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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1925
Page
6
Miss Clara Hamlett read an interesting leaflet In the Land of Coal and Coke Then the guests were escorted to the Clinchfield by the hostess with refreshments. The attendees included Mrs J M Hamlett Mrs Benton and Mrs H C Bunn.
Poem about faith at sea followed by social notices and local events. Country Club Bridge Tonight for members and guests. Arnold Showalter marriage at Lutheran parsonage October 14 officiated by Rev. Huffard. Birthday party for J E B Shielder at Follewild. Young Women’s Society meets at First Christian church with study The Highway of Friendship focusing on Slavic people in Europe.
Mr Strater Hanks of Johnson City visits today. Paul Gross of Gate City Va visited yesterday. L H Tigue of Asheville NC is in town today. L D Hill of Johnson City will stay here on business. Ning Ketton returns from Bristol. Stanley Nesbit returns to Roanoke after visiting. Mr and Mrs John S Cox and son move to 498 Wanda St Kingsport after residing in Knoxville. Cox joins Mead Fidge Co. Card of Thanks from the Meredith family thanking friends for support and floral offerings during Sherman Meredith’s illness and death.
In Syracuse on October 15 a New York Central Wester Express sleeper bound for Chicago continued with a dead engineer at the controls. Fireman Charles Foreman found William Van Bergen dead with a crushed head, believed killed by a girder strike on a bridge as the train passed through yards.
London authorities plan a November revival of moots in the Middle Temple. The mock trials simulate appellate proceedings with two counsels per side and a judge’s ruling. Justice Sankey is expected to preside over the first moot, seen as vital training for junior lawyers.
Assistant Attorney General Westonfield in Boston reports a demurrer and answer filed in the supreme court to Ida Blankenburg of Tulsa Oklahoma. The case challenges Judge William M. Prest of Suffolk county Probate Court who ruled Blankenburg not a daughter of actress Lotta Crabtree and sentenced her to six months for contempt over a alleged claim to Crabtree’s will.
United States trade data show September exports at 422 million dollars and imports at 849 million, leaving a favorable balance of 600 thousand. The month’s import total tops all months this year except March, according to the commerce department.
The Arctic Circle broadcasts reach Canada as the most northerly commercial station begins public operation at Aklabik, at the mouth of the McXenaie river, about 1000 miles north of Edmonton and 125 miles beyond the Arctic Circle.
Firestone president announces a 99 year lease with Liberia on 1,000,000 acres suitable for rubber and a 2,000 acre fully matured plantation. Development plans total $100,000,000.
The Apmuciniee Prone Zurich reports a Swiss neural science case by Dr Rudolph Beun about a demented ant in a constructed nest. The ant moved constantly while nestmates hid, and after six days the insect was dissected revealing a tumor in the left brain lobe destroying key centers.
Dr El Oliver, chemist at the Hawaiian Homes settlement on Molokai, reports successful extraction of syrups from pineapples using a freezing process. He notes syrups of various concentrations and claims mainland synthetic syrups cost more to produce.
Soviet authorities plan to dispatch 72 artists to various regions to paint scenes of revolutionary events portraits of leaders and labor life as part of an educational mission across the union. The expedition will include comprehensive depictions of present day social life and civic activity.
A number of noted artists will visit the Crimea the Urals the Ukraine and the northern provinces on a cultural mission. Additional artists are to be sent abroad for the same purpose.
Kathleen Britter at 24 becomes London's first woman conveyancer after leaving stenography. She studied real property and persuaded a firm to hire her, arguing capable women can do the job. Her mother once served as housekeeper for the late Lord Leverhulme, who supported her plans.
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