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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1925
Page
2
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A piece reflecting on the 50th anniversary of Smith and Wellesley, two early women’s colleges. It notes how doubters feared women could not handle same coursework as men, yet women proved capable across mathematics, languages, and philosophy. The shift spurred women entering business, offices and factories, and the expansion of suffrage. The article asserts these decades brought more change for women relative to men than the prior five centuries.
The article describes urban visitors mislabeled as nature lovers who raid country fields for berries fruits and vegetables. They uproot blossoms steal ripe produce and break branches causing lasting damage. It urges city residents to buy produce and respect rural property.
The death of Senator Rupert M La Follette removes from national politics a man of large ability and energy. He dominated by iron will and made himself conspicuous in national affairs with forceful leadership and unwavering commitment.
An obituary style narrative from the Cincinnati Enquirer notes a political figure known for a belligerent and defiant spirit despite being a broken man facing a short remaining time. It reflects on arguments against his presidential candidacy and his perceived inability to endure a full term if elected.
In postwar America life insurance policies of one million dollars become common per Margery Pickard. William Fox builds to six and a half million, while Rodman Wanamaker holds seven and a half million and the Book brothers total fifteen million. Du Pont and Zukor also hold multi‑million policies. US leads world in policyholders and written amount as postwar business surges.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes that many newspapers now revisit the career of Robert Marion LaFollette known as Bob LaFollette, a once fierce critic turned U S senator from Wisconsin, reflecting on his era and impact in politics.
The Louisville Courier Journal recalls Robert Marion LaFollette as a consistent radical insurgent and earnest, capable reformer. It notes his youth poverty forged resolve, his lifelong struggle against the prevailing order, and frames his zeal as a blend of crusading zeal and fanatic fervor.
A collection of 1920s newspaper quips and snippets highlights opinions on society, politics, theater, and public life. From Columbia to Cleveland to New York, columns and editorials mock, praise, and critique leaders, actors, and events with sharp wit and dated cadence.
The Washington Post portrays LaQallette as a radical insurgent who fought both inside and outside the Republican party, maintaining independence of thought throughout a long career in the House and Senate, and often achieving success against powerful foes.
A Charlotte Observer opinion argues that La Follette’s rise to a dominant position hindered desirable legislation. The piece portrays his ambition for the presidency as fueling bitter opposition to administration policies and describes his campaign as a bid to split the Republican party.
A patchwork of editorial quips from cities like Louisville Cincinnati Detroit and New York lampoons earnest earners and bravado. The lines poke at ether theories optimism economics and social norms while hinting at cultural manners and gendered humor of the era.
A rural column discusses joys of farming and pest challenges, noting 1600 Tennessee farmers earned $3,000 more for 160,000 pounds of wool through cooperatives. Anderson county reports 28 farmers applying over 200 tons of limestone to 243 acres for clover, signaling lime legume prosperity. Emphasized tips include washing produce, proper pullet feeding for egg output, and maintaining clean, shaded, well-ventilated housing.
In consecutive months the subject yielded in excess of 80 pounds of fat per month. References to Blue Bell bleader fox register and Tennessee cows appear, indicating an agricultural context.
The cotton louse is abundant in West Tennessee and may severely injure cotton by sap-sucking. Entomologist S. M. Covington of the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station recommends nicotine dust or leaf extract sprays. A simple two per cent nicotine dust is described using a cider keg and hydrated lime, black leaf 40, and rocks. Dusting is preferred for ease, best on warm still days, at dusk or night, applied with dusting machines to target insects.
Since mid May twenty five pools with 160000 pounds of wool consigned have been conducted by county agricultural agents with A L Jordan of the Extension Service aiding. About 1500 farmers consigned wool to pools with average prices 45 cents for clear wool 88 for light burr y 32 for median burr y and 26 for hard burr y. Wool merchants from Boston Baltimore Philadelphia and Louisville and Tennessee mills bid on pools with average savings to consignors above local sales.
A fragment discusses amounts around five cunts or thirty hundred dollars cited by Mr Jordan. He asserts improvements stem from knowledge of preparation believed to be gained by farmers through previous pools, suggesting financial or agricultural context behind the claim.
C C Flanery, sheep specialist, announces the fifth annual Purebred ram sale at the state sale grounds in Nashville on July 15. About 100 native purebred Southdown rams and 50 Hampshire rams will be offered with a few registered ewes. The Tennessee Sheep Growers Association will conduct the sale with Kentucky breeders cooperating to help Tennessee flock owners secure quality purebreds. The event emphasizes rams as the critical half of the flock.
Sensation's Milkado's Millie a senior two year old Jersey cow from Fred H. Young of Timmonsville South Carolina has set a 365 day record as the world's champion senior two year old Jersey She produced 85911 pounds of butterfat and 13308 pounds of milk in the year and tops all breeds in the south This follows a Tennessee cow Baby Mary's Blue Bell also performing strongly in the American Jersey Cattle Club gold medal test with 62269 pounds of fat and 10202 pounds of milk in 505 days
Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation hosts its annual meeting in Nashville July 1 2 with speakers including former Governor Frank O Lowden Frank Evans Tennessee Cotton Growers Assn and University of Tennessee experts. Banquet features Congressman Burns Margar et Ambrose Col Luke Lea and Mayor Bowie.
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