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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1920
Page
5
Community Market Opens to Aid Kingsport Housewives
The Community Market in Kingsport opens with vegetables priced below retail and wholesale. The piece urges women to support the market to grow supply, lower living costs, and foster a friendly, cooperative city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsport
Wheat on the Toboggan Slide Heats Up Prices
The forecast for the new wheat crop, including 504 million bushels of winter and 276 million of spring, suggests a total of 780 million bushels, down from last year. With carryover 150 million, total supplies reach 930 million, far exceeding domestic consumption and signaling wide effects on bread and livestock prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Europe
United States
Arald
RATION ASSESSMENTS NOTICE DRAWN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE
A fragmented local notice outlines ration assessments related to a public service program. Readable details indicate official action on allocating resources and scheduling related procedures. The document mentions a governing body and public oversight, with dates implied in the surrounding report.
Hamilton county railroads see big tax assessment rise
The Nashville Banner reports Hamilton county and Chattanooga officials announce a threefold jump in localized real estate values for public service corporations under the state assessment law. Western & Atlantic railroad alone climbs from 365,400 to 1,649,490, with all figures excluding tracks and rolling stock. The piece argues farmers should know the full facts before forming opinions about Governor Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
John R. Evans
D. W. Thomas
Chattanooga
Western & Atlantic
Roberts
Nashville
HURRYING THE LABOR BOARD
The New York World notes railroad workers threaten court pressure and irregular strikes amid delays by the labor board. President Wilson asks for faster awards, but officials warn the workload is huge and timing uncertain. The piece questions public tolerance for wage disputes if government ownership spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Labor Board
New York World
The Land of Pretty Soon Poem
A reflective poem depicts a land called Pretty Soon where unfulfilled aims and unkept promises gather with unspoken kindnesses and unachieved rewards. It contrasts near seeming goals with distance growing toward moonlight, warning of wrecks along a path paved by unrealized intent.
Land of Pretty Soon Warned by Burroughs Magazine
Phrase warns readers about an elusive or overpromising land described as the Thesland of Pretty Soon in Burroughs Magazine. The note carries a cautionary tone about delays and unattainable promises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burroughs Magazine
Grounded by the Classics Joke From Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript quip imagines a millionaire's son endlessly stuck with the classics. A private tutor replies that the student is actually stranded on them, highlighting humor about overbearing literary whims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Not So You Cannot Judge by Names Says Lexington Leader
The Lexington Leader notes a sharp quip about judging people by names. It cites a "grass widow" misnomer turning into a humorous reflection on appearances versus reality. The piece toys with social perceptions and language in a concise editorial aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Drunken Death Scene Draws Tearful Audience
London Mail quotes a dramatic line about a drunkard's death in a sordid attic with empty bottles. The exchange notes the emotional impact on the audience as they react to the image of excess and ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Mail
Johnson To Sit Quietly After Convention Defeat
Chicago June 23 Senator Hiram Johnson flew in from Washington after losing the presidential nomination at the convention He refused to discuss politics saying he has cleared his mind of politics for now and will rest at his California home on the porch overlooking the bay before making any statements He declined to comment on President Wilsons interview in the New York World and would read it fully before speaking again
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hiram Johnson
Washington
Harding
California
Wilson
New York
Fourth of July program needs contributions at Sharrett and Smith
Citizens are invited to donate to the Fourth of July program at Sharrett and Smith's Jewelry Store. The advertisement urges community support and notes Times Want Ads deliver results for those seeking to help the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharrett & Smith's
Rail passenger schedule hours and towns for 1920
A timetable lists northbound and southbound departures and arrivals across towns such as Erwin Johnson City Marion Bostic St Paul Speers Ferry and Elkhorn City with connections to Southern, C and O, N and W, and Black Mountain lines. The notice warns schedules may change and advises patrons to seek agent information locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
S.C
Speers Ferry
St. Paul
Dante
Fremont
Elkhorn City
Percelual
Johnson City
Southern
Southern Railway
Bostic
C. A. Smith
Tenn
County Livestock Body Aids Farmers
The Sullivan County Livestock Association has 67 members and $4,475 in stock subscriptions. It has placed 12 bulls with farmers, 300 cows served by those bulls, and distributed 20 registered sow pigs to pig club members in 1920, with two more sows to be returned from the first litter. The group plans a cooperative shipment of breeding ewes if demand grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pig Club
Dan M Gann's Solution of the H C of L
A spoken street line voiced by a man urging action to beat the high cost of living. He vows to exert energy as foreign diplomats wrangle over Fiume, pushing production toward a goal amid economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begorra
Demonstration of a Good American Worker Urges Action
A resolute message by R. C. Barr insists that Bolshevik threaten Russia’s doom and urges Americans to work hard. He emphasizes United States production as the path to resolve current unrest and stresses personal duty and perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Reward for return of bicycle after Fibre-Outlaw game
Lee Bailey at Square Drug Store offers a reward for the return of a bicycle taken during Friday's Fibre-Outlaw ball game. The notice requests the bike's safe return and identifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bailey
Square Drug Store
Allied Congress urges Germany warned over Versailles evasions
Paris June 26 The International Congress of Chambers of Congress adopted a resolution urging Allied governments to inform Germany that no further postponement of Versailles treaty obligations will be allowed. It notes Germanys failure to reduce its army and deliver coal and other promised supplies and calls for immediate insistence on reconstruction and compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
International Congress of Chambers of Congress
Germany
Hobson
France
Belgium
Italy
Congress
Million Pounds of Sugar Smuggled from Boxcars
Chicago June 26 Almost 1 000 000 pounds of sugar have been smuggled from cars of the Illinois Central railroads if federal agents were checking up on alleged hoards of speculators. Investigators traced 51 cars into Chicago and held for five days to five weeks but could not locate the cars as they had been switched out of yards and hidden on sidings around Blue Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Blue Island
Want Ads in The Times Are Result Getters
Local want ads in The Times promise quick results for readers seeking services goods or job opportunities. Advertisers report prompt responses and measurable interest from the community driven by concise descriptions contact details and clear pricing.
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Ry. Nee Line
Cn.o.& TP
Chatt. Gas Co
CG Co. & St. le
Cumb. Tel. Co
Chat. & Tenn. Riv.Pow. Co
Land of
Mystic Land
Johnson
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway
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South Carolina
Clinchfield
CONDE
Iwe
Johnson C’y
Newnee Ly
Ar. P.M
Sullivan County Association
Sullivan County Livestock Association
Dan M’gann
H. C. OF L
Fiume
Mister
R. C. Barr
Hans
Foy
Terior Paints
Citizen’s Supply Corporation
Main
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