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Newspaper
Kingsport Times
Location
Kingsport, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1925
Page
4
The Times will publish reader correspondence only with signed full names. Anonymous letters will not be printed, though names may be withheld on request.
A Safety Week note urges careful driving amid rail crossing dangers. It warns motorists to pause, look both ways, and avoid shifting gears near tracks to prevent deadly accidents.
A lady recalls she once planned to teach older youths but now welcomes a class of eight year old girls. She notes girls and boys today become insolent by age twelve, resisting instruction from older people and driving them away with disrespect.
The text notes a surge in education demand with colleges turning away applicants, citing the University of Pennsylvania turning away 2,200 prospects due to accommodation limits. It argues for more funding for college education or sending those capable toward work, claiming lack of college education has not halted progress for ambitious individuals.
The narrator recalls early reform history with the Granger movement entering West Virginia from the west across the mountains and toward the Potomac. He notes seeds and supply issues, hints at political conflict, and observes a broader decline of reform momentum in recent years.
Robert D. Towne reflects in the Philadelphia Public Ledger on the decline of nationwide reform movements and the rise of inactive leadership, print campaigns, and wealthy backers. He notes the end of era leaders, the change from street speaking to mail campaigns, and estimates millions in concealed reform funding.
A collage of cheeky exchanges and quick quips from readers and columns. Snippets touch on engagement rumors, a nurse’s job classification joke, a dental mishap with gas, a doctor query, and a light note about a husband and golf. The piece reads as a cluttered human-interest column with humorous asides.
In a brief item, Want Ads in The Times highlight a waller sod bargain offered by Secker. The notice signals a local deal and prompts readers to inquire for details or prices.
Local notes recount social calls and visits in the Shipleys Ferry area. Names include Ruth Poore, Allen Booker, John Hite, Lenny Kerney, Jarvis, Strickler family, Eliza Whaley, Marie Duff, Renrend Mathis, Hubert Wings, L Slaughter, and others. Several sick lists and domestic visits are noted with neighbors traveling to nearby towns and farms.
Epworth notes steady Sunday school progress and welcomes Rev. J. C. Clark for another year. Reports illnesses and moves include Mrs. Bessie Smith not improving quickly and Grace’s relocation. Weekend visits span Hiltons Virginia Arcadia Bloomingdale and Kingsport with several families and friends attending events and chestnut hunting.
Cool weather slows wheat sowing as Fordtown residents share updates. Births, illnesses, and visits are listed, including Susie Kitamitler born to Mr. and Mrs. Tilton and several social calls at Coffman and Norris homes. Beulah church events and Beulah meeting plans are noted.
Mr and Mrs H B Norris return home to Kingsport. Clifton visitors include Mrs Frank Sproles and children. Several residents travel to Lynch Kentucky and Norton Hospital sees an operation. Local schooling, shopping trips, and weekend visits feature among the many noted towns Appalachia Roda Gap and Kingsport.
A U S government test and 26 universities validate a new oil amp that emits brighter, odorless light with less smoke than ordinary lamps. Inventor K W Johnson offers a 10 day free trial and promises income opportunities by promoting the lamp.
The community notes illness of Mrs. C W Fleenor and visitors including Joe Pectol Jacob Roller Henry Pendleton and Arthor Garland. Cora Jones spent the weekend with kin near Mill Paint and Rhea Roller visited from Dante Va. The Kingsport Halloween party is planned for Saturday Oct 31.
A large attendance from Fordtown, R F D 7 gathered for a fairy at Rock Springs. Pactolus school won two prizes, a $3 prize for tendance and a $1 prize for best song and yell. Mrs Alvin Sells visited Mr and Hits Lacy near Rock Springs. Mr Sills Ratlin dinner guest of Mrs Lee Hunt. Mr and Mrs Rufus Dolen and Mr George Hunt of Kingsport visited J E Owens. Kingsport-born resident visited here last year. Mrs L A Hunt visited the sick Sunday. Mr and Mrs Marcellus Fish and children were guests of Mr and Mrs Senby Sunday. Mrs J Eversth Isenberg and ee l were guests of Mr and Mrs L a Hunt Tuesday. Misses Ruby and Verna Eaton were Sunday guests of Miss Goldin Sells.
Mr and Mrs Guy King announce the birth of two baby boys with one named Edward Lee. A new pastor is expected to preach his first sermon on November 1. Mr GC M Smith is building a chimney for Steward Hamilton. Mr and Mrs R L Light and their children were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Steward Hamilton.
An advertisement touts Celotabs as a quick remedy to break up a cold or shorten flu symptoms. It claims one or two tablets at bedtime purify the system without salts or nausea and promises a vanished cold by morning with no diet restrictions. A family package with directions costs 85 cents.
Lawrenceburg Kentucky coal dealer J. P. Nevins credits Thedford s Black Draught with ending severe bilious attacks. He endured nausea dizziness and constipation before using the remedy. After starting the medicine he reports rapid relief and renewed energy enabling him to work twice as much. One cent a dose.
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