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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1920
Page
4
The Kingsport Publishing Company Inc publishes content on Tuesdays and Fridays, indicating a twice weekly schedule for the local newspaper.
Editor Business Manager entered at the Kingsport Tennessee post office as second class mail matter.
The Times invites reader letters signed with full names. Anonymous submissions are not published, but requested names may be withheld from print on request.
Kingsport shows hearty approval for a civic Fourth of July with a morning street parade a notable speaker and a field meet a baseball game and a night fireworks display. Hammond Post of the American Legion leads the effort and business leaders fund the day, inviting all residents and visitors to join the celebration.
The Chicago Evening Post notes a manipulated convention where the Senate kept its delegates aligned to back a preselected candidate. Borah and McCormick pressured a bolt threat to shape the platform while the vice presidential pick reflected delegate will. The question remains if the ticket can win the independent vote.
Report from Chicago notes Colonel Bryan sharing his dietary principle that pie should be favored, discussed in the press section beside a New York writer. The anecdote appeals to readers more than political discourse for some who prefer lighter topics.
A New York Sun Herald column praises American pie as pure and unadorned, aligning with Colonel Bryan’s stance against pie fixings. It condemns adding cheese milk beer or ice cream and mocks overcomplicated pie toppings, urging a plain, faithful pie.
The New York Tribune argues that postwar Austria cannot sustain industry or its rail system without coal, noting 87 000 tons produced in the Austrian Republic in 1913 against a 1 000 000 ton annual rail demand. It warns Vienna faces population emigration as coal fields lie outside Austrian control.
The Toeldo Blade reports Alaska hosts 200000 reindeer now up from 1200 twelve years earlier. A capitalist plans to ship 6000 frozen carcasses this fall while surplus males are culled. Herds may reach a million in 3 to 4 years as forage and profitability suit natives.
Four persons aboard the army transport Antigone near the Virginia coast died by their own actions after a propeller broke off. The ship carrying 4,000 Czecho Slovak troops 900 German prisoners and 250 women and children heads for Norfolk. The Czecho Slovak Legation appealed to the Red Cross for aid upon arrival. Nurses and workers were mobilized in Norfolk and nearby to assist crew and troops due to low morale after the long voyage from Vladivostok.
Fall Creek reports Rev. Winslow will not preach at Emory or Harbour’s due to a quarterly meeting. A large Rocky Point congregation attended Sunday services. Local youth attended the Kingsport Chautauqua. Mrs. Edward Dickson and her children return home to Bristol after a visit with relatives. Rev. Martin Hawk remains bedfast with little improvement. Mr. and Mrs. E Quinter Hawk of Fall Creek are mentioned in a closing line.
Sunday school teaching methods will be discussed at the district convention of Sullivan County sixth tenth eleventh and twelfth districts. The session is at Immanuel Lutheran Church Mill Point Tennessee on Sunday June 27 at 1 30 p m.
The document lists a church convention program with secretary Margaret Latture and committee members Mattie Newland and Sylvia Morrell. Devotional exercises by Rev. Brown open, followed by a short song service and welcome by Martha Akard. Delegates present reports and discuss three topics on teaching methods, youth leadership, and Sabbath protection.
Dublin reports a general boycott against the Irish constabulary proclaimed by the Irish Republican Army. The order targets police and their families, halting supplies of food milk and other essentials to the force across County Leitrim.
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