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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1925
Page
2
The Times states letters from readers will be printed only if signed with full names. Anonymous submissions will not be published, though names can be withheld on request.
The article cites frequent reports of people losing money after free-spending habits and shifts in markets. It questions reliance on stable incomes, notes failed investments and management changes, and urges applying plain principles like energy and advertising to recover.
The piece notes widespread concerns over incomplete workmanship in many newly erected houses. It warns that defective materials and rushed labor can yield lasting flaws, urging buyers to seek reliable builders while acknowledging honest professionals who can ensure durable homes.
The article argues buyers can save by purchasing old houses and modernizing them instead of building anew. It notes renovation can be costly yet may outperform new construction, as vintage designs were well built and can offer long-term satisfaction with careful effort and learned homeowner skills.
An official argues that moonshiners hide stills in mountain caves evading officers, while experienced blockaders alert to their movements and push raiders onto rival distillers. Rivalry exists in illicit trade as in lawful commerce.
An Asheville Citizen excerpt laments moonshining and trade disruption yet praises self sufficiency in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. It highlights Kingsport produced arithmetic as a symbol of regional manufacturing and economic revival, noting local materials and processes used domestically from forest to print.
A collage of light humor quotes and snippets from The American Legion Weekly, including playful asides about “An Ounce of Prevention” and “Paw” remarks, a picnic gag about a missing can opener, a salesmanship course quip, and a wandering motorist exchange.
County agents and University of Tennessee Extension Service specialists urge farmers in east Tennessee and drought hit areas to sow barley wheat rye vetch winter oats and clovers this fall. The Dry Farming in Tennessee circular argues small grain provides winter pasture reduces feed costs and helps sustain livestock through winter while enabling 1926 crops.
A. S. Chapin reports strong interest in poultry across District Three includingChattanooga area counties. Demonstrations on caponizing drew 743 participants in ten Cumberland Plateau counties, while 124 065 hatching eggs were distributed from purebred flocks to farmers and clubs. Banks and poultry groups supported 34 banks, seven associations and 21 counties in the campaign. Major breeds were Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds with some demand for White Wyandottes and White Leghorns.
Mrs J W Fain and Miss Grace Fain hosted a Monday party at Maple Crest Farm for guest Miss Lula Berry of Bulls Gap. Dancing lit rooms and veranda with Japanese lanterns while flowers adorned the home. Punch circulated by Miss Katherine Hicks. guests included Lula Berry Izola and Maz Denison Iemna Dickson Ellen Effie Iva Jane Hicks Ruby Mabel Hickam Mayme Ketron Lois Stevens and S P Fain. Messrs W F Hicks Boyd Hickam John N Hicks J W Fain Henry John Hicks Horace Bachman and others attended.
Poultry producers are urged to keep poultry houses sanitary and to cull and disinfect regularly to prevent a recurrence of European Fowl Pest. G W Warborton of the U S Department of Agriculture warns that diseased birds shipped to markets worsen outbreaks.
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