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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
6
The Times invites reader correspondence and notes letters must bear full names. Names can be withheld on request, but anonymous submissions will not be printed.
The city spends about 70 million dollars annually on charitable causes, excluding church and endowed gifts. The figures, from Better Times, imply widespread generosity and hidden distress, with larger city costs and rents intensifying need. Citizens should save for hard times and avoid overcrowded cities unless prepared.
President Coolidge in a Decoration Day address urged states to assume broader duties. He warned against overreliance on Washington and urged recruiting capable people to state legislatures and administrations to solve Tennessee's problems with modern, intelligent action.
A competition between Mr. Munsey of New York and Mr. Curtis of Philadelphia grows to buy the most big city dailies. Analysts fear a future where four or five men may own the majority of national newspapers, while country weeklies and small city dailies stay independent.
Mary parents discuss the rising costs of sending their young people to school. They describe tuition, books, and fees, and share strategies to manage expenses while pursuing higher education.
College students breathe relief as another year’s bills are paid. The piece notes rising education costs and the need to fund teachers’ salaries and student earnings while benefactors subsidize housing. It discusses future plans for students to contribute financially to their education.
Knoxville Journal reports on Charlotte Observer commentary about two commencement addresses at Chapel Hill and Durham. Dr Glenn Frank of Wisconsin urged reconstruction, Curtis Wilbur cited Bible and nature as guiding sources, and readers are urged to accept a divine plan behind the universe.
A collection of quirky newspaper quips spans jokes on crime reporting secrets alcohol and secret explosive ideas as editors and readers poke fun at press trends and social quirks across several papers. The gag line Should wives be paid wages appears as a closing tease.
A collection of light jabs from several papers. The Detroit News suggests writers may need to seek work if not, while the Arkansas Gazette jokes civilization advances by leaps and bounds. The Columbia Record notes aviation thrills with pedestrians, and the New York Telegram laments few statues honoring good losers.
Former North Dakota governor R A Nestos on his first southern visit praised Tennessee and its reception. He lectures on leadership and notes his interest in state history while touring the chautauqua circuit. He commented on theScopes trial context and positioned himself as a modernist fundamentalist.
State club leader G L Herrington announces three summer camps for farm club members in Tennessee. The West Tennessee camp at Jackson runs July 13–18, the state camp at Knoxville July 20–25, and the middle Tennessee camp at Columbia August 1. Attendance is expected to reach about 400 at West Tennessee, with large groups from East Tennessee and Shelby County also planning to attend.
D P Coffman harvested a fine wheat field last week and the corn crop shows drought harm. Guests include Miss Maude Franakey and Willie Kitzmiller of Kingsport. Hauk returns home after chimney work for Kitzmiller. Picnic attendees at Gray include Norris Coffman family, Viola Coffman, Ellen Kitzmiller, Newt McGray family. Kingsport visitors Emory and Babe Pitts. Charlie Chase visits Kitzmiller. Coffman loses a milk cow. Rex Whaley visits Mrs Whaley's parents Mr and Mrs Jacob Roller. Pearl Bowery joins the Gray Station picnic. Decks from Kingsport visit home folks. Norris of Kingsport visits Eliza Ford at Indian Springs. They plan to visit Ralph Miller in Shenandoah Virginia.
The Ladies' Missionary Society at Elizabeth Chapel met with Mrs. J. B. Miller presiding. They sent linens to Holston orphanage. Miss Maude Miller visited Miss Josie Lee Smith and Miss Ina Bush in Johnson City. Residents attend Bluff City revival led by Dr. Thomas Priddy and singer Ralph Bean. Maude and Nancy Miller study at East Tennessee State Normal. Billy Sunday team No 1 to perform next month. Mr. D. O. Smith shows improvement. Tate Cox and Bristol guests dined with Charles and Mrs. Smith. Maude and Nancy Miller tour East Coast sights.
Agriculture officials say apples peaches and pears will be fair to lighter nationwide. Late May frosts cut prospects in central states Virginia Michigan and parts of New York. Apple condition on June 1 below average. California shows bigger peach crop but other states expect smaller yields. Georgia peaches under seven million bushels versus eight thirty three million last year. Pears mostly fair with California alone seen larger.
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