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Kingsport Times

Location

Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1925

Page

3

Sprankle Prepares Eleven for Tilt With Galax Here

Sprankle tunes Sprankle eleven for clash with Galax Va high here Saturday at 3 o clock. Duncan the only regular on list out indefinitely. Galax boasted dropkicker Freyer who kicked the field goal last Saturday against Saltville. Schedule lists games through November 26 against Greeneville and Johnson City.

Milligan College Sprankle Galax Duncan Saltville High Kingsport Virginians Freyer Saltville Invaders Johnson City Greeneville High Blacksburg Middlesboro Bristol, Tenn Greeneville

Red Grange Praised As Fastest Halfback By Scout Sommers

Frank Sommers, a 23 year veteran in football as player coach and scout, says Harold Red Grange is the greatest he has seen. He notes Grange’s 80 yard kickoff return for a touchdown and predicts a strong showing against Pennsylvania. Sommers jokes Grange may own two motorcycles to outrun defenders.

Chicago Frank Somers Harold “Red” Grange Illinois Grange Sommers Pennsylvania Illinios Grance

Michigan Leads Big Ten After Wisconsin Victory

Michigan stays unbeaten in the Western conference with a sweeping win over Wisconsin and tops the Big Ten with two conference wins. Iowa opens with a win over Illinois as Nick Kutsch outscored Red Grange.

Chicago Michigan Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Nick Kutsch Red” Grange Ohio Purdue Minnesota Indiana Northwestern

Penalties List Five Yard Violations in Football

The series introduces common five yard penalties in football including failure of substitute to report offside positions and illegal positions. It lists violations such as placing the ball in play out of bounds carrying the ball by guard or center and feint to snap. Also noted are delaying, interference before play, holding by defense, running into the kicker and unfair play not covered in rules.

Dobyns Taylor Adds Rear Building At Hardware Store

Excavation began for a 25 by 100 foot one story brick addition at the rear of Dobyns Taylor Hardware Company. The new space on Shelby street will house kitchen equipment and radio department items with a glass front. A lighted walkway will connect the structures to ease passage to Broad street, aim to finish by December first.

Dobyns-Taylor Hardware Company Shelby Street Shelby Broad Street Broad

Hupmobile Touring and Chevrolet Hit on Sullivan Street

An early morning collision on Sullivan Street near the circle involved a Hupmobile touring car and a Chevrolet. The Chevrolet suffered a broken left front wheel while the Hupmobile had a bent left running board. Both cars damaged but occupants unharmed.

Sullivan Street Circle Chevrolet

Auto Collision at Five Points injures two cars

A Dodge touring and a Ford collided at Sulivan and Cherokee streets at about 11:30 this morning. Both vehicles suffered minor damages with the Dodge sustaining heavier damage to the left front wheel and fender. The Dodge was turning left from Sulivan onto Cherokee when the Ford, approaching from the opposite side, struck it.

Dodge Ford Sulivan Cherokee Cherokee Street

Sulins Girls Picnic at Rotherwood Grove

A group of Sulins college girls and faculty plus Bristol Rotarians visited Rotherwood Grove in Kingsport for a picnic this afternoon. Rotary committees assist in the outing with many Bachelor Brigade members attending.

Sulins College Bristol Rotarians Rotherwood Kingsport Bristol Rotary Club Bachelor Brigade

Law Court In Session At City Court

City court convened this morning with Judge D. A. Vines presiding. Most cases were not ready for trial and carried over to a later day. A large crowd attended throughout the day in the city court room.

Law Court D. A. Vines City Court Room

Woman’s World Peace Plan Gains Momentum in Japan

Boston woman Miss Jess M Sherwood whose religious conference idea unites Christians Buddhists and Jews to foster world peace has drawn strong favorable response in Japan Reports say two Tokyo groups have passed resolutions to hold a World Religious Conference and will consult to promote the plan Others note Buddhist leaders in Osaka and Nippon University professors support the effort as U.S. leadership is urged to act

Boston New York Japan Jess M. Sherwood Etary The Japan Society of Boston Boston Colleges Tokio Tokyo Religious Talking Society Nippon University

Press Censor May Condemn Early

Italian newspapers allied against the Fascist government urged the Press Censor to condemn swiftly if he intends to condemn at all. The law requires preapproval of each issue with suppression as the penalty, and delayed censorship left copies unprinted and erased.

Rome

Springs at Brides-les-Bains Claim Noted Cures

Geneva reports several remarkable weight changes among visitors at the Springs of Brides-les-Bains in Savoy. People wasting pounds gain plumpness while those stout shed fat as the mountain air and mild heat affect the body.

Geneva Brides-les-Bains Savoy Tarentaise

Madrid Exposition Postponed Till October

Madrid officials announce the Exposition de Luxe delayed until October to fit pleasant weather and showcase Madrid’s gay capital. In the interim visitors may enjoy Spanish fine arts celebrations at the Exposition.

Madrid

Payroll Bandits Shoot Paymaster in West Palm Beach

F W Curry 22 paymaster of the Cement Gunn Company was shot twice through the hip when fleeing from payroll robbers in West Palm Beach. The bandits fled after taking a $3,500 payroll. Curry is in critical condition at Lake Worth Hospital.

Associated Press West Palm Beach F. W. Curry Cement Gunn Company Lakeworth Hospital

Woman Killed by Liquor Belief in Los Angeles

Los Angeles October 18 Post mortem on Mrs Laura Biddle wife of Craig Biddle Philadelphia society matron and wealthy sportsman found death probably due to alcoholism. Autopsy surgeon A F Wagner said a chemical analysis of stomach and vital organs would confirm the finding before official records.

Los Angeles Laura Biddle Philadelphia Society Craig Biddle A. F. Wagner

Nominees Must File Certificates Before Election

The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that November election nominees must file certificates of nomination with county clerks at least 45 days before the election to be eligible. The court found section 1456 of the statutes amended to be valid and enforceable.

Frankfort Court of Appeals Kentucky

Governor Pardons Octogenarian Liquor Defendant in Tennessee

Nashville Oct 17 Governor Austin Peay granted a pardon to Bud Johnson of Cannon county an elderly man who had completed his jail term and most of his fine for manufacturing liquor and was pardoned due to poor health and inability to pay the remaining amount. The pardon follows the governors return from Chattanooga with Highway Commissioner Creveling after a Dixie Highway Motorcade banquet.

Nashville, Tenn Austin Peay Bud Johnson Cannon County Peay Creveling Chattanooga Mr. Creveling

Foresters Organize Cumberland County Association

R. S. Maddox state forester returned from Crossville where he supervised the formation of a county forestry association. This local group is the second in the state with the first formed in Fentress county.

R. S. Maddox Crossville Cumberland County Fentress County

Health official tours counties in smallpox survey

Dr. W. J. Breeding with the state department of public health has visited all counties since May 18 in a smallpox survey except Davidson Hamilton and Shelby. Dr. E. L. Bishop says the survey will aid preventive measures to forestall epidemics.

W. J. Breeding State Department of Public Health Davidson, Hamilton Shelby E. L. Bishop

State Education Commissioner to Attend Regional Meetings

P. L. Harned the commissioner of education will attend three regional educational conferences in October. He will speak on state educational affairs at the West Tennessee meeting in Memphis October 22 to 24 the East Tennessee meeting in Knoxville October 29 to 31 and the Parent Teachers Association event in Nashville on October 27.

P. L. Harned West Tennessee Educational Association Memphis East Tennessee Educational Association Knoxville Parent-Teachers Association Nashville

Taxi Cheaper Than Silk Stockings In Paris

Paris crowds flock to taxis as a frugal alternative to silk stockings, boosting taxi firms. Visitors to the International Exposition of Decorative Arts embrace the cheaper transport, while silk stocking vendors fear a decline in trade.

Paris

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Milligan Penn Scout the Howdy Store Market St Norman E. Brown Dobyns-Taylor Kingsport Restaurant Main St Ning Board Sullivan Sullins Rotherwood Grove the Times J. H. Watkins First National Bank Payroll Hina Tnamel Prairie Gavineat Louisville Nrentucky J. Fred Johnson
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