War Department mobilizes 13000 guards to border duties
The War Department orders about 13,000 Ohio Vermont and Kentucky National Guard troops to proceed to the Mexican border joining General Funston's command as transport allows. Some units move tonight while others await further orders as the department weighs rail and supply constraints and suppresses a planned earlier withdrawal.
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Washington
Ohio
Vermont
Kentucky
Cen
Funston
T Fis
Water and Sewer System Progress in Kingsport
The Kingsport water works and sewer project advances with a large concrete dam on Bays Mountain, a 200 acre watershed, and a planned reservoir. Officials claim clean water, lower fire risk, and strong health outlook by Dr Yuen and Dr Yancey, countering rival towns' rumors.
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Tie Times
Jmne
Whale World
Bays Mountain
Chis Mata Amoth
Chis Great
Yuen
State Board of Health
de. Yancey
Brist
Tennessee
Wieteh Kingsport
Churches Under Rapid Construction on Sultan Street
Work on the Baptist and Methodist churches on Sultan street progresses swiftly with full crews at work daily. The Wingspark brick structures will cost about ten thousand dollars each and be ready for their respective denominations within days.
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Sultan Street
Pulp Wine Growing by Mepes and Bounds
Pulp wine growing by Mepes and Bounds plans to expand operations. The company aims to handle large quantities of wood as it moves toward business.
Hawheins County Road Bonds Debated for Fair Shares
A letter argues Hawheins County road bonds favor some routes over others. The writer urges proportional funding for all sections, cites Virginia and local corridors, and laments past misallocations while stressing a square deal for taxpayers and farmers across Hawking County.
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Carters
Staines Valley
Kingsport
Rogersville
Scott
Virginia Pike
Cameron
Carters Valley
Churchhil
Marshall Stage
Arnetls
Cameron River
Risingsport
Hawking County
Rogersside
Miners' Home Proposed for East Tennessee Area
Knoxville Sentinel reports Tennessee may host the miners home as part of a national drive. George J. Berry of Pressmen’s union says East Tennessee could win the project after a tour that reached Colorado Springs. Estimated cost around one million dollars with eighty thousand annually for maintenance. Kingsport is pitched as an ideal site.
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Isi
Tennessee
George JT. Berry
Pressmen
Blankins County
International Prime Line Pressmen’s Union of North America
Derry
Jerret Vrram
Feter
Coloride Springs
Berry
Stoxville
Barbers Union
East Tennessee
Knoxville Sentinel
Kingsport
20 Members of Chuiser Wreck Drowns on Rocks
A maritime disaster reports twenty crew members of the Chuiser drowned when the vessel wrecked on rocks near the coastline. Rescue efforts struggled amid rough seas and shifting weather as authorities investigated the incident and identified the missing sailors.
Memphis Armored Cruiser Lost After San Domingo Rocking
Rear Admiral Pond reported the armored cruiser Memphis wrecked on San Domingo harbor rocks amid a heavy sea. Twenty men drowned returning to the ship from shore leave in a boat. efforts to save the vessel continued with hopes all aboard survived. The incident followed later reports of the Memphis driven ashore by a ground swell, with fires extinguished and the gunboat Castle escaping to sea.
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Washington
Pond
San Domingo
Havy Department
Memphis
Bluft
Castine Iquuboul
San Tiemings
United States
Landor
Castle
Tennessee
Sunday School Rally At Mt View Sunday Meet Aug 20
The Mt View young men Bible class held a Sunday school rally on August 20 at 2 30 led by George Lrady with Al Lee Paore as secretary Organist Rankin from Tusculum College presided The event drew attendees from surrounding Sunday schools Rev WoL McConnell spoke on What is a Man The program included speakers from New Haven and Meadville and closed with a graphiphone concert by Win leenor A next rally for young ladies is planned in September with Mrs Filmer Wolfe Grace Bradley president and Miss Sadie Barger secretary
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Mt. View
George Lrady
al. Lee Paore
Rankin
Tusculum College
Wol
McConnell
W. Lo Shumaker
Team Sunnny
Good
New Haven
Alr
Nathan Steadman
Pairfield
Maupin
Wingspurt
Win
Leenor
Bibie
Filmer Wolfe
Young Land
Grace Bradley
Sadie Bariger
Hasides
Whitaker Dies After Buggy Crash Near Camp Grounds
Special to Times. Mrs Chicero Whitaker, en route from Sulphur Springs camp grounds, was thrown from a frightened buggy as the horse ran away. Her skull was crushed on rocks. she died instantly. She was about 40 years old, wife and mother, sister of Mrs Claude Osuoine near Sulphur Springs, and survived by husband and children. She had earlier escaped injury in a Johnson City Jonesboro wreck.
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Sulphur Springs
Canm Grounds
Chicero Whitacks
Whitaker
Claude Osuoine
Kingsport Fair Invites Adjacent Counties to Attend
The big fair at Kingsport runs September 12 to 15. Sullivan invites citizens of Washington Hawkins Greene and Scott counties to join in with Sullivan to make the event the Souths one gathering. Don’t miss it.
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Kingsport
Washington
Hawkins
Greene
Scott
Sullivan
South
Kingsport Fair Promises Wide Appeal With Auto Day
Four day Kingsport fair runs Sept 15 with judging on opening day and exhibits. Auto day will showcase all car makes, attracting thousands as rail rates approved to draw visitors. Roads and promotions booming. races, free shows, midway, and high class fair features planned to advertise the Kingsport region.
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iKingsport Lignall
Kingsport
Ing Department House Rising on Sullivan Street
Builders are putting up a large department house on Sullivan Street. The project will be one of the largest in the South and will provide space for many new firms.
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Ing
Sulli
jPue
Kingsport Brick Corp Expands to Meet Demand
The Kingsport Brick Corporation announces construction of twelve additional houses to expand capacity. Facing sustained demand at home and abroad, the firm is working day and night to fill hundreds of orders piling in daily.
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Kingsport Brick Corporation
Kingsport
Sidewalks Underway On Major City Streets
Sidewalk construction advances at a satisfactory pace. Tread and Shelby streets will soon have continuous sidewalks from end to end, with Market Broad Sylvan Cherokee and other main streets to follow.
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Tread
Shelby
Kingsport Extract Corporation Expands and Purchases
Kingsport Extract Corporation enlarges its plant and buys tan bars chestnut and other timber waste, bringing millions of dollars into the region. The company, a major South era extract concern, boosts output by utilizing soil wear from East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia.
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East Tennessee
West Virginia
Kingsport Jextract Corporation
South
Portland cement power plant increases capacity
The Clinelfield Portland Cement power plant will rise from 4,000 kilowatts to 12,000 kilowatts with other additions pushing the cost to about $100,000. The plant aims to supply the town with power and lights soon.
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Clinelfield
Athletic contest forewarns races and events in Kingsport
A list of events for September 2 includes sprints, jumps, throws, and novelty races such as potato, wheelbarrow, sack, and three legged races plus tag war and a baseball game. Contests are open to all with prizes. entrants should register with Tom Warrick of Kingsport Drug Co. or contact Victor Soehle, athletic committee chair.
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Kingsport
Tom Warrick
Kingsport Drug Co
Victor Soehle
Toweet Party at Station Nashville
Tennessee Republicans plan a welcome for presidential nominee Charles Hughes arriving by train in Nashville on Labor Day. A committee decided to greet Hughes with automobiles and a brass band at the station and escort him to the Hermitage Hotel. Plans for entertainment remain unsettled but a reception by party leaders and additional hosts is anticipated.
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Nashville
Tennessee
Chas. T. Lughes
General Committee
Singhes
Hermmitage Hotel
Hughes
Mancuy
Hermitage
Lloughes
Alleged murderers tracked to lonely cabin
Deputy bloodhounds tracked a ten mile trail through the Smoky mountains to a remote cabin near Topton where Merritt Miller and Fluky Wiggins were captured. The arrest relates to the ambush murder of Ab Phillips, a Graham county farmer, whose family losses include a wife and two children killed by Ed Williams in the same incident. Police say Miller and Wiggins were identified by a positive tip and the bloodhounds guided the Asheville posse to the cabin where they awaited transport to Asheville for detention.
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Bron Anil
Jen
Chattanooga Times
Sherith JohnLiwen
J. C. Brown
Graham County
North Carolina
M. A. Miller
Nardie Wiggins
Duster Duggin
Miller
Wiggins
Mnixler
Fr. Phillips
Sir Brown
Asheville
Due Aibbon
Wissgins
Mr. Thawn
East Tennessee
Duggan
Monroe
McMinn Counties
Antil
Pollawing
Ab Phillips
N. G
Chattanooga
Brown
Tennessee City
Toplon
Smoky Mountains
Fluky Wiggins
Merritt Miller
Phillips
Ed Williams
Williams
Topton
Bridge Contract Controversy in Hawkins County Warps Public Trust
Rogersville Herald reports protests over the Groketty Ferry bridge project. County officials, including W. OC. Armstrong, solicit bids and contracts, then withhold documents in Yamblen and Hamblen counties. Taxpayers allege legal violations, concealment, and potential corruption driving rising sentiment against taxes and officials.
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W. OC. Armstrong
Hawkins County
Potice
Crocketts Perry
Groketty Ferry
Yamblen County
Yamblen
Witten
Ilawhuis County
Uar
Nfauntblen County
Tromblen County
Yuublen County
Henry Vries
Hamblen County
Crackells Moory
Klanks County
Morristown
Harmblen
Rogersville Herald
Tennessee Democratic campaign changes appoint new three
Thad A Cox Ernest Rice Gwinn and A Cox resigned from the state Democratic campaign committee in Nashville. Cox re elected and Mann Wills and Ro M Bynum chosen as new members with Hill as chair and Jacobs as secretary. Cox to share equal power with Hill in campaign funding and management for governor US senator railroad commissioner and electors.
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Nashville
Rye
Ernest Rice
Dyersburg
Gwinn
Covington
Cox
Johnson City
Thehree
Mann Wits
Brownsville
Ro Mh. Bynum
Jackson
L. D. Hill
Chaiman
J. D. Jacobs
Lill
White
Wheeling
Capitol
Congressman McKellar
Maxwell House
State Committee
Willis
Bynum
Lon. A. L. Stewart
Franklin County
George E. Banks
Hoopier
McKellar
Committee For Action
State Demoncraitic Executive Committee
Thad A. Cox
L. D. Fill
Kingsport Urged as Home for Barbers Union
The Barbers Union should locate its home in Kingsport Tennessee, praised as The City Beautiful on the Holston with hills and a scenic valley akin to the West. The letter argues Kingsport offers natural advantages and hopes both the Barbers and Minars homes settle in the Holston valley.
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The
Barbers’ Union
Tennessee
Kingsporl
Holston
Jovely
Holson
Kingsport
Barbers
Melston
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WAR Department
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MIE
Wingsport Water and Sewer System
Hawheins
Howe
PDEA
Chuiser
Wraplis
PATR
Brick Corporation
Kingsport Extract Corporation
Kengsport
VO Geye
Giles Wary Welcowe
Hawkkens
SGU
Gov. Aye
Thad Gox
Thad
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