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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
16
Local residents make holiday visits and travels
Morristown merchant C C Hale visited the city for business yesterday. Greeneville’s Eva Stokier will spend the holidays with relatives here. Blairsville couple W Cethran and children shopped in town. W E Morefield returned from a wedding trip to northern points. Margret Smith headed to Knoxville to share Christmas with her sister. Glenwater, previously a Lincoln school teacher, is noted in brief.
Rock Springs Community Notes Past Week Activities
Rev M N Davenport filled his appointment Sunday afternoon. Miss Sarah Hall visited Miss Zela Mate Hil. Prof LA Hodges spent Wednesday night with Mr and Mrs J H Hood. Mr and Mrs William Lady and Kinchelo Hale visited Andrew Lady. Luther Slaughter’s car burned last week. Kingsport visitors Mr and Mrs George Trevitt Jr called on Mrs Trevitt’s parents. Mrs Ray Gains returned to Johnson City after rheumatism. A community play at Rock Springs school auditorium is planned for Tuesday night Dec 22. Revival meeting at Pactolus attended by Rev and Mrs Davenport. Improvement Association met Wednesday night. School program and Christmas tree planned for Thursday Dec 24. Mrs Hannah Hite spent Wednesday with Mrs J H Hood. Mr and Mrs James Hugher and daughter with Will Davenport of Johnson City visited the Davenports Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. N. Davenport
Sarah Hall
Zela Mate Hil
LA. Hodges
J. H. Hood
William Lady
Kinchelo Hale and
Andrew Lady
Luther Slaughter
George Trevitt, Jr
Kingsport
Island Road Community Social and School News
ISLAND ROAD isdays report a quiet weekend with visits among neighbors. Families like Wash Fleenor, Jessie Holt, Carrie Jones and Ruby Wallace share time at various homes. The Gunnings school will dismiss December 13 for Christmas and Adams Chapel hosts a Christmas tree Thursday afternoon inviting all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wash Fleenor
Jessie Holt
Carrie
Mary Virginia Jones
Ruby Wallace
Sammie
Gergana Dixon
Cress
Reedy Creek
Perry Kidd
Blountville
Gunnings
Adams Chapel
Joe Crussel
Arch Kidd
Levers
Edith
Ruby Shipley
Joe Crussell
Weilace
Isha Keys
A. A. Kidders
Frank A Munsey Pioneer Publisher Who Built a Publishing Empire
Frank A Munsey rose from a broke telegraph operator in Maine to a leading publisher. He started with The Argosy, endured debt and failures, and built a vast empire by acquiring major papers like The Herald and The Sun, reshaping American publishing with relentless drive and bold moves.
Determined to Succeed Behind Munsey's Rise in Publishing
The text chronicles Frank Munsey's decade long struggle and debt before launching Munsey's Magazine and Argosy, then notes his acquisitions of The Scrap Book The Railroad Man's Magazine All Story Magazine The Ocean and related papers. It mentions his New York Washington Boston Philadelphia and Baltimore holdings and his unmarried life. It also touches on Ford's plane project with Stefansson Wilkins Bowman Smith and McCready, detailing invitees to assess feasibility for a polar flight from Point Barrow to Spitzbergen, a 1425 mile route with a polar segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certai
Frank Munsey
Argosy
Horatio Alger Jr
Frank Andrew Munsey
United States
New York Herald
New York Sun
Herald
Munsey
New York Press
James Gordon Bennett
The
Charles A. Dana
Sun
O the Herald
Evening Sun
Teh Sun
Althou
Mercer
Maine
Benes
Meeck
Butéon
Angustia
Res
New York
Fannie
Rene
Little Life
York
T- O
Nebraska
Munsey’s Weekly
Munsey’s
Great News Distributing Company
Ford
Stefansson
Wilkins
Isa
McCready
Oakley G. Kelly
Lieu
Baltimore
Point Barrow
Globe
Spitzbergen
Non-Stop Flight Over North Ole Prospects Next Spring
A brief note reports a plan for a non-stop flight over North Ole with prospects for next spring. The item mentions ongoing development and anticipated timing without detailing participants or exact routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Ole
Ford Backing Possible North Pole Nonstop Flight
Reports say a nonstop flight across the North Pole may be backed by Henry Ford. McCook Field officials in Dayton confirm invites to two top pilots for a Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen route, but Ford executives deny involvement and say the proposal is one of many under consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
New York
North Pole
Henry Ford
McCook Field
Dayton
Ohio
Point
Barrow
Alaska
British Officials Deny Rubber Price Manipulation
British officials deny government involvement in rubber price tinkering. The article notes market watchers see supply and demand as determiners, questions whether Parliament will address alleged U S claims of British price control before Christmas recess or wait until February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parliament
Hull
Tennessee
Great Britain
Tilson
Congress
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Glenwater
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James Hugher
Will Davenport
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