Prominent Greenville Men to Visit Kingsport on May 14
A party of 125 prominent men from Greenville South Carolina including possibly the governor will visit Kingsport Monday May 14 arriving at 1 30 p m central time and leaving by 4 or 4 30 p m for Johnson City They travel by special train and will tour local sights with Kingsport Business Men's Club hosts A band and glee club accompany the group and local citizens are urged to greet the visitors at the station
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Kingsport
Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
W. H. Keith
Johnson City
Keith
Tennessee
Business Men’s Club
W. H. Reed
Declares Danger to Smokers Small in Nicotine Study
The Associated Press reports Dr E P Roger says nicotine poisoning danger to smokers is negligible. He cites experiments on tobacco combustion and claims findings undermine anti nicotine crusade sentiments abroad.
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London
E. P. Roger
America
Roger
Births Decrease Rapidly in France Show Window
A show window display by the National Alliance for the Increase of French Population depicts three babies of diminishing size with labels Year 1868 1 034 000 Year 1913 716 000 and Year 1926 500 000. The piece links population decline to tensions between France and Germany.
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Prais
National Alliance
France
Germany
The
Arcanion
National Park Plan for Poland in Tatras
The Society of Friends of the Tatra Mountains in Warsaw outlines a plan to transform the Tatras into a national park modeled after Yellowstone. Pioneer column notes May 18 reference and an advertisement follows.
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National Park
Poland
Associated Press
Warsaw
Society of Friends of the
Tatra Mountains
Yellowstone Park
OLD FRENCH LAW PUNISHED OWNER OF TIPSY SLAVES
New Orleans reports ancient statutes showing 18th century penalties for crimes. In 1738 a man verdicted for taking a life faced abandonment of the body, and petty theft brought flogging and fines. Animal injury could yield capital punishment, murder by hanging, wife murder by strangulation, and crimes against slaves prompted public puttings on a wooden horse. Meat shortages and hospital patients round out the fragment.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Ancient Ur city hosts hunt for Abraham era records
London dispatch reports archaeologists at Ur of the Chaldees excavating the Tomb of the Moon God. They aim to uncover a possible world’s first library of ancient history religion art law science and narratives dating 5000 to 10000 years.
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London
Abraham
Bagdad
London Daily Mail
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Meeting of the Kingsport Business Men's Club Move
The Kingsport Business Men's Club will meet Monday night May 7 instead of May 14 to suit preparations for a booster party from Greenville, South Carolina. Dr W H Reed announced the change at 2 30 this afternoon. The gathering will be held at the Community Y at the usual hour.
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Kingsport Business Men’s Club
W. H. Reed
Hooch Fleet Off Jersey Coast Adds Big Seaplane
New York patrols report a rum running fleet off the New Jersey coast has reorganized for defense and now uses a large gray seaplane to aid in hauling liquor. A coast guard crew noted the unmarked seaplane beside a rum yacht as authorities closed in. The plane fled toward open sea when the revenue cutter neared.
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Jersey
U. S
New York
Coast Guard Service
Custom House
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Philippines
Foxy Grandpa
E. H. Leech
Moon
Kingsport Business Men's Club
Late Telegraph New A. Gsociated
S’ress
John Barleycorn
Coast Guards
the Rum
Louisville
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