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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
7
Detroit lost to Cleveland 4 to 6 as Boston defeated New York 9 to 6. St Louis beat Chicago 15 to 11. Philadelphia prevailed over Washington 4 to 3 in a set of league games.
New York defeated Brooklyn 2 to 0 while Chicago routed Pittsburgh 10 to 2 and St Louis beat Cincinnati 5 to 2 in a set of NL games.
Buffalo defeats Pronto 7 to 2 while Baltimore edges Reading 3 to 5 and Rochester beats Syracuse 3 to 4. Providence posts a 2 to 4 result against Jersey City in this American Association listing.
Mobile 3, Chattanooga 6. New Orleans 15, Nashville 14. Birmingham Little Rock no game. Atlanta 9, Memphis 0. Forfeited after crowd attacked umpire.
In the Appalachian League, Bristol visits Morristown while Kingsport travels to Greeneville for scheduled games. The doubleheader style matchup highlights ongoing league action with teams seeking wins on the road.
Chicago faces Detroit while St Louis visits Cleveland and Philadelphia plays Boston. Washington travels to New York in a slate of cross conference games with multiple contenders aiming for favorable wins.
Major matchups list New York versus Brooklyn Pittsburgh facing Chicago Cincinnati meeting St Louis and Boston playing Philadelphia in a set of regional showcased games across the circuit.
London reports the Bishop of Peterborough decried professional football, calling players bought and sold like slaves. Sports figures, including A. J. Darnell, fired back that players are free agents who may accept or refuse offers. The piece notes professionals earn $30 to $40 weekly, highlighting debate over the sport’s commercialization.
London reports an Associated Press dispatch on June 1 about a nationwide effort to explore new broadcast methods and sound formats for English radio listeners. The article notes technical trials, potential programming shifts, and the involvement of regional stations in testing innovative audio presentation.
The British Broadcasting Company plans to bridge city and country by broadcasting rural sounds to urban listeners and urban noises to rural districts. After last year’s nightingale broadcast drew millions, officials expand the concept to include farm yard sounds and city street jabber to bring the capital and countryside together.
General Dougan, new commander in chief of French forces in Morocco, led the first French contingent into Germany after the armistice. He chose the foreign legion’s first regiment, largely volunteers from Alsace Lorraine, to march into Chateau-Salins as German officials arrived to negotiate rail handover to French control. A staff officer asked where to park German cars. Dougan answered by pointing to a public square high spot, saying place them so their countrymen witness Alsace Lorraine becoming part of France.
In Jerusalem Sir Ronald Storrs moves to preserve the grave of Philip Daubigne a 13th century crusader governor and Magna Charta councillor held at the entrance of the Holy Sepulchre. Daubigne who died in 1236 is linked to the Channel Islands and King Henry III an appeal asks descendants to help reforging this link to Jerusalem.
A motion picture outfit for rural McMinn County, funded by local banks, business and professional leaders, will aid agents W. G. Adsmond and Miss Myrtle Webb in farm and home method demonstrations. Similar programs run in over a dozen Tennessee counties, showing educational farm life features in schools, centers, and towns.
Patrick Hamilton aged 58 died suddenly at his Norton Virginia home shortly after decorating his wife's grave on Memorial Day. His daughters Mrs. B. H. Kinkead and Mrs. D. D. Van Trease found him ill after returning from the cemetery. he did not recognize them and died within minutes. Funeral services were held at his home at 3 p.m. with interment in Norton cemetery.
Frank Preston Johnson spoke at the Chautauqua tent on The Basis of Liberty, urging local community progress as national progress. He argued cooperative marketing can stabilize rural markets and reduce waste, noting farming should join manufacturing strengths and that farmers lack market control without cooperation. Miss Ada Ruth Jones entertained children, drawing a large turnout for the morning program.
At Chautauqua on Tuesday morning the Middleton Mannikins perform a children's entertainment at 11 a.m. An afternoon Prelude features The Middletons Mannikins at 3 p.m. Geoffrey F. Morgan presents the lecture Success With Ease at 3 30 p.m. The night program presents the operatic piece Robin Hood by America's best loved comic opera, presented by May Valentine Opera Company at 8 p.m.
Miss Jones charms children with a crayon and chalk storytelling stage act, presenting vivid pictures and engaging narration that wins hearty applause. Adults and kids alike enjoy the entertainer as prizes from the Cut Rate Dry Goods Company are announced, listing five winners and trade-value prizes. The ad promotes Cut Rate Dry Goods Co. at Sullivan and Five Points in Kingsport, Tennessee, urging shoppers to Say it with Values.
The Saturday poppy sale by Camp Fire Girls and the Legion Auxiliary raised funds through 1400 poppies made by ex servicemen in sanitoriums. Each poppy earned 1.25 cents. three quarters of proceeds supported state auxiliaries with grave decorations and welfare work. Citizens of Kingsport contributed generously.
The article recalls Thomas R. Marshall’s political career including 1912 vice-presidential nominations and 1916 renomination with Wilson. It highlights his plain American persona, nickname Tom among neighbors, marriage to Lois Kimsey in 1895, devotion to his mother, and his one hobby: Clarence Ignatius Morrison, his adopted son. It notes Mrs. Marshall’s 1917 charity work and the family’s summer move to Michigan, plus Marshall’s habit of voracious reading.
The passage portrays a man devoted to literature and mystery stories who often read late at night. A self-described Bible student and vice president, he kept a pocket testament and balanced modest finances with active educational, church, and charitable involvement. He believed true success lies in doing well respecting others' rights in one’s God given role.
In Kingsport court Judge H O Bunn orders publication for four consecutive weeks in the Kingsport Times. Mack Hendrix, non resident, must appear on the first day in July 1925 to defend the complaint. failure will be recorded as confessed. Worley and McAmis are counsel for the plaintiff.
Robert C. Blackley sells all interest in the Blackley King Motor Company to Thomas S. King. King assumes all past debts and obligations and will be responsible for all future obligations of the firm. Signed Robert C. Blackley dated June 1, 1931.
W W Lay sues J C Stephenson L M Stephenson and F T Egan Trustee in Kingsport Chancery Court. Non residents must appear by the third Monday in June 1925 to defend or the bill will be confessed. Notice published four consecutive weeks in the Kingsport Times. May 25 1925. H M MacNeil Clerk and Master.
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