26 Aug 1924
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1924
Page
1
The Kingsport Times promotes the $2,500 Everybody Wins automobile campaign urging workers to enter and recruit subscriptions. A grand prize Essex Coach valued over $1,150 and cash awards totaling over $2,300 lure participants, with the appeal that anyone can win and the campaign ends soon.
Justice Seeger in White Plains grants a restraining order preventing Mrs. Greenwood from interfering with her son-in-law Ferdinand Hoffman during his visits with his three children. Hoffman seeks habeas corpus for the children held by his wife and grandmother, with Hoffman alleging spousal and maternal hostility and unwanted cigarette smoke exposure.
A Sacramento Bee dispatch describes a mile long, hundred yard wide river of mud and ash flowing from Mud Creek Canyon toward the McCloud River in Siskiyou county. Boulders weigh tons and the viscous flow, possibly from a glacier fragment, disrupted De Cloud’s water lines, forcing residents to rely on railroad tank cars for two days.
Doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital transplant a piece of bone from the lower right leg into Forest Wieford's spinal column after a dislocated vertebra from an automobile crash. The operation, shaped to form a vertebra, is announced successful though a further two weeks in cast and East stay may follow.
The Georgetown Observatory receives a new seismograph to improve quake recording and interpretation. Dr Sieberg of Jena notes global quakes total about 9 000 to 10 000 annually, with Georgetown previously recording 90 to 110. Father Francis A. Tondorf aims to boost this to three to four hundred yearly.
French troops in Offenbourg and Appenweier began evacuation after Paris Warsaw and Paris Prague line disruptions. German authorities planned Rhur withdrawal steps starting August 30, with 1300 troops in the two towns further easing civic control. Townsfolk showed little notice as celebrations were anticipated at Aangel and Three Queens beer gardens. North Carolina ranks fourth in farm product value, and Colonel E L Smith originated silk threadin banknotes method.
Kingsport Business Men's Club reviews plans for a two day community fair at the tobacco warehouse with T C Warrick as chairman and committees named for advertising and arrangements. Premiums, advertising, and rings to be awarded are to be solicited as the event aims for broad attendance and a more elaborate show than five years ago.
Geneva receives Henry bearing Governor Cameron Morrisens of North Carolina issued credentials as special commissioner. League officials show puzzlement in how to receive him as Henry has not yet presented credentials. The governor’s document grants him full rights and powers to perform his duties. Brazil remains the leading producer of coffee, supplying more than half of the global output.
New York police report Kermit Eskowsky died from gunshot wounds after a confrontation during a vigilante manhunt on Staten Island. The pursuit followed the killing of seven year old Francis McDonnell near Port Richmond. Eskowsky, 36, was wounded in the woods near Grant City, fired at pursuers, then killed himself. Authorities note hysteria risk and urge caution while maintaining vigilance.
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