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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1925
Page
4
The Times will publish letters only from named correspondents with full signatures. Names may be withheld on request.
A traveler fears a town will be rude and self centered. An old Quaker warns the new place mirrors the kindness or meanness of the town they leave. The second group finds the same pattern, proving the proverb that a place reflects what people give.
The author praises self control in players during the world series as crucial to success. It argues that thinking quickly and managing thoughts under pressure affects prestige and future careers, showing calm, confident play despite intensity and anxiety.
An unnamed explorer quoted in the Berliner Tareblatt weighs animal happiness, arguing that many beasts suffer under human and hunter influence while the hippo alone enjoys relative freedom and long life, living philosophically as others toil in danger.
The State Journal notes a rising market for western wild horses now aimed at European meat consumption. Buyers seek all horses on the range including old and worn animals, with hopes to process them for human food in Europe. The plan marks a shift from nuisance to profit for ranchers.
The Ship State Journal quotes a plan to move 50,000 animals in trainload lots, aiming to keep them in good condition for butchering. The proposed price is $3 per animal, which is just $8 above their value for other purposes.
A collage of humorous quips and cartoons from various sources including Journal Amusant Amberican ission Weekly Punch and Life. The snippets joke about politics money travel manners and everyday scenes with playful wordplay and punchlines.
A long extract from 1887 newspaper sources recounts letters, samplers, and editorials about the Civil War era. It notes Captain and Mrs. Ricketts recovering in Moj, Pal, with details of battlefield injuries and hospital scarcity. It references Russian and European politics, secession, and local conditions, including shortages of boots and provisions in Richmond.
A fragment notes travel from New Jersey to North Virginia via an eight mile segment where the captain is identified as a native of the city. The text is sparse and provides limited context about purpose or date.
In Nashville on Oct 10 a marble bust by Augustus Lukeman, sculptor of Stone Mountain, will be the grand prize for the southern girl aiding the Memorial Association in the Harvest Campaign sale of Confederate Memorial coins. The drive aims to sell 200,000 half dollars with proceeds funding the Stone Mountain panorama carving. First entrant is Miss Iathyn Rees of Johnson City, sponsored by the Johnson City TD CG chapter, with many chapters already entering. Other prizes include gold and silver lavaliers for top county finishers and a state gala in Nashville to select Tennessee representatives for a grand ball in Atlanta.
State sponsors attending the Atlanta sanction will receive expenses paid and be guest of the city. A two to three day schedule includes social functions not the costume ball. The highest selling sponsor gains extra market influence and double credit for excess quota in the harvest campaign led by the state director and local chairs.
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