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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1925
Page
3
Hammond Post 8 American Legion held a regular meeting at the Y with good attendance. A Kiwanis Legion game is set for July 4 with admission of 1 and a Ford car chance per ticket. A gun and caisson may be installed near the railroad station, funded by freight costs paid by the post.
Rainy weather and social visits mark Mt. Lebanon notes. Verna and Marie Whaley visit Kingsport. Dr. Slaughter from Holaton high school stays with family. Rev S. M. Dunn conducts service. several residents report varying health updates and social calls. Community members discuss planning decoration and sermons for the upcoming First of May event.
SHIPLEYS FERRY reports Rev Brunet preached an excellent seven at Mt Lebanon Sunday. Mrs A A Kidd 36 improving. neighbors glad for good health in the community. Families visited, calls exchanged, and a prayer meeting scheduled at Mt Laban Saturday night. A decoration for the Hite graveyard planned the fifth Sunday in May with dinner on the ground and two sermons.
A party of 22 orphan children from Des Moines Washington led by Daddy Draper travels with The Jolly Entertainers. They performed concerts in Kingsport en route from Florida to Washington and will likely move on to another city.
Special to The Times reports Bristol’s State Liners baseball team still in doubt over funding. A meeting is scheduled tonight to decide whether to seek additional money or discontinue operations due to lack of interest.
Nathan Lockhart, 13, son of F. E. B. Lockhart of Hawkins county near Rothey wood, has been missing since Saturday afternoon with no clues about his whereabouts. His father said no motive is known for his departure, noting the boy had brought a horse to town and he later sent him home. The father added that several neighborhood boys had threatened to beat him, and one attack occurred about two weeks ago while he worked in the field. Local reports place Park, Kingsport, in Riverview vicinity Friday. News notes include brief local visits and farm work updates amid continuing cold rain and steady crop prospects.
W F Kerney and son Geo visited W B Kerney and family in Riverview on Sunday. Friends mourn Rev Thomas Mauboy who died suddenly at his Jenkins Kentucky home last Friday. Interment followed at his former home in Hiltons Virginia. J E Quillin teaches a twenty day singing school at Miller Yard. Weber Quillin of Highland is mentioned.
King George sends thanks to the Pilgrims of Great Britain and guests for their message and reference to his recovery. He expresses gladness at associating with the welcome given to Mr Houghton the American ambassador.
Markets report from Louisville states cattle steady at one hundred, hogs steady eight hundred, sheep around fifty, with prices unchanged. The brief notes indicate regional livestock markets showing little change in the reported period.
General Pershing endorses The American Legion plan to raise a five million dollar endowment to care for orphans of ex service members and disabled veterans. He urges every American to contribute, stressing interest only funding to ensure a perpetual fund supporting education and welfare. He calls on the United States to respond to the appeal.
A new inner tube claimed to resist 600 punctures without losing air arrives in Chicago. Motorists report high mileage with the big-tube, which costs no more than a regular tube. For full info contact Airlex Tube Division, Western Specialty Company, Dept. 40406, 201 E Ontario St, Chicago. Agents invited.
A testimonial touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as the best blood medicine and spring tonic. It claims to strengthen the body, relieve fatigue, sharpen appetite, and renew overall health. The notice invites readers to start now and request free advice or a trial package by mail.
Indianapolis May 5 two more states have surpassed their quotas for the American Legion 3 million endowment fund campaign while others near completion Arkansas and Tennessee exceed their targets West Virginia nearly finished Kentucky first to reach quota over subscription near fifty per cent New Mexico plans to raise its 10000 quota in one day June 1 efforts extend nationwide with state chairmen named and public appeals scheduled through May June endowment week more details on local drives and philanthropic support across states
Chicago magnate C. E. Bigelow of Marshall Field and Company completed an 18 month 40000 mile buying journey across India Persia Turkey Greece Japan and China. He faced bandit fire scorpions thirst and desert hazards while escorting caravans to barter rugs and observe Persian customs including a fifty course luncheon and blood ritual.
A fragmentary report describes a German fortification on a remote island, its blockade of the harbor, and the large scale dismantling after peace. It notes 85 million dollars, 200,000 concrete blocks, 40,000 feet of drilling, and removal of gun emplacements as observers witness the transformation from war to peacetime.
The Kansas American Legion will start construction on the first unit of a regional children’s billet to care for orphans and dependents of veterans. A cottage contract is let, Otter Lake Michigan serves as model, and dedication is planned for Chanute during the September convention. The project, funded by Dan and Mrs. Dabney and a $100,000 state drive, will be housed on an 8,288 acre farm donated to the Legion. Officers for the billet board have been elected led by National Vice-Commander Frank H. McFarland.
Lincoln England May 4 Women have been barred from employment in operating aircraft crews transporting passengers by the International Commission for Air Navigation which met here recently. The commission reaffirmed conclusions reached earlier by a medical sub commission.
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