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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1925
Page
12
The Times Society Editor invites readers to mail postal cards with social news such as visiting friends leaving or returning home and other notices. Include name and address and signatures. Submissions are accepted weekdays 8 to 11 30 am and 12 30 to 5 pm, Saturdays 1 to 9 pm, with late items published next day.
In Rogersville a dance drew locals including Bob Dodd and Roy Rector among others. An Evening Party at Mrs George Earls featured cards, refreshments and a group of young guests. Local greetings include visits from Nell Marie Edwards and Hattie Helen and Louise Henry, with relocations and a new baby girl announced for L H Kidd and wife in Kingsport.
A string of city visitors and guests is listed. Names include Mr T H Pectol and Miss Billie Remine from Whitesburg, Mr Ray Barger in Johnson City, Mrs Connley Addington of Dun gannon, Va., and several others visiting relatives, attending events, or staying with local residents.
We thank our friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and daughter. Special thanks for the many beautiful floral offerings. W. M. Yates, Mr. and Mrs. W. M Jackson.
Social notes recount gatherings and visits among residents and families. Numerous names including Huddle, Walton, Hayes, Cox, Moody, Fisher, Baker, Shipley, Ketron, Dickson, Weaver, Durham, Roberson, Joslin, Fincher and others appear with Christmas and weekend visit details across local households and towns.
A large crowd joined the Christ mas exercise and Christmas tree display in Allegheny on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Eppie Haws, teaching at Walnut North Carolina, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haws for the holidays. Miss Tivis Gibson of Jonesboro spent Christmas with family. Mr. and Mrs. John Good celebrate the birth of a baby boy. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Steadman and…
Persistent coughs and colds signal danger, with Creomulsion promoted as a two fold remedy. The ad claims creosote soothes inflamed membranes, inhibits germ growth, and boosts recovery in bronchial issues, promising satisfaction or refund if relief isn’t found after following directions.
Mr and Mrs J A Ratliff and guests spent Monday with J W Fulkersons. Ratliffs visited Horse Creek relatives. Devaults with Kingsport kin. Carrie Childress ill. Chelsea Hilton at Harbors Chapel holidays. Lena Mae Fulkerson visited Carrie Christmas day and Chelsea Hilton's home folks. Hilton holiday visit and Chapel entertainment noted. Ratliffs and Devaults in Highland Park. Bob Pearler improving.
Auction style brief notes: lots in West View Park offered at 100 dollars and up, new six room frame house priced at 3000 dollars, six room brick house with furnace at 5000 dollars, good lots in The Oaks at 500 dollars, two Charlemont lots at 1850 dollars each, a Sevier Terrace lot for 750 dollars. John B. Nall appears as the contact.
Madison Wis Dec 31 AP A Wisconsin forest products lab reports success in making newsprint from eucalyptus wood grown in Sao Paulo Brazil The small roll passed a local press showing good printability and strength University observers say it could halve current newsprint costs and boost Brazilian paper prominence Eucalyptus suitable for California New Mexico Arizona and Florida as well.
Three Ford-Stout all-metal passenger planes en route to Florida sustained serious damage at Blackwood Field in Nashville at 10:15. Pilot Lee Schoenhaer lost control during takeoff in the Miss Fort Myers, which then struck unoccupied ground aircraft Miss Tampa and Miss Miami. No injuries were reported among occupants, and the St. Petersburg suffered no damage. The three planes to be repaired in Nashville with parts expedited from Detroit.
Lorenz Bye III, noted as an eccentric recluse who never visits the boardwalk, now faces stomach cancer. The Atlantic City figure, famed for hosting a table fit for a king, contends with a serious illness while maintaining his peculiar lifestyle.
Lena Fahlstead a scrub woman aged 72 in Galesburg died. Born in Sweden she joined Knox College conservatory circles and played melodies at concerts though failing to gain lasting fame. She attended concerts in a shawl and was known for her remarkable musical memory.
Secretary Jardine has called a conference in Washington for January 12 to discuss the agricultural surplus question. It will be the first in a series of conferences planned by the secretary on this topic.
Hassan El Kharrat the Druse rebel who directed men to confront M. de Jouvena the French high commissioner died in a battle outside Damascus. The report notes his leadership role and his death amid fighting near the city.
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