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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
12
Times Society Editor Hourly News Submissions
Items for this column will be received by The Times Society Editor between 8 30 and 12 A M and 2 30 to 5 P M daily except Sunday. Phone 136.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Society
Fabrics Feature Futurist Trend
A fashion feature describes the futuristic trend in fabrics and silhouettes. Gwen Lee, a rising screen actress, models a navy blue frock with blocked taffeta satin, cloth of gold underdress, black lynx trim, and a tri corner hat. It notes wash silks, georgettes, curahs, and color experiments from rose gray to multi color patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen Lee
Local residents take weekend visits across the region
Miss Hazel Barger spent the week end in Knoxville. Mrs J F Howard is ill at home in Old Kingsport. Hugh Masengil weekend at Blountville. Thelmia Owen of Bristol visited here yesterday. Helen Wallace weekend at Bristol. Cedric Roach of Norton Virginia spent weekend here. T J Linveill weekend visitor in Johnson City. A I Page and spouse motored to Bristol yesterday. Herbert Williams visitors in Rogersville yesterday. Mary Sue Hilbert weekend at home in Jonesboro. B C Stafford weekend at Bluefield West Virginia. J H Thickens and family visited Bristol yesterday. George Campbell and Jim Godsey of Bristol spent the day here yesterday. C P Starnes visiting home folks at Slant Virginia. Hazel and Mamie Barnes and father visiting Bristol. O M Page returned from ten days in Roanoke Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Eleanor Newhard
Linville Street
White City
Dorothy White
Dorothy Kelley
Mary Clay Price
Margaret Bechtold
Mary Jane Pitts
Betty Graves
Mildred Fyle
Helen Pyle
Mary Capp Koeniger
Margaret McNeil
Dorothy Jane Newhard
Nancy Penn
Mattie Frances Adams
Hazel Stone
Charlotte Smith
Emily Jennings
Margaret Beaty
Clara Virginia Nelms
Catherine Crockett
Norma Ruth Wilson
Ruth Ottinger
Nilson Copenhaver
James White
Rudolph Bechtold
Frank Eaton
Bob
Local visitors and visiting groups traverse Gate City and region
Messrs Wexler Mauk and Rector were visitors in Gate City yesterday while John Miller and Kenneth Marsh toured Knoxville today. Many families spent weekends with relatives in Silvicola Talbot Station and Bristol with trips to Moccasin Gap and Damascus. Various residents traveled or hosted, including Miss Dora Ross heading home to Hattiesburg and Margaret Bevington returning from Joynon City State Normal for holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Bill Wexler
Millard Mauk
Roy Rector
Gate City
John A. Miller
Kenneth Marsh
Knoxville
Dora Ross
Hattiesburg
Miss
Margaret Bevington
Joynon City State
Absent minded housewife reads magazine on curb
A fragment describes a middle aged woman in Moronia fate and a scene with an absent minded housewife setting a garbage can on a chaise longue then sitting on the curb to read a magazine amid mention of oriental rugs and cigaret stubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moronia
Volstead Leads Mr America Contest Amid Bootlegger Support
The entry spotlights ex congressman Volstead as a top candidate in the Mr America contest, aided by bootlegger backing. Ballot results so far show Michael Arlen 325, Ukulele Ike 4,322, H L Mencken 1, Bascom Slemp 27, Addison Sims 456, Curtis D. Wilbur 452.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volstead
Michael Arlen
Rere
Addison Sims
Seattle
Curtis D. Wilbur
Whos Who And What Of It At The Pennsylvan ia Terminal
Comical notes recount Phil Harmonic being commended by the Court after a lighted cigar incident with his mother in law at the terminal. The page mocks wartime awards, radio sisters, card tricks, and odd home remedies with tongue in cheek commentary and dated references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Harmonic
Harmonic
Pennsylvania Terminal
Local visitors and new Dayton work plans shift
Ren and Mr and Mrs Rufus Nelms and son Billy of Johnson City visited relatives here yesterday Mr William R Gilmer left for Dayton Ohio to join Mead Sales Company home offices for Mead Fibre Company Mrs Gilmer and daughter Jacqueline stay here through the holidays then join him in Dayton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ren
Rufus Nelms
Billy
Johnson City
Wm. R. Gilmer
Dayton
Ohio
Mead Sales Company
Mead Fibre Company
Tax bill debate and amendments shrink personal exemptions
The House weighed a tax reform bill with sharp cuts in normal rates, lowered top surtax, and repeal of nuisance excises while preserving some automobile taxes. Rainey and Hull pressed for milder cuts and retained exemptions, warning on revenue shifts. the committee highlighted reductions across brackets and phased inheritance tax relief, with debate underscoring party lines and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rainey
Mr. Hull
Hull
Treasury Department
Green
Board of Tax Appeals
Rainey
Board of Tax Appeals Life
New House
Garrett
Tennessee
Longworth
Snell
News From Nearby Communities
The column notes local people in or visiting around Hicks and Roller families. Illnesses include D. F. Hicks and Ora Roller with improvements. Miss Golda Fleenor starts at Kingsport Hosiery Mill. Ride to Blountville by S. J. Fleenor party includes Woodrow. Families moved to Geo Barber farm near Drake Chapel. Thanksgiving dinner guests include N. F. Walker, Rev Mathews, Tarace, Charles Dolen, Clay Barnes, Almie Barnes, and Ed Bacon family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Roller
St. Lukes Hospital
M. H. Roller
S. J. Fleenor
Little Dor
Woodrow
Blountville
Ora Roller
Golda Fleenor
Kingsport
Madge Roller
Charlie Fleenor
Reedy Creek
Arther McCrosby
Geo Barger
Drake Chapel
Boro
N. F. Walker
Bristol
Mathews
Surgoinsville
Tarace
Charles Dolen
Clay Barnes
Almie Barnes
E. M. Bacon
A. S. Bacon
Ed Bacon
Ford Town Tobacco Grading Amid Drought Constraints
Farmers in Ford Town work hard grading tobacco despite drought. Abijah Zimmerman made a business trip to Bristol Thursday. Virginia Slaughter, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Slaughter, remains at home. C R Bell improves after illness. Minnie and Clara Lee Copas visited Kingsport Friday. Several attended Mr Wm Rigsby funeral at Ford Town cemetery Thursday. Rev N F Walker of Bristol visited last week. Mr and Mrs Opie Hows of Jonesboro...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abijah Zimmerman
Bristol
Virginia
Clarance Slaughter
C. R. Bell
Minnie
Clara Lee Copas
Kingsport
Wm. Rigsby
Fordtown
N. F. Walker
Opie Hows
Jones
Rhinelander separation suit tied to search for husband
Mrs Rhinelander faces a separation suit with service by publication as her husband Leonard Kip Rhinelander remains missing in White Plains. Attorney Lee Parsons Davis warns papers may be served publicly if he cannot be located. Meanwhile attorney Isaac Mills pursues an appeal to overturn a jury verdict that cleared Mrs Rhinelander of marrying without knowing she was the daughter of a mulatto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
White Plains
Lee Parsons Davis
Rhinelander
Isaac N. Mills
Mills
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Morschauser
Miriam
Green Shed prayer meeting draws large crowd
Cecil Phillips led a Green Shed prayer meeting Saturday night at Alegheny with a large turnout. Visitors included Miss Epps Haws from Walnut NC and Miss Tivis Gibson from Jonesboro. Local families shared Sunday visits with the Baskette and Phillips households and neighbors C. P. Baskette and Will Phillips hosted a Monday night gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Phillips
Alegheny
Winifred Cloyd
Johnnie
Ralph
Idaho
Cc. P. Baskette
Will Phillips
George Kincheloe
Tom Gibson
Jonesboro
P. Baskette
C. J. Steadman
O. T. Cox
Frank Hultz
Epps Haws
Walnut
N. C
Tivis Gibson
Thomas Haws
Arthur Mitchell
Polly Hartman
C. P. Baskette
George Phillips
O. F. Cox
Lena
Haze
Edith Phillips
Pearl Copas
Harry Konk
Thelma Phillips
Texas Governor faces pressure on possible special session
A legislative caucus pressed for a special session to address a Texas political tangle before month’s end. Lanahm and Burkett resigned on the same day, and the governor has until Thursday to act or risk Speaker Lee Satterwhite suing for the call. If invoked, lawmakers would pay their own travel costs, and a quorum is doubtful. Governor Ferguson says no need for a special session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanahm
Judge urges broad probe of all officers in Tarvis County
Judge J Hamilton urged the Tarvis County Grand Jury to complete an all encompassing investigation covering every officer from the governor to the justice of the peace. He ordered the panel to take up unfinished business from the previous grand jury including the extensive two month inquiry into the State Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Justice of the Peace
J. Hamilton
Tarvis County
State Highway Department
Fire destroys Central State Normal School in Mount Pleasant
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the main building and library of Central State Normal School in Mount Pleasant Michigan. The blaze caused an estimated loss of 500000 dollars and left the campus with extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Mich
Central State Normal School
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Bluefield
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Warner Brothers
Dorothy Devore
Matt Moore
Pathe News
Roach
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