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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1925
Page
4
An accident in Ridgsport occurred when overgrown shrubbery at Broad Street Tarkways blocked visibility, damaging two cars and injuring one driver. Local authorities note poor sightlines at intersections may require trimming or landscaping changes to prevent future collisions.
A Dutch official in Java contracts leprosy, loses limbs, endures exile in Pelantoengan, and is abandoned by his wife who returns to Holland. The piece frames this case as a moral philosophy problem about loyalty, duty, and the meaning of compassion under extreme suffering.
A murky meditation on duty and marriage as a husband battles a deadly affliction and the wife confronts a moral dilemma. The speaker questions what the wife should do to protect herself and children while considering the husband’s hopeless fight and potential suicide. The piece ends by noting that readers may disagree on the answers.
Adolph S. Ochs spoke to the American Club in Paris warning Americans abroad to guard sensitive remarks. Memorial Day notes reflect fading veteran posts from Civil War days to dwindling ARRS lines, leaving many villages with only memorial bivouacs.
Memorial Day on May 30 honored Americans who died in wars. Early observances focused on a specific unit or war era, but over time the federal observance broadened to remember all who served and died in military conflict.
A government tribute marks the holiday for heroes of all wars, praising sacrifice across states. The article notes the United States as a federation without regional distinctions, with each state’s star equal in the flag, reflecting national unity beyond north south east or west.
A historical analysis discusses memories of Civil War sacrifices and heroism, noting overemphasis on state sovereignty from Virginia and Kentucky resolutions to nullification and secession. It argues federal authority expanded after victory, with wartime pressures broadening national power and calls for states to fulfill duties.
A jumble of stray quotes and captions from magazines and ads appears, including a skewed train scene, a whispered joke about a sandwich, a fashion note on a princess, and scattered lines on real estate, housekeeping, and marriage. The garbled text offers a window into a mixed-page collage of 1910s era glimpses.
A beggar argues charity is not a sin while a passer-by says begging is illegal. The exchange takes place in Le Pele-Mele in Paris with the mendicant pleading for pity.
Mrs Weatherbee mourns selling a canary after her son left home. Mrs Butlam tearfully recounts the moment and a radio’s static lingering in the house as an echo of loss. The scene appears in American Legion Weekly.
A fragmentary newspaper clipping describes a boy recounting seeing a horse under construction with a parish tone. The text mixes garbled dialogue about finishing a horse and a mother’s questioning response, with additional stray phrases about animals and a punch line.
A witty exchange on thrift in Windsor Magazine shows a couple debating leftovers. She jokes that economy hinges on cooking more than needed to repurpose meals, while he asks about dinner routines. The banter highlights practical frugality in domestic life.
Real values at lowest prices promise savings to cover daily expenses. Get a hundred cents for every dollar spent in this cut rate dry goods advertisement from Sullivan at Five Points, Kingsport, Tennessee.
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