Community News Highlights From Mendota and Vicinity
Friday greetings as Hid ra visits end. D. Dixon visits Nicholsville relatives. Mendota hosts Holt teens and Dixon kin weekend. Numerous locals, travels to Kingsport, Bristol, Norton, and Gypsum Ohio noted along with rain relief and upcoming events at Tutian Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Cox
Tom Foust
Ore Bank
Hugh Fleenor
Willi Kilgore
Nicholesville
Avere I Andi” Tate
Vona
Ethyl
Onedia
Jey
Georgia Dixon
Reva
Mack
Katherine
Fleenor
Katie
Willis
Bill
Harry Hudson
Env Shipley
Socia Wine
Keith Hauk
Miles Fleenor
Mart
Horets Adams
Bud Nuchelé
Wile Kilgore
Nicholsville
Wai
Beulah Bishop
Goldie
Sea Son
Chaney
Gypsum
Ohio
Local Notes From Big Stone Gap Area Rumor and Travel
Envy McDaniel and Tate Goode drove to Eakins Kentucky on Thursday for a gathering with Emma and Margaret Gadlin and others. Mason Be Einesfort visited friends and relatives. Mrs J R Cady and family traveled to Hillsford on Sunday. Thomas Goode of Wardle appeared in the Gap Sunday. Charles Elliott, recently ill, shows improvement. Joe Moore, a motorcycle stunt rider, plans to leave for Kingsport soon to perform stunts. Mrs Belton and Anhie Fletcher also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Envy McDaniel
Tate Goode
Eakins
Ifg
Kingsport
Jin
Mrs. Bélton
Anhie Fletcher
Lee School Ice Cream Social Opens Summer Event
An ice cream social at Lee School starts August 29 at 3 PM and runs through the evening with a large turnout reported. The article also notes community happenings including several marriages and visits, such as Anna Myrtle Mellon and Oliver Smith Larkins and Bud Ragan and Ollie Wills wed by Mount Pleasant church, plus a KKK celebration in Kingsport drawing attendees from Gravelly Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee School
Lees Schol
Jake Mellon
Anna Myrtle
Oliver ‘Smith Larkins
Martha Sandidge
Kingsport
J. E. Vaughan
Highland Park
Philips
Mount Pleasant Sunrday
Bud Ragan
Ollie “Wills
Mount Pleasant Church
Valley
Local Social Notes from Bays Mountain Area
Community members visit and call on relatives and friends across Bays Mountain. Names include Bonnie Bragg Nellie Brag Anna Jobe Fannie Gonkin Martha Conkin Lina Brags Nora Bragg Lena Overbry Mellie Phillips Anna Jobs and others with mentions of Green County visits and Sunday calls.
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Bonnie Bragg
Nellie Brag
Missie Viola
Lena Overbey
Nellie Phillips
Anna Jobe
Mellie Phillips
Anna Jobs
Viola ‘Overboy
Lena Overbry
Green County
Fannie Conkin
Dorothy
Ponta Conkin
Sousa Marches Enjoy Revival in Paris Dance Halls
Paris reports a revival of John Philip Sousa marches among locals in Montmartre Latin Quarter and Montparnasse venues. French and European dancers request encores of Stars and Stripes Forever and National Emblem, marking a welcome shift from jazz, tangos, and newer tunes.
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Paris
John Phillip Sousa
Montparnasse
McKinley
Roosevelt
Java
Famous Composer to Direct an Orchestra
Richard Strauss will personally conduct the orchestra accompanying the screening of his opera Der Rosenkavalier in Dresden. German art circles, long skeptical of cinema, now view the event as elevating the movies to a legitimate art form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cassie
Berlin
Richard Strauss Thas
Erman Art Circles
Wil
Dresden
Prohibition Violations Dominated New Jersey Crimes
United States Attorney Walter G. Winne reports that in the year ending June 30 1925 over 90 percent of New Jersey federal criminal cases involved liquor laws. Of 2838 criminal cases tried 2134 were prohibition violations with 1181 convictions and liquor convictions totaling 1011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
United States
New Jersey
Walter G. Winne
Burglar Cherished Habit Says He Never Overcomes Past Theft
A criticized, leak filled fragment claims the burglar Chuellet describes a lifelong pattern since 1374 and claims multiple slips were the only times he erred. The text suggests a dark self image and quivering admission of long standing criminal behavior tied to past acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chuellet
Outlaw Cabin Becomes Radio Church Near Desert Hills
Historic hideout once used by bandits on the desert frontier has been renamed the Radio Church. The rugged crossroads now hosts Sunday sermons via distant broadcasts. Prospectors and locals adjust to progress as gold discoveries draw crowds and new traffic replaces old horse and burro routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golid
Gilbert
Ghureh
Indian Bride Paddles to U S to Find Mate
Vera an eighteen year old Indian maiden from Walpole Island crosses the Canadian border to Detroit in search of a Spanish lover. She is arrested for immigration violations and faces deportation and trial. Federal officers say she uses the name Edna Isaacs and will stand in court for prohibiting entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Detroit
Cupid
J. Stanley Burd
Era
Cassel
Vera
Walpole Island
Edna Isaacs
Brooklyn Trolleys Permit Women and Men to Smoke
Transit Commissioner Le Roy T. Harkness announced the Brooklyn transit granted smoking in the rear of summer season center-exit trolleys. He noted women may use the rear compartments for smoking and that no law prevents it, recalling earlier allowances on elevated trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
LeRoy T. Harkness
Harkness
Translt Commission
Brooklyn City
Iwikness
Puppies Chase Hen From Barnyard in Springfield Case
A Rhode Island hen that raised a litter of puppies near J. W. Gesu’s farm in Springfield, Massachusetts, has been chased from the yard by 4 to 3 dogs and forced into refuge. The hen’s fate shifts as Cesan decides to allow her to live out her normal life after being nearly sold for slaughter.
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Mather
Springfield
Mass
Rhode Island
J. W. Gesu
AIF
Cesan
Thrift Education Spreads Through Nearly Two Hundred LA Schools
The thrift curriculum reaches about 200 public schools in Los Angeles with lessons on saving and business economy. A school savings department advocated by banks reports amazing results. By July 15, 63,478 student savings accounts totaling 686000 have been opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Associated Prose
Beauty Waves in Hair Fashion Says Nestle
New York reports on the permanent wave craze as Nestle outlines market size with six million waves produced yearly in beauty parlors and 259000 more at home. He notes professional styling costs 15 to 100 dollars, averages 25, and claims lasting influence on women's fashion and femininity.
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New York
United States
Hare
Mr. Nestle
Nestle
Europe
Geveril
Nersane
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