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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1925
Page
4
The Times invites reader letters with full signatures. Anonymous submissions are not printed, but names may be withheld upon request.
The article highlights Thomas R. Marshall's memoirs as revealing his humane view amid protest that business is selfish politics corrupt and society must change. It praises his faith in basic American ideas and in people’s effort to do right when shown how.
The article extols how a teacher's inspiring personality can ignite a student's ambition and reveal new powers. It notes that some educators awaken learners who were previously dull, shifting their view of the world and their role in it, and suggests communities should honor such service with praise and money rewards.
Protection raises smoke stacks and prices, boosts wages, keeps money in circulation, and fuels rail traffic. It lifts the standard of living while navessities costs rise, according to the Tornado Telegram. Remembered by Their Rubbish Summer's about gone. picnicers have done enough.
The Lewiston Journal reports the Shipping Board forced Admiral Palmer to resign after stripping his powers while appointing a fleet operations chief. Captain Crowley named Palmer’s successor as the new head amid a broader probe ordered by the president’s shipping expert.
The Shipping Board fights to retain initiative while seeking economy and efficiency. Critics argue Admiral Palmer aims to hand control to a practical shipping man, but C Crowley may have little scope beyond executing board orders. Congress must decide whether to support a strong federal shipping body or curb its authority amid lingering political pressure.
A fragmentary column from Lafayette shows locals discussing weather and censor satire with regional dialect. A mountaineer schoolteacher is quoted amid tangled dialogue about going somewhere and prevailing attitudes.
Mrs. Icona Hammond and her team awaited the cotton mill restay. Mr. Borden spoke to Kings district schools recently. The effort received strong support from teachers and students. Mrs. Hall’s mother visiting. Hall family connections noted with Army service update for Frank Hall’s son.
Big Stone Gap residents share weekend plans and travels around Appalachia. Eugenia Allen plans study in nursing at Johns Hopkins. Bernard Belton sick. families visit relatives in Norton Kingsport and Elizabethton. locals shop, hunt chestnuts and host visitors.
A collection of quips and cartoon captions from various periodicals. Snippets reference jokes about wartime service in France poetry and police chiefs with a humorous vernacular voice. The pieces read like a playful montage of social observations and wry one liners.
Social notes describe visits among residents of Shipley Ferry and nearby towns including Knoxville Exter Va and Benham Ky. The text lists hospital visits births corn farming and many family and neighbor calls with numerous names and local happenings.
Farmers gather corn and sow wheat while local wealth remains strong. James Childress travels to Kingsport. Effa Moody and Charmie Moody attend a New Haven event. Several families, including Devaults, Ratliffs, and Rollers, visit neighbors such as W N Devault and J W Fulkerson across Monday and Tuesday nights.
A brief Buffalo item notes Mr and Mrs J M McCarry visiting with relatives Mr and Mrs J M McGarry and Mrs R M Blizzard over the weekend. Blizzard of Vermont has returned home.
The Horse Creek note describes a rainy midweek, with residents like J. C. Childress family and Mrs Tom Childress shopping in Kingsport. Henry Boyer remains ill but shows slight improvement and Mrs Ekee recovering from an operation at Knoxville General Hospital. Mr and Mrs Lee T Childress are also mentioned.
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