Visiting Friends Card Note For A Social Greeting
A brief postcard asks friends to share travel plans and social news. It invites adding details, signing the card, and including a return address for timely greetings.
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1925
Page
8
A brief postcard asks friends to share travel plans and social news. It invites adding details, signing the card, and including a return address for timely greetings.
The Times Society Editor will be available in the hours of 8 30 to 12 and 2 30 to 5 P M every day Sunday phone 136 for inquiries and notices.
Mr Arthur Bright returned from a visit in Roanoke Virginia. Mr Robert Martin of Johnson City is a visitor in the city today.
Notes from movieland highlight Bebe Daniels as a female Sherlock Holmes in Wild Wild Susan with a roadster chase, ocean liner deck escape, elevator peril, and a haunted house. Other items mention Doris Kenyon and Lloyd Hughes marrying aboard Rangoons, Gloria Hope remembered, and star turns by Fairbanks, Rambova, Shearer, Nagel, and Ziegfeld selections.
Mr and Mrs E C Speers and families and Mr and Mrs S K Jones and family with Mrs J W DeVault and Miss Edith DeVault motored to Tate Springs yesterday for a day trip. W G Wisenhunt and Rev and Mrs E C Woodyard returned from a week in Greeneville and Midway Tennessee including a two day camping trip in the mountains.
John Ford's Kentucky Pride features Man O War among a famed lineup including Morvich Negofol Fair Play and other noted horses. The scenes unfold in Kentucky's bluegrass region as William Fox produces the film.
The Tennessee text book commission announced tentative adoption of biology texts for public schools. Governor Peay backs the plan arguing no conflict with the law prohibiting evolution teaching. Books include Biology and Human Welfare by Peabody Hunt and Grifenberg's Biology and Human Life.
The article notes last fall bids on retail prices for textbooks, estimating five year costs at about 4 million dollars for state purchasers. Contracts were prepared for governor and publisher signatures. A provision in the school law allows the education commissioner to approve German language textbooks where desired.
President Coolidge defends American interests in Mexican relations citing sovereignty and protection of citizens abroad. He argues Mexican authorities must safeguard U S and foreign interests and that the ambassador acts to defend his country’s concerns.
President Coolidge notes raw sugar at 2 1 2 cents per pound duty unpaid is below prewar prices. He says only in 1921 and 1923 did oversupply push prices that low, and refined sugar remains comparatively cheap in the American market.
The Fairway Farms corporation backed by the Laura Spellman Rockefeller foundation conducts an experimental program in Montana and the northwest. Economists, farmers, and realty men aim to prove tenants can become owners with guidance and working capital, while private capital funds farm companies to lease and resell to capable tenants.
The days of horse drawn cabs in Berlin seem numbered as motorized vehicles replace the old system. Drivers once marked classes by stovepipes now rely on new licenses for motor cabs. The few remaining cabbies struggle with income as trains bring sparse demand.
The Beecher Island siege of September 1868 saw fifty frontier men led by Forsyth and Beecher defend a sandbar island against about a thousand warriors. After eight days of hunger and firepower, the Kansans repelled multiple assaults and killed many leaders including Roman Nose and Dull Knife. A U.S. cavalry relief arrived to end the siege.
A Times classified notice highlights how local want ads connect sellers with buyers. Listings cover household goods, vehicles, and services, with emphasis on quick sales and fair prices.
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