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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1889
Page
1
A Carthage Illinois merchant recently used painted boot tracks from the public square to his store as a novel advertising stunt. The scheme drew wide curiosity as passersby followed the tracks to the business.
The London Ironmonger argues iron ties may replace wooden ones and metal could substitute wood in many uses. Timber is thinning worldwide due to disforestation, and climatic and economic forces will curb wholesale tree destruction, boosting iron and steel use in exteriors roofing paving and related applications.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children aided by Agent Stocking last Friday to remove four children from drunken parents. In a tenement garret a boy age four and a girl age six watched their mother drunk on the floor. In another room a woman lay unconscious with two hungry children aged seven and eleven. The four children will be cared for by the Society until placed in public institutions or homes, while one mother who resisted removal will be punished.
A gold watch linked to Lieutenant Critten den’s death is traced from General Crittenden’s England purchase to a Sioux warrior, later sold to a Canadian farmer. The maker confirms the watch originally belonged to General Crittenden, who later repurchased it. it now hangs in his New York bedroom as a memorial to his son.
In 1888 Cincinnati proposes a large exposition marking 100 years since early Ohio Valley settlement. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce boards and Ohio Mechanics Institute endorse a wide Fourteenth Cincinnati Industrial Exposition to showcase agriculture commerce manufactures and art with world exhibition hopes and federal support sought.
A swindler used a Texas style decoy from Miami Lumber Co to lure victims. He sent letters about an accidental death and listed valuables to be sent to the dead man’s friend. The ruse promised eight dollars to recover $90 in valuables, but the lumber company, corpse, and valuables were myths.
A poetic fragment laments weariness from tears and fears and painful waiting. The text ends with a quiet wish to rest and dreamless sleep, signed Menorah.
At a Dart shoe plant Annie Velga is suspected when a jewelry heist stalls the room search scene. John Dart probes rooms, hides a red stocking, and Annie is later cleared as the looted jewels are found with a thief. He later courts and marries her, presenting a repaired stocking as a playful memento.
An article recounts Nasr-ed-Deen Shah’s hunting trips from palace pavilions to mountain expeditions. It details royal tents, wives housed in separate structures, and elaborate blue gilded coaches drawn by six horses. Guards clear streets as heralds announce the procession, with severe penalties for intruders.
At Lansing Michigan nine Howe brothers gathered for a reunion. Ages ranged from 71 to 94, totaling 521 years. Combined weight reached 1 443 pounds, averaging 160. It marked the first time all nine brothers had ever met together.
A collection of brief notes on alchemy, Islamic term origins, Gothic architecture origins, demons in European lore, a strange stickleback, Dutch etymology of boodle, a French report on courtly banquets, grand checks drawn in New York, a combinatorial puzzle, a wartime incident with wrens that saved King William’s army, and the wren’s link to the Orange party.
Ocean steamers rely on licensed harbor pilots and a separate class of outside pilots who take charge of vessels until they pass coastal dangers. Philadelphia pilots train six years on pilot-boats with staged responsibility, reflecting strict rules and apprenticeship as described by Youths Companion.
A Sioux chief Black Horse and his wife White Bell mourned their child Okesa in Copenhagen West Cemetery. A wreath from Okesa’s unidentified friends abroad was placed on the unadorned grave, sent via the London steamer with a note from the mother and distant well-wishers.
A lone drug clerk in a rural store pines for customers and reads Daniel Deronda. A flirtatious scene unfolds as Addie arrives, Cy Whittaker woos and dodges, and Grandma’s prescription crisis leads to Susie Griswold’s entrance. The piece ends with Cyrano like vanity and the saying the world keeps turning.
Mrs. Alice M. Shaw, a Yale educated entertainer, recently whistled in Beecher's church in Brooklyn and reportedly captivated the audience. The piece notes her ability supports a family of fatherless children.
Poem on a quiet soul seeking a musical awakening. The speaker wishes a dear hand to wake silent chords into soaring melody. Heart rests under a tranquil star as silence feels sweeter than pain born of song.
A compilation of humorous snippets from various papers including witty exchanges about health and water, a quip on slippers as two fat men, a note on sea age, and jokes about emperors and jokes about Mars. It preserves the period voice and bold as a light, column style.
A Pennsylvania gas well near Washington features a 50 foot flame when gas ignited at 600 feet. Every 15 minutes a three inch water jet sprayed into the flame, lifting it over 100 feet and producing colored pyrolytic lights. Birds fluttered nearby as the blaze burned for years before ceasing suddenly.
Danish army Major Sophus Schack argues physiology and facial features reveal character. He claims noses reflect chest capacity lungs strength mental vitality and even intellect with variations by nose shape. He cites examples from child development to adult types and notes savage noses differ.
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