Kingsport Youth Sentenced to Nashville Industrial School
Fifteen year old Ray Tay Jones of Kingsport was sent to the State Industrial School in Nashville as an alternative to a reformatory sentence. Judge S A Mathews noted the boy’s delinquency and weak environment but chose a path that could make him an asset to the community. Sullivan County plans seven Kingsport youths for the school, with Ray the second, to be sent within ten days.
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Tay Jones
Kingsport
Nashville
S. A. Mathews
Ray
Schgal
Longest liquor transport sentence in Sullivan County history
Bruce Ghase received a four year penitentiary term in Sullivan County Circuit Court for transporting 16 gallons of whiskey. Sheriff Joe J. Thomas testified Chase asked for a light sentence claiming to have quit liquor. The case spanned most of the day with prosecution and defense presenting evidence before court adjourned for Christmas.
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Sullivan County
Bruce Ghase
Blountville
Cass
Sherif Joe J. Thomas
Thomas
Chase
Bluff City
Paul I. Divine
Dave Guinn
Johnson
City
J. R.worley
Kingsport
B. Lovette
Joe Guy
Albert Peters
Andy Rosenbaum
Real estate bargains in West View and nearby areas
Property listings show lots in West View Park at 100 dollars each and a new four room frame house for 3000 dollars. A six room brick house with furnace asks 5000 dollars. Oaks lots priced at 590 dollars each, two Charlemont lots at 1800 dollars each, and a Sevier Terrace lot at 759 dollars. John B. Mall.
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West View Park
the Oaks
Charlemont
Sevier Terrace
John B. Mall
Amundsen to Lecture at Capitol Johnson City Jan 9
Captain Roald Amundsen will lecture at Capitol Theatre in Johnson City on Saturday afternoon January 9. He will narrate the Arctic airship dash for the North Pole with colorful stereopticon pictures and tell of the perilous ascent from the polar sea after eight hours at sea.
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Roald Amundsen
Capitol Theatre
Johnson City
North Pole
Polar
Amundson
South Pole
Amundsen
Christiana University
Arctic
Fords Collide At Center And Dale Streets
Two Fords a roadster and a sedan collided at the corner of Center and Dale yesterday morning causing major damage to both vehicles. The roadster overturned but all occupants escaped injury. Names of the drivers could not be learned.
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Center and
Dale Streets
Christmas Shopping Peaks in Kingsport Amid Rain
Kingsport shoppers braved heavy rain to flood the business district with bundles and packages. Stores report dwindling stocks but expect near total depletion within days as hours extend and extra staff stay on to meet the Christmas demand.
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Kingsportr
Pantomime and Story Telling Classes Announced
School of Expression under Beatrice King Stodola offers children sessions Thursdays after noon and adults Tuesday evenings at the Community Y. Enroll now for new classes opening January 6 at Phoen 402.
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Beatrice King Stodola
Pheun
Man-Tiger Louis Phal, Battling Siki, Dies in New York
Long the boxing world called him Battling Siki, Louis Phal grew from a Senegalese child in Saint-Louis to a European boxing sensation who once defeated Carpentier. He died suddenly on Forty-Fourth Street in New York after a life marked by travel, war, and mythic fights.
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Norman E. Brown
Stark
St.Louis
Senegal
French Africa
Phat
Forty-Fourth Street
New York City
de Maupassant
Balzac
Louis Phal
Siki
George Carpentierv
Jack Dempsey
Europe
France
Acwell
Trench
Hig Seaport
Toulouse
Pha
Paris
Germany
Reitenstrater
Spalla
Italy
Carpentier
Siki and Carpentier Fight Sparks Global Fame
The report recalls Siki's furious sixth round assault on Carpentier, boosting the black boxer's world notoriety and earnings. It notes Siki's rumored whiskey habit, lavish lifestyle, and eventual tragic end after twenty eight years of rapid rise from van African village to international rings.
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Syas
San Down
Carpentier
Siki
Van
Previch
How to Live Long Hint From Greene Visitor Notes
Fragmentary local snippet mentions Mr R S Fields of Greene as a business visitor in Jonesboro discussing longevity tips. No clear events, dates, or actions are present in the readable text.
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Jonesboro
R.S. Fields
Greene
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Young Ray Jones
Matthews
Delin
J. City
Dale
Xmas Shopping
Fuller
Aya
SPOR
Vienna
Linz
Denau
Evanston
Twa
Orgar
Clinchfield
Illing
Gkodaks
Thermos
Waterman Fountain
Uipapettes
Clinchfield Drug. Co
Corner Market and
Broad Sts
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