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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1925
Page
12
A call for readers to send social updates by postal card or phone. Include details of visits, travel plans, social events, and contact information for publication. Sign full name and address or provide a phone number for verification.
The column notes the Times Society Editor will be on duty from 8:00 to 11:30 a m and 12:30 to 5:00 p m daily except weekends, with Saturday hours 1:00 to 9:00 p m News received after 1:00 p m will be published the next day.
Mrs N S Sensabaugh and Rev G Ketron wed at Rev Woodyard home on Christmas Eve in a small gathering. Gladys Cundiff married Bernard C Stafford in Bristol with Rev Hasselander officiating. Joseph Brosch and Miss Oga Engel married in New York with plans for a Bahamas Cuba cruise then longview home. Brothers, sisters and local friends congratulate newlyweds in Kingsport pages.
Mr. Bill Hickey of Johnson City spent the day here yesterday. Mr. Ed McKinney is visiting home folks in Appalachia, Va., today. Mr. Harvey Brooks spent the weekend in Johnson City with friends. Mr. George Quillen of Appalachia, Va., was a visitor here vo try.
The piece describes fur trim coats worn at Longchamp Paris races with velvet and fur cuffs, plus waisted topcoats favored in England for sports events. It notes tab collars and tabs at sleeves for wind protection, and lists pelts like caracal and fox. Personal notices mention several visitors and residents in Johnson City, Bristol, Gate City, Dungannon, and nearby areas after holidays.
The article notes Dr. Dubois hidden discoveries and a Princeton reevaluation of a skull cast linking pithecanthropus to a very low grade human. It covers Dr. J W M Bunker’s new beef based powdered food at Boston tech labs, its protein value, cost and uses in diet tanning and industry. It also reports Dr Herbert J Spinden of Harvard solving the Mayan calendar timecount by aligning Venus positions in antiquity with leap year adjustments.
Interruption of holiday delays bond activity as financing shifts toward industrial loans. Separate bond issues may arise linked to Tobacco monopoly efforts backed by strong banking interests. Poland considers a new loan tied to its tobacco industry. Convertible bonds perform best amid rising stock prices, with railroads and oil firms notable due to earnings and merger trends. Guaranty Trust notes demand tied to borrowing firms earnings improving through the year.
Mr. Bill Bond is the guest of his parents in Appalachia Virginia today. Mr. Paul Hendrickson spent the weekend at his Elizabethton home. Mr. Ray Walker of Johnson City visited here yesterday. Misses Hattie Louise and Helen Henry are visiting relatives in Bluff City. Miss Effie Wallen of Rogersville guests her sister Mrs. R H Williams. Rev C El Clark of Chatham Hill Virginia visited relatives here Saturday. Mr and Mrs C C White and Mr Earl Henry were in Bluff City yesterday visiting. visitors are spending the day in Johnson City today visiting relatives and friends.
A Guaranty Trust Company survey shows year end business more active than 1924 but not sharply higher. After spring summer recessions, industrial output recovered in the last months, leaving most sectors near healthier levels and forecasting continued gains into 1926.
A tribute prepared for Woodrow Wilson's birthday on December 28 honors his eight years as president. It highlights five key deeds from the Federal Reserve Act to uniting the nation, selecting capable officers, clear war aims, and pursuing lasting peace through organized major force.
Coldest reading was six below in Louisville Kentucky while New Orleans registered 30 degrees and Atlanta 5 at the same hour. Unofficial temperatures at 1 this morning include Birmingham 54 Chattanooga 8 Knoxville 8 Louisville 6 below Memphis 12 Mobile 24 Nashville 4 New Orleans 30 Atlanta 10 Richmond 10 Bristol Va 0 Columbia S C 18 Macon 17 Augusta 22 Columbus 22 Jacksonville 85 Miami 34 Asheville 2 Greensboro 10 Raleigh 14 Winston Salem 8.
Baltimore reports four deaths from the cold spell with one due to freezing and three from asphyxiation. Fred E. Berg, a Baltimore & Ohio Railroad truckman, found unconscious at Locust Point. Bernard Brophy, William T. Reilly, and Willard Glassman died from gas in rooms lightly closed against the cold. The city logged forty three fire alarms in thirty hours, a new record.
Frankfort Kentucky features two death penalties hanging for crimes against women and electrocution for murder. The 1920 legislature approved hanging law. A Lexington hanging recently was the first under it, which revived the gallows and deterred unlawful acts, according to Clerk Goodman of the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
Persistent coughs and colds lead to serious trouble. Creomulsion, a new medical discovery, soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germ growth. Creosote is noted by authorities as a major healing agent for lingering throat troubles.
Four men were injured today when an acetylene gas tank exploded aboard the U S Florida in dry dock at Charleston Navy Yard. The blast dislodged pipes, caused a fire, and left one man with a ruptured eardrum while others sustained burns to hands and face. The largest fragment flew the ship length, with another piece hitting a deck officer aboard a destroyer. Plymouth Vermont note: Colonel John Coolidge, father of the president, confined to bed due to poor circulation affecting his right leg though not seriously ill.
A Springfield AP report details a fatal house fire near Cabool that killed George Brown, 47, and three of his sons Carl 24 Edwin 12 and Marlow 9. The blaze destroyed the family home yesterday in Missouri.
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