
South Carolina Historical Commission
Walter E. Duncan
Carolina
Williamsburg
South
Printing bids shape early South Carolina press scene
In 1731 1000 pounds funded local printers in Charles Town to print public laws and arrears acts. Phillips Whitmarsh and later Timothee vied for exclusive rights. Phillips died 1732 and Whitmarsh buried 1738. The South Carolina Gazette emerged under Whitmarsh then Timothee, with Timothee acquiring Whitmarsh’s plant and continuing print.
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General Assembly
South Carolina
Charles Town
George Webb
Thomas Whitmarsh
Whitmarsh
Eleazar Phillips, Jr
Commons House
Phillips
Boston
House
Johnson
South Carolina Weekly Journal
The
South Carolina Gazette
Eleazer Phillips
Eleazer Phillips, Jr
Charleston Library Society
Gazette
L. Timothee
Louis Timothee
Benjamin Frankin
Philadelphia
Franklin
Timothee
Zette
America
British Museum
Theodore L. Cole
Washington, D. C
Trott
England
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