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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1934
Page
8
A reader describes a family who swapped city wealth for a New England farm life and voluntary land sharing for camping use. The piece explains subsistence farmsteads as a government plan to feed families, decentralize industry, provide steady work, and foster community recreation while promoting local education and neighborly ties.
The U S Army Air Corps developed a free type parachute and Irvin tested it at Me Cook Field Dayton. Private schools for cripples were proposed by Miss Cornelia and Dr James Knight in 1861 but started two years later. The General Court of Massachusetts by the first copyright law gave a bookseller the right to publish the colony laws.
Sunday services at St. Stephen A M E Zion include church school at 9 45 preaching at 11 by Rev J F Dunn with theme Three questions answered on the forgiveness of sin and service at 3 by Rev W T Witherspoon with choir. May Day festival planned by Leonard Street School on May 7 with dances and games written for Negro pupils.
Tsungani and Modernistic entertain with bridge at Cotton club in High Point area drawing a large crowd from Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Prizes awarded to Mrs BE Williams Miss Florida Attwater and P Andrews. After luncheon guests danced an hour. Alpha Art club to host bridge and whist for Efland home funds April 16.
Joe Davenport 85 a farmer was held without bond after a magistrate hearing in Williamston for the murder of his 26 year old wife who he alleged was unfaithful. The killing occurred last week and Davenport faces the June term of superior court.
The United States completed the 1819 treaty purchase of Florida from Spain, finalizing territorial transfer and establishing U.S. sovereignty over the peninsula. The agreement followed long negotiations and reshaped regional boundaries and governance.
Wm H Fraser of St PaulMinn claims a discovery helps victims of stomach ulcers and indigestion. He invites readers to write for a free treatment sent by return mail, requesting only name and address to Udga 3188 Foot-Schulse Bidg St Paul Minn. A post card suffices.
Raleigh April 14 A grand jury report accuses some sheriff and city officers of sympathy with law violators and attends parties with liquor and questionable women. It calls for dismissals of Deputies Woody Madry George Mitchell and Sion Williams and removal of unworthy police. Dr J Powell Tucker of First Baptist urged action as a witness in the probe.
The article lauds Admiral Lord Nelson as a hero in the battle of Tratalga. It notes Jupiter as the largest planet in the solar system.
The Bay of Fundy is celebrated for its exceptionally high tides across the region. Researchers, fishermen, and tourists observe dramatic tidal shifts shaping local ecosystems and coastal activity.
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