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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1925
Page
12
Readers are advised to include names, telephone numbers, and signatures for social news items such as visits departures and celebrations. The notice emphasizes clear contact details and proper submission formatting for accurate publication.
The Times Society Editor lists hours for reading items from 8 to 11 30 a m and 12 30 to 5 p m daily including weekends one from 1 to 9 p m News received after 1 p m is published the next day.
The issue weaves a translated 1900 declaration praising freedom with a long list of local society notes. It reports church auxiliary meetings, a U E S Social Club event, a Kingsport Cotillion at Hotel Borden, Baptist circles, and a flurry of marriage announcements, visits, births, illnesses, and travels among residents and out of town guests.
Mrs R Avnokd and Mr and Mrs H C Arn enjoyed Sunday with Mrs R Latéday and Miss Ole Coffmah. Walter Roller and Noah Barnes show gradual improvement. Chelsea Hilton plans a Christmas tree event at Harbours Chapel on Dec 24 inviting all to attend and bring gifts.
Senegal born boxer Battling Siki, famed light heavy weight champion who once defeated Georges Carpentier in Paris, was found dead on New York streets. His career included world titles and controversial charges, including a taxicab fare disputes and a felonious assault arrest. He served in World War I and fought across Europe before moving to the United States.
Bethel will skip the meeting on the third Sunday due to the quarterly gathering at Kendricks Creek. Mrs. John Roller is ill. Jessie Roller and two boys visited Mrs. Frank Bowery Saturday. E. J. Arnold called on Noah Barnes last week. Miss Fannie Fickle spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Roller. Georgie Arnold visited Miss Jannie Hilton. Mr. and Mrs. Hilton and family were at church Sunday night. Durhaws and Chelsea Hilton drove to Kingport Saturday.
Major General Coe testified in the Mitchell trial denying a quoted claim about 12 anti aircraft guns defending New York City. He described defense plans for the city including 260 three inch AA guns 528 anti aircraft machine guns one observation squadron one pursuit group and a balloon group with auxiliary troops.
The Rev Frank Daney aged 79 collapsed and died in the pulpit during his farewell sermon in the town church. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by his family and church officials.
The page prints numerous Christmas wish letters from children in Kingsport and West View Park dated December 1924 to 1926. Addressees request dolls, toy trains, scooters, gloves, puzzles, marbles, boxes of candy, fruit, and other gifts, often urging help for poorer children and noting school grades and addresses. Some letters mention specific names and streets. others reference teachers and schools in the area. The letters illustrate a community holiday appeal and include varied ages from toddlers to fourteen.
A fragment from a 1926 letter requests a gift list for a girl, asking for a toy car and a sealed box item, addressed to a person named Ganth Chhut at 66 1 Boone St and dated December 14 1926. The text is incomplete but conveys a simple holiday request.
An informal Christmas plea from William Houser of Kingsport Tennessee dated December 14 1925 asks for an automobile a doll candy oranges and nuts and asks to include his little brother with a kiddie car candy oranges nuts and grapes in the delivery.
Secretary Kellogg outlines a limited cooperation approach at Locarno, rejects European balance of power commitments, and defends debt settlements as fair. He opposes alien radicals, rejects free-speech guarantees for would‑be outsiders, and stresses control over information and migration.
The Wisconsin senator elect declares adherence to the progressive platform linked to Robert M. La Follette. He states he will follow the letter and spirit of the party's principles and accept committee assignments as announced by the committee.
Senator Edge argues the Volstead Act fails and 2.75 percent beer would be legal without conflicting with the 18th Amendment. He says enforcement is poor, violations rise, and legalizing a weaker beverage could make the act more honest and curb demand for stronger liquor.
The text describes a religious movement planning a modern second coming led by seven apostles with five more appointed in India. Publicity agents will promote the arrival of the "new Christ" as he travels the world delivering his message. Some theorists set the event for Christmas, others in five months.
The report accuses officers and soldiers of the Sixty Second Turkish Infantry of massacres. Assistants of General Laidoner among Spanish Italian and Estonian nationals noted in the border case. The league council decision follows official inquiries into the events at Mosul frontier.
Unrobed men said to be Ku Klux Klan members guard the Fort Pierce railroad station to prevent Alice Beatrice Rhinelander, a black bride of Leonard Kip Rhinelander, from stopping there. Night checks of four hotels and their registers were conducted as she purportedly traveled toward Florida.
Ridge Springs Arkansas December 15 AP reports Gerald Watson 46 president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Ridge Springs and Miss Louise Jones were killed when Southern passenger train number 8 struck and demolished the automobile they rode in.
Vienna police report Karl Boeran kept his wife in a cabin near Innsbruck without fuel, resulting in her death from exposure. Investigators await further charges as the case unfolds.
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