Local Post Office Adopts New Carrier Subscription Rates
Howard Long and L. L. Duckett oversee a Kingsport Tennessee publication as rates for carrier subscriptions are set for one year six months and three months payable in advance at the post office second class mail matter status.
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Readers urged to sign letters for publication
The Times invites readers to send letters with full signatures. Anonymous submissions will not be printed, though names may be withheld upon request.
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Kingsport Urges Biennial Voter Registration for June Election
Kingsport voters must register at City Hall for the biennial municipal registration to vote in the June 6 election. Registration runs May 4 to May 14, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., for two aldermen to fill expiring terms.
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W. E. Brown
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Caution urged as pedestrians cross crowded streets
The article warns pedestrians to be more discreet when crossing busy roads crowded with vehicles. It notes people often step from the curb without checking for oncoming cars, forcing drivers to skid to avoid collisions.
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Malor
The Good and Bad From the Same Substances
The New Orleans Tribune notes that coal tar yields both beauty and harm in dyes medicines and poisons. It argues knowledge alone fails without ideals to extract good from life rather than poisons.
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Flying Fishes in Mandalay Geography Debate
A Living Age summary reports German geologist Dr. Fritz Noetling challenging Kipling's Mandalay verses for geographic errors. He notes Mandalay is inland, seas lie west, and flying fishes do not traverse the Irrawaddy, arguing poetry clashes with factual geography. The piece questions what poetry has to do with such details.
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Shakespeare's Bohemia Seacoast in Drama Questioned
A Knoxville Sentinel note argues that setting a seacoast in Shakespeare's Bohemia is irrelevant to the drama, asserting that geography does not alter the core of his work. The remark marks a literary critique of stage geography versus thematic content.
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Periodic Opinion Snippets From Various Papers
A collection of quick quips and aphorisms on topics from aviation ventures by Henry Ford to birth control laws and literary criticism. Notes include Oliver Her ford’s retroactive hopes, charges about art in news, and a Peruvian temple project funded by popular subscriptions.
Automobile fatalities and injuries rise in 1924 report
National Bureau of Casualty and Security Underwriters records 19 000 deaths and 450 600 injuries from American auto use in 1924, a daily average of 52 deaths and 5 650 injuries. The statistics show a lower death ratio per 10 000 registered autos and declines at grade crossings, with calls for stricter traffic laws and licensure.
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National Bureau of Casualty and Security
United States
Our Economic Views on Family Welfare and Work
A collection of quotes contrasts wealth and poverty through family labor and breadwinning. It cites various newspapers and experts noting shifting roles, with references to married life anniversaries and the balance of households. The tone critiques societal measures of prosperity and gender labor expectations.
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