Post Office Notice from Kingsport Tennessee
Entered at the Post Office at Kingsport Tennessee as second class mail matter.
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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1925
Page
10
Entered at the Post Office at Kingsport Tennessee as second class mail matter.
The Times invites correspondence from readers and asks contributors to sign their full names. Anonymous letters will not be published unless readers request their name be withheld.
The senator elect Bob La Follette Jr. won a decisive term in the United States Senate, confirming the La Follette machine’s enduring grip in Wisconsin. His landslide surpassed the primary margin and suggests Lenroot’s renomination bid may falter, signaling continued La Follette influence in state politics.
The distressing loss of the submarine S 51 and the Shenandoah airship prompt grief in the nation. The text notes dangers persist even in peace and urges lessons to improve safety. It highlights tireless navy and army investigators and the hope that annual perils will lessen through science and inquiry.
A discussion contrasts the go getter ethos with the need for inner refuge in college students. Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown urges balance between social ties and personal solitude, citing Sedgwick and Behrbohm as contrasting voices in debates about individual retreat versus public life.
The piece argues that true understanding of man requires inner reflection and solitude, lamenting how hurried social life erodes this power. It notes modern loneliness in cities, compares forebears' resilience, cites Machen's Hill of Dreams, and recalls a Herald Tribune remark about excess alcohol and duties after banquets.
London surgeons concede the term drunkenness may be dropped as impractical. They note alcohol effects vary by individual and can transform behavior from taciturn to talkative or gentle to violent. A universal standard is hard, though comparing to usual condition may help, as even normally sober people can act differently under strain.
In Charleston West Virginia the Daily Mail notes that evidence of drunkenness rests on excess of alcohol while assessing inebriety. It suggests distinguishing between manifestations that are humorous and harmless versus those that are violent and harmful.
A Tit-Bits caption frames a quip where a doctor asks which nation is most war like and the reply humorously suggests vaccination as always in arms. The short exchange satirizes wartime anxieties with a medical twist.
Mrs Blinks proposes inviting the next door family to Sunday dinner after the butcher left their meat by mistake. The plan reflects a neighborly gesture to share the extra supply.
A humorous Tit-Bits quip reflects on studying algebra at night and missing the intended destination. The exchange highlights student slang and classroom banter.
A writer argues that the motor car has expanded our ability to travel and observe the coast and its seafood industry. The piece hints at broader social change fueled by mobility and access to distant livelihoods.
In Manchester a giant lobster on display is estimated at about one hundred years old. The creature’s age is described as perhaps the oldest living example, surpassed only by preserved canned specimens, as noted by Punch.
A Punch remark notes a pedestrian who was struck by a horse drawn vehicle. The brief comment highlights the unusual distinction of such an incident for the reader.
Rail companies simplify trips to Florida as travel demand rises. The industry promotes easy access for visitors and returns, signaling a hopeful era for seaside tourism and regional growth.
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