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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1925
Page
4
Howard Long and L. L. Duckett are listed as entrants at the Kingsport Tennessee post office, with second class mail status noted in the recording.
The Times invites correspondence from readers and requires full signatures for publication. Names may be withheld on request.
Kingsport fire officials complain that crowds and car traffic at fires hinder response and block streets. They urge nonresidents to stay clear when the whistle sounds to avoid delaying ladders and engines. Authorities say curb congestion worsens during daytime blazes.
This excerpt discusses a historical calendar listing 559 so called great men up to around 1820 and questions who deserves the label. It notes omissions such as Fennimore Cooper and Donizetti and credits Christopher Sholes as the typewriter inventor, suggesting greatness often rests on label rather than unique impact.
The piece rails at city country prejudice and urges shared prosperity across urban and rural areas as mutually reinforcing. It notes fashion trends and wedding rituals while poking fun at social foibles and the quirks of modern life.
A collage of aphorisms and reflections from figures like Caillaux McDonald Tagore Berg and Gandhi. The passages cover finance literature art and leadership and offer diverse insights into wealth power ethics and creativity.
A Western news excerpt notes cigarette dominance rising in the nicotine family while cigars decline. It cites 1920 and 1924 US consumption figures and discusses global tobacco output, war and women as factors, and cigarette symbolism in a mechanized age.
A disputed matter among Prize Aghters and the Fiora Florida Titters Union is reported as settled after negotiations or an accord. The article notes cooperation and a formal closure, highlighting involved groups and the outcome.
The Fair Haven Star cites rising expected surplus in the United States treasury due to tariffs. The article frames tariffs as a source of revenue growth for the government.
An engaged man told his fiancée he would send a rose for each year of her age. He ordered two dozen roses and the florist added a half dozen more as a bonus. The engagement ended amid the romantic mix of praise and light humor from the era.
A local editor reports on an old post office directory published by the U S Post Office Department in 1834. It lists postage rates set by Congress in 1825 and shows 1853 US post offices total at 19 127. The article discusses rail costs per mile per letter in 1829 and notes an error in a Strand Theatre Lincoln portrayal over envelope use and stamps.
In Pottsville on September 8 Lloyd Yost the pilot and William Veale Hazleton auto dealer were badly cut and bruised when a piano fell from a rising field bank near Conyngham Valley and crashed into the mountainside after failing to clear Conyngham Mountain.
A humorous clipping combines two anecdotes from early 20th century periodicals. A hotel guest coolly dismisses a fire scare with a cigarette and necktie redesign while his companions mock his lack of trousers. A quip-loving young lawyer and a satirical tale from Eve’s Appetite reflect dry wit on human foibles.
The article notes the 5 cent brown stamp with Franklin and the 10 cent black stamp with Washington from pre 1847 issues. It remarks Washington appears on every regular U S stamp. A Confederate stamp and an envelope addressed to Noel Baldwin of Kingsport are also mentioned.
Bargains offered on easy terms. Four room house on Dale Street priced at 1750 dollars. Six room house on Oak Street in White City with conveniences including Arcola heat priced at 4759 dollars. Listings show contact B Nall on Broad Street.
In a 1861 tale the post office stood in Kinneport and spur lines hint at long gone road co operations. The column urges readers to uncover more intriguing items tucked away by local people.
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