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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1925
Page
10
The Times invites reader letters and requires full signatures for print. Anonymity can be requested, and in that case names are withheld from publication upon request.
The season’s end brings Red Grange's move to professional football, signaling a shift toward a money driven era. Critics fear college sport losses, as others follow, leaving arenas filled by casual crowds while pro leagues draw top talent with big salaries. Grange argues his aim is to support family and education costs.
Dartmouth backfield ace Swede Oberlander and Colgate star Eddie Tryoh are praised for refusing lucrative professional offers. The passage notes they entered fields beyond formal training, yet college fans remain tender and grateful for their dedication to college football ideals.
Yale University committee examined how education affects reliability in transportation roles. It notes graduates often flee upward quickly, while less educated workers endure slow progress, persist through years, and master the craft. The partly educated man stays, while the educated man seeks frequent promotion and may quit.
Senator Cummins prepares a new merger bill removing compulsory features. It would let owners negotiate privately, avoid forced sales, and allow court redress, while avoiding nationwide lawsuits. Pennsylvania warns against losing control of anthracite carriers. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A brief feature notes Elsie’s remark about storks provoking laughter and then cites the Lo Comotive Engineers Journal tone hinting at railway journalism. The quote suggests a playful exchange about storks and teaching, reflecting light weekly newspaper style.
In a brief, witty exchange cited by Tit-Bits, a character questions the propriety of appearing in public without a hat, while another quips about the hat one would choose if wearing one, reflecting light social fashion chatter of the era.
A collection of humorous exchanges and cartoon captions from multiple sources. Jokes about moving, pugilism lessons by mail, long naps in rugs, language miscommunications, and partner in trade with mismatched goods.
The Chattanooga Times notes a Chicago movement to use carols to curb crime and to persuade scoffers. It suggests mothers singing to their children may soften hearts as they grow, since carols have melted hardened sinners in examples.
European shipyards show stagnation as American firms face hurdles from Russian manganese and related concessions. Union leaders in building trades predict wage gains in 1926, while medical leaders seek a national home for aged and disabled doctors. Smithsonian asks ten million dollars for its endowment. Montana reports potato yields up by one million bushels. Bryn Mawr lifts smoking ban and adds student smoking rooms. France donates a Sevres vase to St. John the Divine cathedral in New York.
The House Ways and Means Committee adds a tax on nonalcoholic cereal beverages to a revenue bill to empower prohibition officers to search beverage factories. The Louisville Courier Journal questions using taxation to achieve policy goals rather than raise revenue and notes the deviation from proper tax purposes.
A new card club exclusive to widows intrigues Arkansas City Kansas social circles. Rudolph Philip Roehele has started a 50,000 mile motor canoe voyage circumnavigating the globe. He will inspect the former Vanderbilt residence in New York. A mechanical bloodhound search in a St Paul sewer uncovered a tube containing radium valued at $800,000.
Two New York manufacturers received workhouse sentences after admitting to making false financial statements to secure credit. In Maryland the Eastern Shore fame may be spread worldwide if a Rotary club campaign succeeds.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports that twelve and twelve hundredths cents of every dollar earned in America goes to taxes, highlighting the tax burden on individual income.
Curiosity drew 3,000 people who each paid one dollar for the privilege. The event drew a large crowd seeking a rare chance to participate in an unusual attraction.
An article argues for resuming phosgene manufacture in industry and engineering chemistry to preserve the expertise gained during World War I, warning that valuable wartime skills could fade without continued practice.
In the Bronx New York six gunmen abducted a truck driver and his helper and drove away with a truck carrying several thousand dollars in cash and valuables.
One of the shortest murder trials on record occurred in Manchester England as Sam Johnson was sentenced to death after a four minute trial.
A fragment from the Ohio Sun Dodger quotes a person asking if the father was a policeman and receives the reply that he wasn’t, but often accompanied them. The line hints at a cultural or interview context within a local paper item.
A quoted line from Stamford Chapa wal asks what makes a man consistently gift a diamond engagement ring. The implied answer centers on the woman as the decisive factor in his generosity and commitment. The fragment evokes gendered expectations and romantic material symbolism.
A teacher prompts a discussion on wading birds focusing on the stork as the opening example. The prompt invites students to consider other species and characteristics of wading birds in nature study.
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