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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
10
The Times invites reader correspondence signed with full names. Anonymous submissions will not be printed, but names may be withheld upon request. The notice appears in the Kingsport Tenn publication indicating second class mail status.
The piece contrasts past youth with present adults who favor concrete aims over romantic feeling. It laments loss of moonlit enchantment and natural beauty, noting students focus on football and practical success while less time is given to idealized emotion and poetry.
In this reflection from the Gate City Herald, readers are urged to face honest self-scrutiny about personal locations and actions. The piece argues that secrecy hides wrongdoing, and that truthfulness matters to family, creditors, clergy, and society, warning that guilt may be revealed with time.
Johnson City residents favor Eastern Time citing railroad usage and nearby towns. The editorial argues time alignment would reduce schedule confusion and provide an extra evening hour for recreation or work.
A Nashville Tennessean paraphrase asserts a plan to safeguard the public from a growing menace and to restore mortality records to normal, framing the effort as protective rather than oppressive.
A New Jersey report from August 5 records William K. Ireland of Northfield receiving six months in jail for "mil short mistchef" after a court judge found him disorderly and mischief causing damage to a torturing cart. The typist’s forged wording labels Ireland as a "disardly person," reflecting the era’s orthography in a jail commitment.
The New Yorker recalls a morning at Mendel's in Grand Central where former President Taft, now Chief Justice, eats with the regulars. He tells the waitress he is back with the first people he used to work for and appreciates the good job and hours.
A terse exchange unfolds after a breakup when a suitor asks for the engagement ring and the woman replies that the jeweler has already demanded its return. The exchange reflects tensions around a pending marriage proposal and property tied to the relationship.
A Kansas farmer mutters about an ill wind as his nagging wife vanishes in a tornado, in a bulletin style line from American Legion Weekly.
Mazie the chorine sneers about washing her own handkerchiefs as she enters the dressing room. Irene, her bosom friend, retorts with a sharp counter line about not washing anyone else’s.
A collection of quips and brief notes from multiple papers. The items touch on currency tricks, coal industry foresight, price efficiency, housefly usefulness, Rockaway real estate rumors, and a joke about pickpockets targeting married men.
Nashville safety committee partners with civic authorities after a year long survey shows faulty brakes as a leading cause of accidents. The effort aims to reduce brake failures and improve highway safety across the community.
Rev J W Grace led Sunday services at Morrisons Chapel. Attendees at the Indian Springs Odd Fellows picnic included R L Hickman Ora Frazier G W Galloway W F Larkin and Ernest Galloway. Footnotes list visitors from Bluff City Kingsport and Knoxville with multiple local residents visiting relatives and hosting guests. Local events include camp meeting plans at Ross Camp Ground and the Bell Ridge school opening next Monday.
Mt Lebanon residents recall a joyful Indian Springs picnic with many local families visiting relatives. The Health of the community remains good as folk plan camp meetings and welcomed guests from Gate City Bristol Tidewater and Kingsport.
Short Hills reports the first anniversary of Ban croft Memorial Sunday school held Aug 28 with a decorated chapel and musical offerings by Mr Beaty Mr Dryden and their organist. Dr G M Pearler of Bristol who funded the building attended and gave an eloquent address praising progress from Pike roads to flying machines and urging students to seize opportunities while recalling devout study and memorization of scripture.
The Kansas City Star weighs whether reporting crime incidents leads to imitation or sensationalism. The editorial questions media risk and proposes cautious coverage while informing readers.
Local notes report visits and travels among residents including Hoff and Miller en route to Banner Elk. weddings, hospital updates, and social events. Typhoid recovery for Vivia Larkey noted. several attended Odd Fellows picnic and camp meeting. Families visit relatives in Bristol Kingsport and Johnson City. multiple social calls and church gatherings detailed.
In Kingsport area notes, Lillie Mae Dickson and Ganell Gennings visited Grace and Magdalene Dean. Mrs. W. B. Shipley visited Mrs. Horton Dean after noon. Horton Dean, once injuring a finger at Borden Mills, shows improvement. Several families and individuals, including R. W. Jennings and children, gathered at B. A. Jennings.
Long Branch Mr. Sammie Hunt made a business trip to Fordtown Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Vance spent Tuesday with Nat, Barns and family. Nat Barnes made a business trip to Kingsport Wednesday. were the Sunday dinner guests of Martin Isenberg and wife. Several from here attended the picnic at Indian Springs Saturday. Mr. Jesse Bowery of Erwin is visiting relatives here. Mr. Clyde and Edward Smyth of Bristol were visiting their mother, Mrs. J. M. Smyth, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Isley attended
Mrs J W Fleenor entertained a large group for dinner including Mr and Mrs Bige Cartwright and son Charles Mr and Mrs John Shipley and son Iona Mrs Jess Holt Mrs W S Barnes and daughter Bessie Miss Mabie Holt Miss Ida and Mrs Myrtle Morton and son Clyde of Johnson City George Shaffer and Bill Pullman Bill Fleenor and Dale Marion traveled to Spruce Pine North Carolina Miss Fay and Mattilene Cartwright Ruby Shipley and Allen Cartwright visited J S B Smith Sunday Mrs Morton and son returned to Johnson City after a short visit with her parents
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