Real estate man shot in Kingsport office killed in incident
L. J. Oswald a Kingsport real estate dealer dies after being shot by M. D. Stallard in his office. Stallard, held for first degree murder, claimed the shooting was an accident during a gun exchange. Oswald, 67, had won a $50 judgment on expenses from a four month real estate matter.
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Kingsport
L. J. Oswald
Burnett and Herndon
Oswald
Stallard
James R. Worley
Mr. Worley
Carmack
Crum
Charles T. Herndon, Jr
Mr. Oswald
Circuit Court
Vines
Oswald Real Estate Exchange
Julius
Princeton
Ind
Albert
Albia
Mexican press urges prudence in policy toward United States
Mexico City reports show leading papers urging moderation and improved US relations under Carranza. Editorials stress prudence, patriotism, and a need to avoid provoking US intervention while calling for open government news access and censors to stop delaying dispatches.
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Mexico
Excelsior
United States
el Universal
Wilson
Senate
League of Nations
el Democrata
New York
Washington
Carranza
Berdanga
Cabrera
Supreme Court
State Department
Elena Sequera
Villa Guerrero
Senor Nieto
Manuel Larraga
Sequera
Nieto
San Jose de Tinto
Catron
World’s largest elm dying at Kingsport Farms in Rotherwood
J Fred Johnson reports the world’s oldest elm on Kingsport Farms in Rotherwood is dying. The 22 foot trunk and 150 foot canopy over Holston river forks prompted requests for a tree surgeon after officials considered diverting the spring. French travelers in 1790 praised the tree’s wonders.
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Holston
J. Fred Johnson
State Forestry Department
Johnson
Washington
Forestry Department
State Division
South Fork
Riches Fold Ahead for Former Editor R D Kinkead
A telegram from Wichita Falls Texas reports former Kingsport editor R D Kinkead now a Texas oil promoter at the head of a big land development company. The note celebrates his wealth and those behind his Texas ventures.
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R. Dorado
Dorado
R. Dorado Kinkead
Themes
Herald Courier
Wichita Falls
Texas
W. Wilson
Woodrow
Washington
Congress
R. D. Kinkead
Kingsport
Kinkead
Bob
Kingsport Names Young City Manager Herbert Kidd
Kingsport appoints 26 year old Herbert L. Kidd, formerly Knoxville city engineer, as City Manager to succeed W. R. Ponder. Kidd and Ponder visit to learn the office routine. Kidd returns September 20 while Ponder moves to Knoxville September 1. Frank L. Cloud acts as interim manager. Kidd has spent ten years with Knoxville's engineering department and becomes one of the nation's youngest to hold this post.
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Herbert L. Kidd
Knoxville
Kingsport
W. R. Ponder
Knoxville Chamber of Commerce
Ponder
Mr. Kidd
Mr. Ponder
Frank L. Cloud
Kidd
Engineering Department of
Knoxville High School
J. Boyd McCulla
Quiet After Street Car Strike Riots in Charlotte
In Charlotte North Carolina August 26 quiet followed a night of rioting that left two dead and about a dozen injured. Street car workers strike actions are said to be under control and the company expects normal service by tomorrow. Police and guards with heavy arms held the mob at the car barns after the cars were operated with strike breakers.
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Charlotte
N. C
Carmen
Methodists to Pray and Fast Friday in Kingsport
Kingsport pastors plan a 3 PM Friday gathering at Broad Street Methodist to fast and pray for the Centenary revival aims of 1 000 000 converts and 100 000 family altars. The two city churches urge total membership to participate and support the ongoing big tent meeting.
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City of
Kingsport
Broad Street Methodist Church
State Aid Promised for Good Roads in Johnson City
Johnson City Tennessee August 22 Hon W P Moore member of the State Highway Commission told Chamber of Commerce members that State and Federal aid would back road projects and work would proceed quickly. He praised local progress and urged citizen cooperation to avoid delays and extra costs to landowners and businesses.
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Johnson City
Tenn
W. P. Moore
State Highway Commission
Nashville
Bers
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Moore
Windsor Hotel
Barton
Washington County Good Roads Commission
Wm. G. Mathes
Frank Webster
W. F. Carter
Moore
Gray Station
Washington, Sullivan
Unicoi
Moccasin Gap
Asheville
N. C
Washington County
Father Drowns as Young Son Looks On
Henry Roberts and his four year old son Samuel watched a river tragedy unfold as Roberts swam across the Holston River near the C. C. O. funnel. After sinking twice more, he was finally recovered wedged between boulders by Car Thornberg. The family home was in Jonesboro and Mrs. Roberts remained ill.
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Henry Roberts
Samuel
Frank
Dale Street
Holston
Roberts
Car Thornberg
Kingsport Utilities Company
Army blankets sale in Kingsport offers various prices
Kingsport citizens may buy army blankets through Postmaster Nelms at prices from 1.25 to 6 dollars for one to 25 blankets. Wool and cotton covers, new and reclaimed, plus cotton blankets at 3 and 1.25 dollars, with postage charged from Atlanta. Nelms says 25 orders for army foodstuffs totaling 400 dollars have been filed and more allotment remains.
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Army
Kingsport
Nelms
Atlanta
Mr. Nelms
Carl Swiney Dies After Operation at Community Hospital
Carl Swiney twenty died Sunday at noon at the Community Hospital of cancer of the stomach after a five week stay and an operation. The body was prepared by Armbrister Undertaking and burial held in Bristol with funeral services by Rev. Robert King of the First Presbyterian Church of Kingsport, of which Swiney was a member. Burial followed in East Hill cemetery.
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Carl Swiney
Community Hospital
Armbrister Undertaking Company
Bristol
Robert King
First Presbyterian Church of
Kingsport
Young Swiney
East Hill Cemetery
More aircraft enter aerial derby field at Mineola
Four more aviators who failed to get away yesterday left Mineola this morning on the first lap to Toronto and return. Good weather prevailed along the course. Reports indicate twelve machines have left Toronto and twenty eight have departed from Mineola.
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Mineola
N. Y
Toronto
Dollar Day sales planned by Kingsport merchants
Kingsport merchants announce a Dollar Day on Saturday September 6 offering bargains across clothing food hardware and drugs as new fall stock arrives The event aims to attract shoppers from a wide radius with double value on depleted summer stocks and plans to advertise through The Kingsport Times to highlight money saving deals for the season.
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Kingsport
Packers Denied FTC Charges Before Senate Agriculture Panel
Washington reports the five leading packers denied federal charges before the Senate Agriculture Committee. Swift and Company witnesses contended profits and costs in 1914 to 1918 and disputed a $178 million combined profit figure, asserting lower post tax net earnings and compliance with food administration rules.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Kenyon and Kendrick
Senate Agriculture Committee
Swift and Company
L. D. H. Weld
Department of Business Research
Henry Veeder
John Chaplin
Weld
Veeder
Mr. Weld
Food Administration
Federal Trade
Colver
Food Commission
Gronna
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M. D. Stallard
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Pital
Kingsport Brick Corporation
Mitted
Blountville
Com
M. Crum
Teir Office
Mr. Crum
Ing
Circuit Court Clerk
Tol
Mexico City
Kingsport Farms
Rotherwood
R.D
H. P. Bacon
H. P
Robert D
United Press
Methodists
Broad Street
Cen
Methodist Churches
W. P
Indian Springs
Evi
Sullivan County
Surrey
J. Parks Worley
Bluff City
J. H. Clifford
John S. Cox
Worley
Clifford
Tennessee
Postoffice
Attrack
Packers
Swift
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