Prominent Young Farmer Shot by Tenant Near Kingsport
Robert Kyle 37, a leading local farmer, was killed Friday afternoon when tenant John Lemons shot him at Lemons home on the Gate City road. Kyle died Sunday morning at River View Hospital after four bullets struck him. Lemons surrendered to Officer Leedy and faces first degree murder charges. Kyle’s death-bed statements and alleged motives center the ensuing hearings.
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Robert Kyle
John Lemons
Kingsport
New Gate City Road
Kyle
River View Hospital
Lemons
Wm. Leedy
Blountville
E. D. Smith
Leedy
Broad Street
Main
Bob Kyle
C. T. Herndon
Worley and McAmis
Dave Overbey
Dave Kyle
Lemon
Robert King
First Presbyterian Church
New City Cemetery
Times Subscribers Urged to Report Missed Deliveries in Kingsport
The Times requests readers in Kingsport notify the office about missed deliveries to ensure every household within city limits receives the paper. The office covers six city routes and will trace trouble. new subscriptions start with the next issue. Call 136.
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The
Times
Kingsport
Chattanooga Leads All Legion Posts in State Membership
Chattanooga posts lead the Tennessee American Legion with 731 members followed by Memphis at 709 and Knoxville 450. June membership rose by 699, with Memphis contributing 243 and Chattanooga 250. Other totals include Nashville 243, Jackson 254, Johnson City 323, and Murfreesboro 133.
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Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Memphis
Guy H. May
State Legion
May
State Veterans Bureau
State Capitol
Knoxville
Chattanooga Post
Memphis Post
Jackson
Johnson City
Lexington
Murfreesboro
South Pittsburg
Cookeville
Clarksville
Paris
Tullahoma
Kingsport
Enormous Increase Shown In Accidents
Tennessee industrial accidents rose 18 percent in the year ending June 30 1923 from the previous year. Harry L. Nelson, head of the Division of Workmen's Compensation, states total accidents climbed from 18 624 in 1922 to 21 927 in 1923, with 72 fatal cases reported.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tobacco as a native American plant and global impact
Knoxville speaker Fred Armitage presents a Rotary Club review tracing tobacco from prehistoric American cultivation to Columbus 1492 discovery, its growth as a major export, U.S. production in 1922, and five product types. It notes international imports and government revenue from tobacco processing.
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Associated Press
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
American
Columbus
America
Fred Armitage
Rotary Club
Greeneville
Spain
England
Virginia
United States
Russia
Japan
China
Turkey
Italy
Infant Blindness Preventable By Eye Treatment At Birth
Health officials report infant blindness is preventable by treating a newborn's eyes within one hour of birth using a fifteen percent silver nitrate solution. Chapter 52 of House Bill 366 makes this prophylaxis mandatory and assigns a misdemeanor charge for noncompliance. Statistics show birth infections account for about half of blindness, with thousands of blind adults and children in Tennessee and nationwide and high costs for education and rehabilitation.
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Nashville
Tenn
Crittenden
Tennessees
United States
Ohio
Dinner lasting three days marks royal nuptials
A public dinner spanning three days is planned after the wedding of the Prince Regent and Princess Nagako in the fall. About three thousand government officials and the diplomatic corps will be invited. The Empress, the Prince Regent, Princess Nagako as Crown Princess, and other royal family members will attend at set times.
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Tokio
Nagako
Farmer-Laborite Elected U.S. Senator in Minnesota
Final statewide returns show St. Paul Johnson winning the Minnesota Senate race as a Farmer-Labor candidate with a 53 000 vote edge after all counties reported. The result confirms a sweep for the party across the state.
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St. Paul
Magnus Johnson Wins Minnesota U S Senate Seat
Magnus Johnson, a farmer labor candidate and follower of Robert M. La Follette, was elected United States Senator from Minnesota succeeding the late Knute Nelson. In balloting with 1,814 of 3,215 precincts reported unofficially, Johnson led Press 28,561 with James A. Worley at about 14,000 votes. Johnson totaled 176 314.
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St. Paul
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Labor
United States
Senator Press
James A. Worley
Johnson
Minn
Kimball
Minnesota
Knute Nelson
Robert M. la Follette
Johnson elected U S Senator from Minnesota
Governor Preus conceded Magnus Johnson of the Farmer Labor party won the Minnesota Senate race after early returns showed Johnson leading 107 973 to 89 499 for Preus and 8 375 for Carley with 1 110 precincts reporting in 70 of 87 counties. Projected plurality could exceed 49 000 if the trend holds.
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St. Paul
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Laborite
Minnesota
J. A. O. Preus
Associated Press
Preus
Johnson
Press
James A. Carley
Minnesota Special State Senatorial Election Draws Big Turnout
Interest surged in the final hours as unofficial returns suggested turnout surpassing expectations. More than 500000 Minnesotans reportedly cast ballots in the special Senate race, with Governor J A Preus Magnus Johnson and James Carley voting early in their home precincts.
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St. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
J. A. Preus
Magnus Johnson
Farmer-Laborite
LaFollette
James Carley
Brazilian Doctor Pleased With U S Rural Health Efforts
Dr Jorge Fragoso, state health officer of S Paulo, Brazil, visiting Nashville to study rural sanitation in the United States, praised the South for its health system. He met Dr E L Bishop, Tennessee State Director of Rural Sanitation, and plans to visit multiple U S health centers during his study tour.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Jorge Fragoso
S. Paulo
Brazil
United States
Southland
Fragoso
E. L. Bishop
Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Public Health and Hygiene
Baltimore
Bishop
Tennessee
Farm Bureau to Utilities Program
Nashville Tennessee The annual conference of the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation meets at the State Capitol July 16 17 to set the work program for commodity marketing including strawberries The division of Extension and Farm Bureau will organize marketing sections under the new cooperative marketing act Cotton growers have organized into the Tennessee Cotton Growers Association Strawberries sweet potatoes and wool are planned as emphasis More than 3000 carloads of strawberries are shipped annually Delegations from each county will attend with membership signup day The program includes a permanent publicity department headed by R B Young and an organization department J Frank Porter may be re elected president on day two Various specialists will speak.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation
State Capitol
Ralph J. Morgan
Division of Extension
University of Tennessee
Farm Bureau
Morgan
Tennessee Cotton Growers Association
R. B. Young
Somerville
J. Frank Porter
Williamsport
Tennessee Guard Secures Equipment and Funds
Nashville report states Adjutant General William C. Boyd secured federal recognition for most officers, tourist sleepers for Middle and West Tennessee troops, a $20,000 rise in Camp Sevier funding, 62 horses assigned to Tennessee Cavalry, and $2000 wired to the Fourth Corps Area for emergency requisitions.
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Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
William C. Boyd
Washington
Tennessee National Guard
Militia Bureau
State Guard
Middle
West Tennessee
Camp Sevier
Tennessee
Fourth Corps
Italians Heading to Mexico for Settlement
Italian emigrants are expected in large numbers in Mexico and likely to settle in Tamaulipas Jalisco Tabasco and Nuevo Leon. Arrangements for colonization have been made by agents of the Italian emigration service in Washington. The first batch may total 600.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Jalisco
Tabasco
Nuevo Leon
Italian Emigration Service
Washington
Walnut Shells Turned Into Charcoal
Walnut shells once treated as waste are now processed into charcoal, marking a shift in waste utilization and creating a new product from a common agricultural byproduct.
Johnsons election trims Senate GOP edge to five
The Minnesota win by Magnus Johnson reduces the Republican Senate margin to five with 50 Republicans, 43 Democrats, and 2 Farmer-Laborites plus a Vermont vacancy likely GOP. Leaders warn maintaining party discipline for administration measures will be difficult.
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Washington, D. C
Magnus Johnson
Minnesota
Senate
Vermont
Liquor Seized in Lakewood New Jersey Resort Raids
Prohibition agents seized liquors valued at 300000 in Lakewood New Jersey resorts. Sixty cases were found at Hotel Marion and seventy five cases hid behind wall panels at Bartlett Inn. No arrests were reported as the loot was confiscated.
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Lakewood
N. J
Hotel Marion
Bartlett Inn
McAdoo Testifies in Morse Warship Contract Trial
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo testified as counsel for the Virginia Shipbuilding Co in the Charles W Morse fraud trial. He said his firm earned a $50,000 fee and about $33,000 in commissions from the Morses and held $83,000 in notes for services. He stressed no stock ownership and denied government fraud attempts.
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Washington
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Wilson
Charles W. Morse
Virginia Shipbuilding Company
Morse
Emergency Fleet Corporation
McAdoo
Morses
Morse Company
Shipping Board
Pershing urges girls to demand volunteer soldier husbands
General Pershing told National Guard men at Mount Gretna Pennsylvania that he hopes the day will come when every American will want a volunteer husband. He said he would speak to American girls to advance this aim.
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Pershing
Mount Gretna
National Guard
Woman Claims Abduction Torture In Tulsa Sapulpa Case
A Tulsa woman identified as Mrs. George Atropol told police she was kidnapped by four men and women in Tulsa, was tortured with acid on arms and body to obtain oil transaction details in Sapulpa, and later abandoned in Okmulgee after being brought by train.
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Okmulgee
Okla
George Atropol
Tulsa
Sapulpa
Convict Sent Home Until Jail Has a Vacant Cell
Bill Skinner, jailed after pleading guilty to violating prohibition laws, was sent home in Ponca City Oklahoma because there was no room in the county jail. He will begin serving his sentence once a cell becomes vacant.
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Ponca City
Okla
Bill Skinner
Skinner
Best Camembert Made From Norman Dairy Cattle Milk
The finest camembert comes from Norman dairy cattle milk raised in open air at night.
Ramona Flores dies from 1913 battle wounds in Mexico City
Ramona Flores popularly known as La Coronel la, a leading figure in the Mexican revolution, dies from wounds received fighting Huerta troops in 1913. Born in Sinaloa about 40 years ago, she served under General Juan Carrasco and spent the last three years treated in a local sanitarium funded by the federal government.
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Mexico City
Joan d’Arc
Ramona Flores
Victoriamo Huerta
la Coronella
Ramona
Juan Carrasco
Sinaloa
English Book Output Surpasses Ten Thousand Mark
More than 10 000 books were published in England last year reflecting a robust publishing market. The figure highlights continued growth in print media and literary activity across the country.
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England
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