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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1925
Page
8
Geoffrey F. Morgan, noted educator lecturer and humorist, will deliver his address Success with Ease at Redpath Chautauqua here. The talk is described as sound philosophy with humor and practical benefit, appealing especially to youth and young folks.
A casual message invites friends to visit or inform about travel plans. It requests sharing the date of arrival or departure, signing the sender’s name, and including an address or phone number for contact. The tone is informal and friendly.
Items for the column will be read by The Times Society Editor in the hours of 8:30 to 12 M and 2:30 to 5 P.M. daily except Sunday. Phone 136.
Striking Border Trims Top Coat Coming Home by Adda C Hall with verses of soldiers families awaiting reunions. A mother speaks of a brave husband marching through Georgia in Union blue and a sailor son and daughter waiting in heaven. Reunion Dinner at Wildwood Farm with extended family and friends sharing a bountiful meal. A Friday hike to Rotherwood ends with games and a picnic among Mary Wilson Ioan Sprachin and others.
The fashion note highlights a white wool coat trimmed with a bold black and white border seen at Longchamps Paris. It discusses border-woven motifs, fox fur trim on a steamer coat, and the appeal of travel ready, roomy coats alongside rugged mannish topcoats for next autumn. Local social notes list many residents and visitors from Tennessee towns and nearby states visiting or staying with friends, including weekend trips and returns from college and events.
The Redpath Chautauqua will present a full production of America’s popular comic opera Robin Hood by the May Valentine Opera Company with Miss Valentine conducting. The show features a strong principal cast, a tuneful chorus and orchestra, elegant costumes, special lighting and scenic effects. Friar Tuck and the Sheriff of Nottingham promise strong comic moments as part of a music filled romance and laughter.
Mr John Miller spent the week end in Knoxville. Mr Joe Snow of Blountville visited here yesterday. Mr Roy Brown of Rogersville was a visitor yesterday. Miss Augusta Riley left today for Sylacauga Ala. Mr Wilbur Hammer of Bristol is a business visitor in the city. Miss Mabel Doggett left today for Holston Valley. Mr C W Moore of Baltimore is a business visitor in the city.
Mrs. H. C. McDaniel is ill at her home in the Shelby Apartments. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. White spent Sunday in Bluff City with relatives. Miss Mildred Rogers left today for her home in Huntsville Alabama.
The Cut Rate Dry Goods Co announces prize winners from Saturday. First prize five dollars in trade goes to A. L. Ward of Kingsport. Second prize four dollars to Mrs Will Hutchins. Third prize three dollars to Mrs M E Smith. Fourth prize two dollars to Mrs R C Starnes. Fifth prize one dollar to Mrs W R Lane. Advert says costs plus legitimate profit and deposit the difference in bank. Sullivan at Five Points, Kingsport Tennessee.
Emmet Flynn directs the Owen Davis melodrama Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model starring Mae Busch and Raymond Griffith. The unit filmed in New York faced dangers during exterior work, including Busch’s head wound from a taxi stunt. Flynn, a top director, began as a taxi driver and rose to prominence in film.
Industry chatter rails at Alma Rubens for her performance in East Lynne while rumors claim a millionaire inheritance. The piece highlights Foxs East Lynne cast with Edmund Lowe and others, notes Rubens in Fine Clothes with Lewis Stone, and mentions DeMilles Hell’s Highroad and Dressmaker from Paris additions along with Trixie Friganza’s horseback stint in Amos.
Colleen Moore reports London life as tea heavy and enjoys a happy marriage to John McCormick. Rod LaRoque denies engagements to Pola Negri. Norma Talmadge rejects character parts and heads to Graustark with Buchowetski directing, then plans Kiki. Buster Keaton gathers 5,000 cows for Brown Eyes. Connie Talmadge trains for dancing roles after Her Sister from Paris. Valentino retreats to Palm Springs desert life while continuing the Sheik persona.
Zane Grey has sold film rights to Paramount for five novels The P P Trail The Man of the Forest Desert Gold The Desert of Wheat and The Mysterious Rider. Eight Grey stories have already been filmed by Paramount including To the Last Man The Border Legion The Light of Western Stars Heritage of the Desert Code of the West Call of the Canyon Wanderer of the Wasteland and The Thundering Herd.
Following recent hits The Thief of Bagdad Peter Pan The Wizard of Oz and The Lost World a wave of fantasy grips cinema. William Fox will produce Coleridge poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner then Babes in Toyland or The Red Mill operas by Victor Herbert. First National also develops The Lost Atlantis.
George M. Warren, Bristol chief defense counsel, says Kinnie Wagner will not testify at his second life trial set for June 22 in Blountville. Officials believe his previous testimony and demeanor influenced the first verdict of guilty. Wagner remains jailed in Knoxville after a new trial was granted, with Blountville jail deemed unsafe for security.
The Times reports a suit Fisher vs Cass alleging alienated affections involving Robert M. Cass and Mrs. Fisher formerly Florence Lilly of Kingsport. Indiana publisher E. J. Cadell supplied the Indianapolis Times account. Fisher seeks copies of papers and offers to share more. The suit claims Cass pursued Mrs. Fisher by mail starting February 28 after their marriage.
Claudia Myers writes that teachers shape destinies as schools close their year. She extols teaching as the noblest profession, shaping minds and character from primer to college, noting skills endure beyond material luxuries and disasters.
Poem recounts a child visiting a dying mother and her burial. It notes the mother’s death, her shrouded grave, and the quiet farewell in a religious frame. Reader learns of sorrow, family response, and the mother resting in Jesus.
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