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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
3
Crowds fill Main Broad Shelby Market and nearby stores as last minute shoppers flood Kingsport ahead of Christmas. Merchants report busier season than ever with plans for charity drives and Santas visit across the city weather promising mild temps and a pleasant night.
Remodeling of the city hall is underway to create larger quarters for the waterworks division moving into the building at year start. Changes include reorganization of the city judge and police headquarters, with plans to move to the building’s west side, though no final announcements will be made until work finishes.
The Times misinformed yesterday about a Bristol highway accident involving Mrs B Neal Sullivan. Mrs Sullivan and her husband were not harmed, and contrary reports that her car was wrecked are false. they were in Kingsport at the time and helped Mr Mahady after a brake skid before continuing their journey.
New York December 24 AP The Christmas spirit lifted markets as high grade rails and industrials lead gains American Can surged nearly 14 points to a record 296 with railroad stocks posting new highs on favorable November earnings and merger rumors California and Mid-Continent properties fueled oil shares while American Smelting and General Electric advanced. Total volume around 2.6 million shares.
Kingsport city officers annouce a 35 cent per hundred tax cut to a total rate of 2.40 per hundred. The board adjourned after meeting at noon with real and personal property valued at 7,815,658 dollars. The waterworks ordinance received second reading and awaits final action at the next session. City offices declare a full holiday tomorrow.
Cairo reports an armistice signed between Druze tribesmen and the French high commission in Syria. Paris confirms all prisoners held on political charges by French authorities in Syria are to be released. Descriptions reference Henry D. Jouvenal and Havas reporting.
In Clarksdale Mississippi on a December Tuesday, four indictments were returned by the Coahoma County grand jury before noon. The cases concern the Saturday night lynching of Lindsey Coleman. indictments name multiple men, but officials withheld the actual names and charges pending warrants and arrests. One indictment reportedly includes four names and another covers three.
Mrs Min Infe J Grinstead, who seconded Cavin Coolidge at the Republican Nation convention in Cleveland, dies in Liberal Kansas after a brief illness. She was the first woman elected to the Kansas legislature. Bank in Caldwell Idaho fails as stockholders miss 100 percent assessment due to losses from real estate loans and frozen paper.
An OCR fragment discusses Vastay Vorovsky and a Conradi case evolving toward trial and condemnation amid Bolshevik concerns. It references the Geneva State Council and a fetter to federal actions, alongside a separate market snippet for cash grain with Wheat and Corn quotes and futures bids from St Louis.
In Okmulgee Oklahoma a deadly hotel blaze killed three people including two children. The fire gutted the three story building while residents evacuated and investigators began work to determine the cause.
A New York man shot and killed his young daughter, a World War II veteran, after placing a Christmas gift he had prepared for her. The suspect used a revolver and is in custody as investigators review the scene and motive.
In a discussion cited by Harold Faulkner and Paulker, the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times notes how New York Herald articles discuss English nobility migrating to Virginia and setting social hierarchies. The piece reflects on fiction shaping young and older Americans.
New York futures opened with antec figures showing July at 17.97 and 10 /18.00 as traders tracked early activity. The terse notes reflect tentative pricing amid a cautious trading environment.
Flour prices rose sharply as mills quoted barrel flour up 40 to 45 cents and family point flour up to $9.80 when sold in car lots. Chicago grain markets followed with No 1 hard wheat around 180 and corn around 72. Prices reflect yesterday's wheat advance and broader market moves.
Chicago police report a December 24 spree with over fifty robberies in 24 hours ending early today. All thieves escaped and one is believed wounded after a shooting incident.
New York Dec 24 AP Coincident with a proposal to increase its authorized common stock from 60,000,000 to 100,000,000 the S Kresge Company today announced it would split its present shares on a ten for one basis.
Washington December 24 Howard Sutherland former senator from West Virginia was appointed today to be alien property custodian confirming a major executive appointment in wartime policy duties and marking a shift in asset control during the period.
General Li Ching Ling was defeated by Marshal Feng Yo-Heiang near Nanking. He reportedly fled to the Japanese concession with his staff seeking refuge.
New York call money edged higher with rates shown at 6 percent for high bids and 3 1/2 to 4 percent for offered levels. Short term loans remained active with time loan expectations around 80 to 90 days and prime papers quoted near 4 1/4 to 5 percent amid market volatility.
Milwaukee dispatch reports two youths aged 21 and 19, John Zembroski and Frank Holosu, arrested after confessing to robbing a saloon named Gill's. They allegedly held about a dozen patrons at bay and fled with cash and checks. Police say the suspects planned the crime and were in custody after surrendering details of the robbery.
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