Kingsport to get a modern city telephone directory
Inter Mountain Telephone Company to hire Craven and Berry of Dayton Ohio to compile a new Kingsport directory this week. R B Straughn and John Wright will collect information for a metropolitan standard publication. Company president hails plan as a forward step for local business.
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Kingsport
R. M. Johnson
Inter- Mountain Telephone Company
R. B. Straughn
John Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Craven and Berry
Johnson
Times
United States
the Kings
Port
Inter-Mountain Company
Craven and Berry Company
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
W. N. McAnge
Bristol
Telephone Company
City managers Cloud and Warrick attend IA C convention
City Manager Frank L. Cloud and Fire Chief Tom C. Warrick returned from the twelfth annual International City Managers Association convention in Grand Rapids Michigan held November 17 to 19. They called it one of the best and busiest gatherings with over 350 attendees.
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Frank L. Cloud
Tom C. Warrick
International City Managers’ Association
Grand Rapids
Michigan
United States
Territories
Cloud
Warrick
Kingsport
Colorado Springs
Colorado
Harvard athletic season ends with deficit of 88000 dollars
Harvard athletic treasurer Fred W. Moore reports the 1924 1925 season closed with an 88000 dollar deficit. Football generated 356000 dollars in net income and 292000 dollars in net profit.
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Chambridge
Mass
Fred W. Moore
Harvard Graduate
Harvard
Scott County Man Loses Prize Mule and Bridle
Amos Bright of Bloomingdale Scott County Virginia reports the loss of his 800 pound red mare prize mule and its best bridle. He says the mule and bridle were stolen after they were locked in Brights barn Thursday night and found missing Friday morning.
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Hoss
Amos Bright
Bright
Bloomingdale
Scott County
Mr. Bright
Sam Morelock Dies in Hawkins County Tennessee
Sam Morelock aged 85 died at his home in Hawkins County Tennessee last Wednesday. Burial was in Bernard Cemetery Friday. He was the oldest man in the county and is survived by nine children including B. E. Morelock and Mrs. Andrew Feagus of Kingsport, 36 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. He served four years in the Civil War and was a member of the Free Will Baptist church.
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Sam Morelock
Hawkins County
Tenn
Bernard
Morelock
B. E. Morelock
Andrew Feagus
Kingsport
Free Will Baptist Church
Kingsport Press Publishes The Press Key Magazine
The Kingsport Press Educational Department issues The Press Key, a monthly magazine for press employees. Volume 1 number 1 appeared last Saturday in November, with a sports column on press athletics and social activities noted as central features.
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Kingsport Press
E. Neal Sullivan
Neal
Kingsport
Columbia State To Discuss Stone Mountain Memorial
Columbia South Carolina December 5 The Columbia State will report that the Stone Mountain Memorial topic was not allowed for discussion at the South Carolina division United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting this week despite some delegates attempting to raise the issue.
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Columbia
S. C
Columbia “State
Stone Mountain Memorial
South Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Funeral services for Mrs Johnson in old Kingsport
Funeral services for Mrs. S. M. Johnson mother of Inter-Mountain Telephone manager R. M. Johnson were held at the Presbyterian Church in old Kingsport. Rev. E. O. Woodyard and Rev. T. P. Johnston led the rites. burial was in the new cemetery. Survivors include two brothers two sisters a daughter Mrs J L Southards and son R M Johnson.
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S. M. Johnson
R. M. Johnson
Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Old Kingsport
Presbyterian Church
E. O. Woodyard
First Methodist Church
T. P. Johnston
New Cemetery
J. P. Steadman
Victor Patton
Charles Rogan
S. P. Pyle
Bruce Nelms
M. B. McIntosh
F. L. Cloud
P. V. Hogan
W. R. Jennings
Frank Wright
W. B. Hall
R. M. Robinson
Johnson
R. M. Jones
Kingsport
R. H. Jones
Jonesville
Indiana
W. N. Netherland
Johnson City
John F. Pierce
Near This City
J. L. Southards
American Legion 10 Meet Monday In Hammond
Hammond Post No 3 of the American Legion holds its first meeting under new officers at 8 pm in the Community Y Legion rooms. Commander John H Parrott will lead as the year’s program and important matters are taken up urging full member attendance.
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Hammond
American Legion
Legion
John H. Parrott
Deakins Buys Smoke Shop On Broad Street
J C Zarnes sells the Broad Street Smoke Shop to Kyle T Deakins of South Pittsburg Tennessee. Deakins takes charge while Zarnes retains ownership of the Kingsport Fruit and News stand. He plans curb service and seating for patrons and notes experience with Standard Candy and American Tobacco Company.
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Broad Street
J. C. Zarnes
Kyle T. Deakins
South Pittsburg
Tenn
Mr. Deakins
Zarnes
Kingsport
Kingspot
Standard Candy Company
Nashville
American Tobacco Company
Deakins
Kipling Illness Echoes 1899 Pneumonia Attack
Liverpool reports Rudyard Kipling's current illness echoes his 1899 pneumonia episode in New York City. A Liverpool Daily Post verse signed Tommy Atkins referenced the danger point passed and praised Kipling's fighting spirit with jaunty dialect lines.
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Liverpool
England
Rudyard Kipling
New York City
Tommy Atkins
Liverpool Daily Post
No British Son More Happy, Writes Old Friend Thomas A
A voice from an old friendship arrives with a warm note saying no British son is happier than the writer’s longtime friend Thomas A. The message carries affectionate, informal tone and a sense of shared history.
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Thomas A
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Harvard Fund
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Warner Classic
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Kingsport Press Issues Magazine
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Woodyard
John H
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Kipling
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