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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1922
Page
4
A string of old quotes and quips blends Moby Dick’s call to bold voyages with puns about modern life. The text riffs on sea adventure, jokes about weather, politics, and social quirks, citing Hardy, Braiey, and various humorous headlines.
A night fire destroyed six homes in High Point leaving multiple families homeless. The Board of Public Welfare cannot cover urgent needs due to lack of funds and appeals for $200, plus discarded clothing, go unanswered despite Red Cross aid. Citizens urge a community chest to ensure rapid relief in future emergencies.
The March 25 Manufacturers' Record shows southern building activity totaling 22 million dollars. In North Carolina High Point led with 178,900 dollars in February permits across 36 projects, followed by Wilmington 168,843 and Asheville 89,280. Nearby highway work and starts at the Methodist Protestant college and Commercial National Bank boost activity amid recent rebuilding after a night fire.
The War Department plans continued civilian camps in the Fourth Corps area across North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Florida Mississippi Alabama and Louisiana. Camp MecClennan Anniston Alabama will host infantry cavalry field artillery and engineers while Fort Barrancas Pensacola Florida will host coast artillery. Camps will be about three times larger than last year if congressional appropriations allow. Citizens army is seen as beneficial even in peacetime with no strong signs of imminent warlike activity.
A confusing Chicago headline hints at an election miscue and an unexpected tax impact. Analysts project heated tariff policy debates as the summer approaches.
A proverb-like item warns that frequent trouble will trap the culprit in a worsening predicament, using a domestic fable tone to illustrate consequences of risky behavior.
Mark Sabre confronts a failing marriage with his wife Mabel as an old flame Nona reenters his life at Fortune, Bast and Sabre. Jealousy, ambition, and social conventions collide as Sabre contemplates partnership, loyalty, and a drifting sense of self amid tense office exchanges and provocative dialogue.
In a dialogue heavy scene, Marko and Nona debate conventions and personal freedom. They clash over societal norms, unmarried mothers, and the rightness of conventions, while background images of Lord Tybar and a glamorous companion hint at emerging tensions. The exchange ends with a promise to continue in the next issue.
In Washington state all chambers of commerce support the American legion in France and its adjusted compensation proposal. The Paris Figaro cartoon sparked critique as the dough boy blocks Marianne who reaches for gold from Germany.
John A. Isham of Boise Idaho learned that his wartime bunkmate Oscar Weymire had not paid his American Legion dues. He traveled 200 miles by foot horse and skates to Weymire where he collected the overdue dues.
The strength that won Argonne and St Mihiel is deployed to protect payroll and bank messengers in New York. The American Legion is supplying ex soldiers who go heavily armed, joined by men and women who transport large sums through the business districts.
Charles E. Youngs Sr of St Augustine Florida hung the American flag on his hotel upside down after a carnival pitched tents on his property and appeals to authorities failed. The American Legion protested and Young apologised publicly.
The Chicago Board of Aldermen voted to send a delegation of five members to Washington to assist in lobbying for the American Legion’s adjusted compensation bill.
Alexander Lochwitzy, a former Russian count and World War I major in the American army, appeals to the New York American Legion for any suitable employment. He speaks eight languages fluently and lost all possessions in the San Antonio flood.
Ex soldier Clyde Elliswaned postmaster at Eichhart Lake Wisconsin but Rep Edward Voigt 2nd Wisconsin district refused the request. Voigt informed citizens who favored Ellis about the decision.
After a tornado struck Corinth Mississippi the mayor asked the American Legion post to furnish an armed patrol to prevent pillaging. Ex servicemen patrolled the stricken areas for hours afterward.
Judge Wenesaw Mountain Landis refused to join the American Legion as an honorary member after a speech before the Mobile post. He said no man without the title of world war veteran should be on the Legion roll and that he would not seek the title himself.
Renomination of L. L. Jenkins as Republican candidate for Congress from North Carolina tenth district will be decided at the district Republican congressional convention. The meeting of the executive committee in Asheville stated the convention will probably be held April 15.
New York reports Mrs. Cora Van Norden Coppinger daughter of financier Warner Van Norden presented a radio talk titled A Budget for Beauty. She linked personal appearance to social duty after wartime service in Serbia Macedonia and with Salvation Army canteens in World War I and holds multiple French and American decorations.
A wire-haired fox terrier named Champion Deakin Surprise valued at $6000 arrives in New York from England where he was purchased by Stanley J. Halle of the city.
Miss Ruth Winters known as Jacky Winters faced a shop loss case but the probation officer vouched for her blameless past. Vaudeville performer Mr Tommy Toner proclaimed love and arranged a ceremony with Chaplain Callahan at the Tombs. The judge suspended sentence and the couple married half an hour later.
A local theater replaces ankle bracelets with tench speedometers on its chorus girls. The change suggests upcoming mileage tallies from dancing reports, signaling unusual tracking of performance metrics and movement.
American rights were acquired by Marc Claw for The Shadow and rehearsals begin within a few days. The production marks one of the first plays scheduled to open late in the season.
Roanoke February income of Norfolk and Western railway reaches 1,108,287.10 dollars, reversing a 17,303.17 dollar deficit from February 1921. This marks the largest February earnings for the company since 1917.
Article warns smallpox could return as outbreaks appear in Missouri Chicago and elsewhere. It emphasizes vaccination as the sole preventive measure noting 3 000 000 vaccinations before the war with no deaths and urges early life vaccination including a second booster at age six.
The Art Institute of Chicago reports high demand for graduates from its industrial courses in the normal department with salaries ranging from 1406 to 2100 annually. Miss Mary Scovel directs the department which recently added weaving, dye chemistry, and loom work as part of its offerings.
Kentucky voters may gain the right for women to vote as the general assembly approved a constitutional amendment altering Section 145 to strike out male and insert or she. If adopted, the section would require United States citizens aged twenty one or older, with one year in state and six months in county, to vote in the specified precinct.
Chicago April 3 More than 1 000 hospitals in the United States and Canada plan open houses for National Hospital Day on May 12. Last year over 1 500 hospitals participated and more than 250 000 people visited. Enthusiasm exceeds borders as England and Australia join the effort.
Asheville April 1 no farmer in Buncombe county will pay income tax for the past year. Deputy Tax Commissioner Reed handled state income blanks and reports that no farmer in the western section filed a return.
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