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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1925
Page
12
Notice lists subscription terms and rates, urges advance payment, and notes Kingsport Tennessee postmark. It invites reader correspondence signed with full names, offering name withholding on request.
A notice declares the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to news dispatches and local news in this paper. It also reserves republication rights for special dispatches and states those rights apply to credit to AP or not.
A critique contrasts destructive criticism with constructive guidance, arguing Nordau and Ingersoll fail to offer viable replacements. It questions whether tearing down institutions without alternatives improves happiness or moral order, citing marriage, religion, economy, and political chaos as outcomes.
Secretary of Labor Davis notes in his annual report that many industries have expanded beyond national demand. Factories run on part time to avoid oversupply, leaving workers unemployed for long periods due to market gluts.
An analysis argues government or worker committees could worsen production gaps. It notes that current profits influence equipment spending, yet overproduction harms results. Volatile consumer demand drives “jerks” in output. Producers should run plants regularly to match predictable market needs and avoid idle capacity.
Anthracite coal prices are offered with expanded steel output forecast for Jersey City at 12 dollars per ton for January, signaling increased supply and market activity in the port area.
A humorous column mocks radio voice advertising for a vacuum cleaner and its odd uses. It spoofingly recalls prize letters, quips about wives, corks, currency, and dandruff cures, and ends with a light obituary omen and a playful notice about Oswald Quentin Shaggs.
The day's feature shows the first banquet picture with visiting teams hosted by local alumni. The menu included fried chicken corn on the cob mashed potatoes and assorted pies. Milton Coney a local real estate figure jokes about luxury taxes on bachelors if the government pushes taxes.
A whimsical archaic scene unfolds at breakfast as a wife reads public prints and breaks into loud caterwauling. The speaker laments a long nine year span since wedding day and mocks the slow passage of years in a languid, humorous tone.
In the Rhinelander case a quoted speaker asks Wearie for a birth certificate before proceeding with a ceremony. The exchange highlights procedural demands tied to the ongoing legal matter and identity verification.
Oscar B. McLamplight, renowned mineral engineering authority, arrived from Washington D. C. and warned that ongoing Mitchell and Shenandoah inquiries could exhaust the nation's supply of whitewash lime. He urged swift action to avert a shortage looming from the investigations.
No candidate has stepped forward to join the Grammar School board. Supporters of Warren Bingham, the retiring member, may be prompted to nominate him again by default due to a lack of stronger material.
A diagram showing the dollar’s buying power growth since last year underpins Coach Jones’s baffling new play for this season. Copies of the chart are available from the Department of Agriculture.
A collection of observations and anecdotes critiques how Washington is invoked in rhetoric, warning against overuse of his legacy to moralize or flatter a tale. The piece cites varied sources, arguing America’s spirit is not militarist and should not be reduced to a single emblem.
The Springfield Republican argues that appeasement benefits the College administration and that Senator Butler hesitates to back conciliatory methods. It condemns rigid exclusion as political nonsense and notes its failure in Wisconsin's senatorial primary. It also says Senator Edge has weakened.
A western Democrat predicts the party will not hold another national convention in New York. He notes New York may reject another convention like last year's and hints Madison Square Garden is being torn down to deter such an event.
An Ohio perspective wonders if President Coolidge would tell Secretary Wilbur when the moment arises about an engaging subject. The note references the French cabinet having resigned, as cited from the Ohio State Journal.
The Washington church conference protests a militaristic program in the United States. It notes military training in land grant colleges ROTC programs and military schools. It argues war readiness in 1917 showed officers drawn from trained civilians were ill prepared yet the best available.
Dialogue from a Brockton Call fragment shows Mose and Rastus arguing about time and a wife’s fate. Mose says three weeks. Rastus asks if that is enough to kill his wife. Dentey’s sentence looms as a threat.
An excerpt from Black and Blue Jay features a playful exchange where a speaker asks if the bath is warm and the reply asserts it is the warmest ever. The line showcases period voice and humor.
A Brown Jug verse asks which is more useful the sun or the moon. It answers that the moon shines at night when light is needed, while the sun shines by day when light is of little consequence.
A neighbor discovers Amanda Joskin fanning her husband as he lies on a bed. She lig at whispers that he needs exercise and jokes about his rest and “walking in his sleep” while a Legion Weekly tone adds racial caricature.
A clipped exchange quotes a pair in dialogue about age and delay. The line "'How old are you, dearest?' 'Just turned 27.' 'Really? What detained you, darling'." reflects a wry, urban tone characteristic of the era’s social banter in London opinion columns.
A London Mail snippet quotes a dramatic exchange about love, with the line he proclaims “his love for me is as deep as the ocean” and a teasing reply about its extent, reflecting society’s romantic tone of the era.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes a remark about a woman described as a siren for a car. The quirky line reflects a period voice and social tone, highlighting a provocative metaphor within a broader city newspaper context.
Chicago plans a centennial celebration in 1934 featuring a world’s fair. Officials announce ambitious exhibits and cultural events to honor the city’s founding and growth. The event aims to attract international visitors and showcase municipal progress.
A Pittsburgh man died by his own hand after failing to beat his wife at checkers. The article notes farmland acreage in New Jersey shrank by 35 percent during the same 25 year span.
At the Dunham laboratory Yale students staged a quirky demonstration during an electrical exhibition. Meanwhile the University of Amsterdam plans to examine 8 000 persons to solve the mystery of the common cold.
Some members of the farm bloc in congress do not believe the president's farm relief program goes far enough. The report notes internal dissent and calls for reconsideration of the relief measures amid ongoing policy debate.
An armored money car lost a wheel in a Boston street as 12 guards stood watch while payrolls were transferred to another vehicle.
Corn beef and cabbage buyers face higher costs as cabbage crops come in late. Prices are about twice those of last year, signaling tighter food supplies and inflationary pressure for households relying on traditional St Patrick’s Day meals.
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