Phone company asks rehearing of toll charge case
Inter Mountain Telephone seeks suspension of an order for free service between Kingsport and Bristol and Kingsport and Blountville. The company argues the Cumberland system did not provide such service and requests the commission treat the petition as an original filing for relief or as a rate increase to cover local exchange and free service costs.
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Inter-Mountain Telephone Company
Kingsport
Bristol
Blountville
Utilities Commission
Nashville
E. R. Bachman
Inter-Mountain Company
Bachman
T. R. Bandy
Harvey H. Hannah
A. H. Roberts
Cumberland Telephone and
Tenn
The
Cumberland Telephone Company
Army Recruiting Officer Arrives in Kingsport
Sergeant H. E. Mitchell, recruiting officer for the United States Army, arrived in Kingsport this morning and will stay two weeks enlisting recruits and giving information on Army advantages. He will be at the post office and the Community building for inquiries.
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H. E. Mitchell
United States Army
Kingsport
U. S. Army
Judge Smith’s Police Court Sees $279 Revenue This Week
Three days of business in Judge E D Smith’s police court netted 279.25 for the city. Eight individuals paid fines for violations linked to Volstead era enforcement, totaling 193.25. One man paid 53.50 for possessing more arms than allowed, another 13.50 for dangerous driving, and 19 for assault and battery. No cases appeared this morning.
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E. D. Smith
Volstead
Rev S B Ogle to Accept Charge at Princeton Church
Reverend S B Ogle, pastor of the local Baptist church, will leave Kingsport for the First Baptist Church of Princeton West Virginia next week. He cites a larger field and stronger church as reasons for his move after four years of growth and property acquisitions in Kingsport.
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S. B. Ogle
Princeton Church
Baptist Church
First Baptist Church of
Princeton
W. Va
Ogle
Tennessee
Old Pierce Memorial
Old Kingsport
Kingsport
Southern Baptist Convention
Local Church Notes From New Hope Area
Rev G W Good filled his appointment at New Hope on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs C J Morrell visited relatives at Thomas Bridge. Mrs G M Dolen and children of Bluff City and Rev Good and Joseph Rutledge joined Mr and Mrs M L Cross for Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jack Vicars and child of Bristol visited the Crosses. Several residents attended the county singing at Old Holston.
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Buffalo
G. W. Good
New Hope
C. J. Morrell
Byron Morrell
Thomas Bridge
G. M. Dolen
Bluff City
Cedar Grove News Highlights and Visits
Cedar Grove school progress noted. Mr and Mrs Thompson with Howard and Viva return from Virginia. Blanche Sneed visited Jerrie Cash. Anna Laura Breeding improves after illness. Verna Mae Wolfe visits sister in Appalachia Virginia. Mrs Clara Newland and sister Margaret Thompson visit Mrs J T Jayne. Carl Sneed returns from Bristol with grandparents. Quinton Carter improving after illness. Singing convention planned at Bloomingdale on September 16. J W Ferguson and son Charlie return home.
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Cedar Grove
Thompson
Howard
Viva
Virginia
Blanche Sneed
Jerrie Cash
Anna Laura Breeding
Verna Mae Wolfe
G. A. Carter
Appalachia
Clara Newland
Margaret Thompson
J. T. Jayne
Carl Sneed
Bristol
W. H. Perry
Quinton Carter
Bloomingdale
J. W. Ferguson
Charlie
Fighting Parson Dr John H Clifford Speaks On WEAF
Dr John H Clifford formerly of Kingsport spoke on the New York Federation of Churches program at WEAF. Named national chaplain of the Marine Corps League he is known for heroism at Chateau Thierry and Belleau Wood and awarded the Croix de Guerre with star.
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John H. Clifford
Kingsport
New York Federation of Churches
WEAF
New York Journal
Clifford
Marine Corps League
le Jeune
U. S. Marines
Revival and Social Notes From Fall Branch Community
Rev Knowling preached Sunday night. A singing convention of Sullivan, Washington and Greene counties will be held at Fall Branch on the third Saturday of the month. Families from nearby towns visited relatives and neighbors including the Haws, Riggs, Phillips, Gibson and Hale households. Early departures for Iowa City and Walnut N C were noted, along with revival services at Logan's Chapel and improving health of Annie Horton.
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Knowling
Sullivan
Washington
Greene Counties
Fall Branch
Penn Bowery
Robert
Iowa Ciay
Effie Haws
Walnut
N. C
Sarah Eppes
Mary Gibson
Thomas Haws
Henry Shipley
Noah Fincher
John Baxter
Elbert Riggs
Dunn
Aker
Church Hill News Briefs Include Visits and Game
Mr and Mrs Sam Larkins and children and Mrs J E Martin returned home after two weeks with Mrs Martin's daughter in Nitro West Virginia A large crowd from Church Hill attended the camp meeting Sunday Illness of Mrs B J Francisco noted Miss Lena Hamilton left for school Monday A basketball game is set for Saturday at Grange Hall between Church Hill and Grange Hall T N Brown spent the weekend with home folks
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Church Hill
Sam Larkins
J. E. Martin
Property Owners Pay Assessments Prompt Payments Continue
City Recorder Black reports many property owners have already paid street assessment charges before the October 1 and November 1 discounts. The ten day window after ordinance 158 expired allowed late payments while a list for the city attorney was being prepared. The street labor tax for males 21 to 45 is collecting faster, with discounts of two dollars for early payment and one dollar for payments by November 1. After November 1 full four dollars due.
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City Recorder
Black
Bandy
Attendance at Public Schools Sets New City Opening Record
Public schools report 1369 students on first day, best start in city history. Elementary houses hold 1051 with 278 in Junior and Senior High, 40 in kindergarten. Several teachers arrived. two staff on illness leave with regaining expected soon.
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S. W. Gentry
Gentry
Maura Akard
Jackson School
Bonnie Kate Russet
Knoxville
Depew's Chapel Preaching and Local Visits Report
Rev T E Goodman to preach Sunday at Depew's Chapel with a camp meeting at Ross also Sunday. Nellie Hood ill. Holston Institute entertainment at Horse Creek Saturday drew a large crowd. Mrs G T Dotson visiting son Herbert Dotson in Kingsport. Nathan Crawford family joined Mrs Will Crawford for Sunday dinner. Columbus Hite hosted dinner for Arthur Hite family Bethel Isaac Hite family Mill Creek and Rev Dunn. Joseph Moore and son Gaines from Virginia visited relatives here last week. R P Depew and daughters Kate and Glenna visited relatives at Holston Institute Monday.
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T. E. Goodman
Ross
Nellie Hood
Horse Creek
Holston Institute
G. T. Dotson
Herbert Dotson
Kingsport
Nathan Crawford
Will Crawford
Columbus Hite
Arthur Hite
Bethel
Isaac Hite
Horace
Mill Creek
Dunn
Joseph Moore
Gaines
Virginia
R. P. Depew
Kate
Glenna
Mon
Harned Sees Advancement in Tennessee Education
State Education Commissioner P L Harned predicts progress in Tennessee schools at the new term. Counties report more funds for country elementary schools, consolidation of weak schools, better facilities and sanitation, expanded teacher training, equal salaries, longer terms, and stronger county and state affiliations to raise attendance and efficiency.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
P. L. Harned
Harned
State Department of Education
United States
Local School Progress and Social Visits Noted
Day by day the school at this place advances well under Miss Grace Strickler of Fordtown. Mrs. E P Easley called on Mrs. Robert Light Monday afternoon. John Williams and Miss Margaret Harrison visited Mrs. Columbus Hire Thursday and Friday of last week.
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Grace Strickler
Fordtown
E. P. Easley
Robert Light
John Williams
Margaret Harrison
Columbus Hire
Bristol Road Community News Highlights
Community notices from Bristol feature church services at Mountain View and Highland Park led by Rev. R. W. Watts and Rev. Fred P. Bales with 863 conversions reported. Residents including Rev. Bales, Noah Childress, the Mitchells, Bond family, and others are mentioned visiting, ill, or preparing for events at Mountain View and Harbour’s schoolhouse September 19.
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Pyle
R. W. Watts
Mountain View
R. M. Mitchell
Bristol
Fickle and
Bridwell
War Path School
J. L. Bond
Highland Park
Fred P. Bales
Bales
Kingsport
Noah Childress
Cc. G. Mitchell
Cecil Mitchell
Pp. T. Mitchell
Reports of Japan quake deaths appear greatly exaggerated
Telegraph notes from Japan claim losses from earthquakes and tidal waves were overstated. Radiograms estimate Yokohama casualties around fifty thousand, with thirty thousand dead counted west of Tokyo. Washington reports Japan relief fund nearing one million of five million.
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Japan
Shanghai
Associated
Yokohama
Tokio
Washington
Red Cross
Senator Willis backs Coolidge for 1924 GOP nomination
Washington Senator Willis of Ohio who helped present Harding in 1920 declared support for President Coolidge as the Republican nominee for 1924 after a White House visit. The move aligns Willis with Coolidge ahead of next year's party selection.
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Willis
Coolidge
Washington
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
President Coolidge
White House
German mark near vanishing point in market
The German mark continued its rapid decline in today's market, quoted at one and three-fourths cents per million, equating to 0rd7 150 000 for one American dollar. Before the war marks, worth 23.8 cents each, would have cost about 13.6 million dollars for a dollar.
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New York
Boston Chosen Convention City by Grand Army of the Republic
Boston was unanimously selected as the convention city for next year by the Grand Army of the Republic at the closing session of its annual encampment in Milwaukee. The decision was announced as the gathering concluded.
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Boston
Milwaukee
Grand Army of the Republic
William Roscoe Thayer Dies in Cambridge at 64
William Roscoe Thayer of Harvard and biographer of Theodore Roosevelt died at his Cambridge home today after a long illness. He was 64 years old.
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William Roscoe Thayer
Cambridge Cambridge
Harvard
Theodore Roosevelt
WCTU Leader Urges Women to Vote Against Wet Forces
Miss Anna Evans ton world president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union calls on all women at the Columbus convention to use ballots to defeat the wet forces seeking to restore wines and beers. She frames the issue as lawlessness against law and urges awakening of churchfuls of rocking chair saints.
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Columbus
Anna Evanston
Illinois
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Warning on Poison Liquor Ahead of State Fair
Louisville prohibition chief P Green Miller warned of a flood of poisonous liquor entering the market during the Kentucky state fairs next week. He cited seizures showing redistilled material mixed with denatured alcohol coloring and patent medicines stamped with bond labels.
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Louisville
P. Green Miller
Tennessee
Kentucky
Anthracite Peace Parley Continues Efforts
In Harrisburg delegates of the miners union met to decide on ending the strike with John L. Lewis silent on the result. Governors Pinchot peace proposal gains operator acceptance while union seeks higher wages and union checkoff. The scale committee works on a compromise toward full demands.
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Harrisburg
Ona
John L. Lewis
Pinchot
Mrs William O Bradley Critically Ill in Frankfort Visit
Mrs William O Bradley wife of the late Senator Bradley is reported critically ill at Governor Morrow's home where she is visiting Little hope is held out for her care remains uncertain in Frankfort Kentucky with Governor Morrow in attendance
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William O. Bradley
Frankfort
Senator Bradley
Morrow
Harding's Will Goes to Probate in Marion
The will of former President Harding is filed for probate in Marion. He leaves Mrs. Harding an estate worth about 100000 dollars plus the Harding home and a half interest in the building housing the Marion Star. The total value is estimated around 800000 pending appraisers report.
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Harding
Marion Star
Marion
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DR. A. Meiklejohn
Alexander Meiklejohn
Amherst College
J. H. Clifford
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Ate Country Elementary
Associated Press
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