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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1925
Page
9
Tennessee 1926 automobile license tags are now on sale at W. P. Flora’s office. The new tags feature a dual design with Front and Rear printed to deter removal by thieves. Prices stay the same as last year with city tags expected early. over two thousand licenses anticipated.
As Christmas nears, college students who left the city for school have begun arriving home to celebrate Yuletide with families. Many familiar faces appear in the streets and local hangouts as they reconnect with friends before returning to campus after the holidays.
Blountville high school students perform the comedy Patty Makes Things Hum in three acts at 7:30 P M Wednesday in the school auditorium. Cast includes Leland Holt as Captain Braithwaite and Margaret Cox as Patience Little with Stella Blevins and Florence Hart among the players. Place is a suburban town. acts cover Mrs Greens living room and a garden scene.
Rain drenched streets led to multiple city accidents. Five mishaps were reported with a Ford coupe skidding at Main and Broad causing minor damage, another coupe overturning at Dale and Center with all four wheels wrecked but no injuries. A wreck on the Bristol highway was mentioned with few details. Numerous other minor crashes followed in the city.
Connemara faces a perilous break in as Sweetie and Doc plot a swift exit with a plan to raid the house. Dee, the Swede, and the others loom in the shadows while Sweetie displays a mix of tenderness and ruthlessness in a tense confrontation.
Theosophists say a woman may marry any man she wants if she holds a definite mental image of him. A clear, actual image of the man is necessary, including specifics like eye color and hair, with firm decision about the match.
There are at least two men named Ray Jones in Kingsport. One was in juvenile court before Judge S. A. Matthews on Friday and ordered sent to the State Industrial School. The other Ray Jones, known as Red, works at a local soft drink stand and has faced persistent questioning.
A discussion urges girls to balance personal ambition with home life, praising the wish for marriage as a worthy aim. The text argues teachers should support girls pursuing their own interests while encouraging devotion to family.
Fragmentary OCR text references seeking to image a home and husband and mentions natural law, with illegible phrases and unclear meaning. The scant readable words suggest a discussion of private matters and legal concepts but no concrete events or names are identifiable.
Funeral services for Dora Elizabeth Moody were held yesterday at Cook's Valley with burial in Thomas cemetery. The 42 year old widow, mother of three, survived by her parents and several siblings, had recently moved from Cook's Valley to Johnson City. The Moody family had resided in Johnson City for several years.
Property listings show several parcels and houses for sale including lots in West View Park priced at 100 dollars, six room frame house at 3000 dollars, six room brick house with furnace at 5000 dollars, Good lots in The Oaks at 500 dollars, two Char Lemont lots at 1800 dollars each, and a lot in Sevier Terrace at 750 dollars. Listed by John B. Nall.
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