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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1925
Page
12
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A period piece combines Florence Chase Haight poem The NeedY Ones with holiday notices and family milestones. Birth announcements include Janice Virginia Neims born December 23, 1925 in Sullivan Street. Weddings report Ida Lochiel Strickler Buckner engagement for December 17, 1925. Various holiday visits and travel plans note Greeneville to Appalachia, Christmas gatherings in Tennessee and Virginia, with local residents and families cited.
Numerous visitors arrived and stayed for Christmas and the holidays. Names include A J Higgins of Johnson City P P Moore of Atlanta Dorton Howard of Norristown and others visiting relatives or spending Christmas in nearby towns and districts.
Rev Davenport preached a fine sermon at Harbours Sunday night. Christmas tree and entertainment planned for Thursday night December 24. Numerous locals visited town for Christmas shopping Saturday. Family and guest visits noted including Miss Ocie Harkleroad’s passing and numerous calls at J L Light and Moody households.
Glenwood residents announce a Thursday night Christmas tree and entertainment at Harbour's Chapel. Week-long visit by Mrs. W J DeVault ends with return to Kingsport. Local families visit and share meals, including Mrs Tennessee DeVault and children with the DeVault and Ratliff households.
Local notes recount Sunday gatherings at Mountain View with multiple families visiting. Dora Moody dies in Johnson City and is buried in Thomas cemetery after a large funeral crowd. Senate passes aeronautics measure. tax bill and world court adherence loom. disarmament questions advance in both houses.
General Butler is fired as Philadelphia safety chief after a letter from Mayor instructs him to surrender duties. He reads the order with irony, declares himself free, and plans to return home in a Marine Corps car. Elliott to assume interim duties. officers bid farewell.
The publisher Frank A. Munsey died at 71 from appendicitis complications after a lengthy illness. He left his large estate to friends, employees, institutions, and relatives, with only an older sister in Florida as a surviving kin. Funeral services will be at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Munsey led the Frank A. Munsey Company, capitalized at $10 million, and served as its president.
Leeds England Sir Berkeley Moynihan the surgeon accepts a challenge to a swimming race against Rev B O F Heywood the vicar of Leeds. The event pits medical and clerical figures in a publicized athletic contest with local interest.
Mr Andrews urged agents to use undercover probes to curb bootlegging but warned against entrapment defenses and reckless spending. He favored careful disclosure of liquor sources in the Mayflower case, noting two hotel employees were later acquitted.
Four murders and a death by own action marked a pre Christmas gang feud wave in Chicago. Police investigated killings tied to liquor faction feuds. Victims included Joseph Brooks, a soft drink parlor owner and alleged dynamiter, and Edward Barmening, a county policeman. A sedan found with three bullet riddled corpses in a south side park. two retired policemen quarreled in a downtown lobby, one killed the other, then killed himself.
Chicago dispatch reports wheat rising 9 12 cents per bushel amid bullish government crop data showing reduced carryover and expected Canadian imports despite duties. Corn and oats moved differently as markets priced in seasonal and sector-specific factors with provisions edging higher modestly.
Leo Real, 23, a drug clerk on his first day at a local drug store, was shot to death during a crossfire between two armed robbers and the store owner. Authorities described the incident as a violent robbery gone tragically wrong.
An advertisement urging readers to apply a new Melloglo Beauty Cream nightly to nourish purify and fade imperfections for a smooth childlike complexion. Sold by Holston Drug Company.
Congress ends a busy session with a recess. The lower chamber debated prohibition at length, with the drys prevailing in the only vote on the topic. The record notes inquiries into alleged manipulation of crude rubber prices by the English colonial government and monopolies of other commodities.
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