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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1921
Page
4
The article blends local sports pride with seasonal fixes and general commentary. It notes High Point’s confidence in its Piedmont league baseball team and hints at spring trends such as floods and feverish days. It also touches on broader topics like war indemnities and peace council voices.
A playful recap notes Babe Ruth smashing his first homer of the season while a chorus of questions about normalcy, Colombia’s unusual financial stance, and a New York man charged with keeping two wives in one house intrigue readers.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology unveils a new course in food engineering, a field that predates the institute’s program by several years according to rival groups.
After seventeen years, Chief Gunner Cox is awarded the congressional medal of honor. Yet the period seems brief when compared to the pace of Congress.
Five million dollars in German gold has arrived in New York prompting speculation about how it bypassed the English Channel, which appears to have one way pockets for such wealth.
A Chicago taxicab driver recovered seven thousand dollars in jewelry left behind by a passenger and returned the valuables to the owner. The driver’s honesty drew praise from the grateful owner and local authorities.
Delegates gather to showcase before the national roads convention as a cold snap and damaged orchards threaten the tourist season. Local growers fear lasting effects but optimism remains for a summer recovery in Asheville.
The piece argues labor should help cut operating costs and accept wage reductions to lower railroad rates. It cites President Harding and wartime wage gains, praising rail workers for offering to arbitrate and pressure executives for economy. It links lower rates to broader economic relief, urging labor to lead with prudent wage and price reductions.
A South African newspaper recounts Congo hunting methods using steel nails and crude enclosures to trap and cripple elephants and lions. It contrasts native tactics with Western rifles noting cruelty and asks whether such violence reflects on civilized mankind.
Citizens urged to spread High Point fame as manufacturing center and city of homes. Visitors welcomed with fanfare while shops decorate. Rain or shine, residents urged to turnout and display the city’s progressive spirit.
A discussion of Primrose Day in London tracing its origin to Disraeli and a disputed wreath request by Queen Victoria. The piece notes Victoria may have honored Prince Edward, not Disraeli, and suggests the date's meaning arose from royal ambiguity rather than a clear fact.
A London physician Dr. E H Stancomb warns that good health is the only barrier to Bolshevism, remarking that Lenin and Trotzky suffer from decayed teeth and suggesting health as a pivotal factor in political outcomes.
A fragment discusses Baroness Wrangel, wife of the former anti Bolshevist leader, in context of moral judgments about Russian women. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or dates.
The Serbian bishop Nicholai Velimirovic remarks that laughter in America ignores the world’s suffering and recalls the tension between national happiness and global pain. The remark critiques self-satisfaction amid widespread hardship.
James J. Davis asserts that large employers of labor have become targets of muckrakers, noting some deserve criticism while others are unfairly singled out. He frames the issue as a broader debate over corporate scrutiny and reform.
Archibald Fries warns that railroads confront a pivotal period this year and next, with the outcome shaping their future prospects and policies.
The excerpt notes Chesterton saying he did not find a clear prohibition advocate in America. It references Patmnore and Ohio railroad as part of the surrounding discussion phrase. The passage reflects a foreign observer’s view of American attitudes toward prohibition and public policy.
Will Irwin declares in a wartime column that women will be mobilized and sent to their places just as men are, arguing for equal national service and home front duties in future conflicts.
Don V. Parker, Ohio state prohibition officer, says the public would reject whisky if aware of the poison it contains. He urges scrutiny of contraband spirits and warns of dangerous adulterants.
Charles E Carpenter, an industrial writer and editor, argues that employers are very largely responsible for industrial unrest. His comment reflects a critical view of management roles amid labor tensions.
Greensboro welcomes delegates to the National Good Roads convention with High Point arranging hospitality for visitors from nearly every state. The motor caravan tour to the city is scheduled for next Thursday and the hosts aim to present best efforts and appearances during their brief stay.
In Chapel Hill on April 18, W D Clark, chief forest fire warden, tours western and coastal regions urging landowners, lumber firms, and officials to unite against spring forest fires. He notes substantial fire risk in both regions and praises growing public support while urging stronger protection and funding from the state and counties.
Those willing to cooperate on a fifty fifty basis with forest patrols must cover their share of expenses. Survey funds are limited so "first come, first served" will apply. Applicants should contact the director, North Carolina geological survey, Chapel Hill, N C.
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Paris April 18 reports via a book Moscow the Red that Petrograd has lost 71 percent of its population since the revolution. Disease famine and transport breakdown drove workers to the countryside while bourgeois fled abroad. The death rate tripled to 22 per 1000. Women outnumber men 100 to 72. Moscow lost 49.67 percent due to Soviet func tionaries 360000. Marriages rise with younger spouses due to work and shared resources.
The American Legion adopts the red silk poppy as Memorial Day flower. On May 10 thousands will be distributed nationwide by the legion and allied groups. The handmade replicas were crafted by war orphans of the American and French Children’s League, brought to the U S by Mme Anna Guerin who founded the league to honor fallen soldiers in France and foster Franco American friendship.
Indianapolis April 18 A bronze statue symbolizing the doughboy is recommended by the American Legion national memorials committee for Centralia Washington to honor four legionnaires killed in the Armistice Day parade in 1919. The panel favors the statue over a proposed 500000 memorial building and calls for granite headstones to replace marble markers. T Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans chairs the committee.
Henderson April 18. North Carolina Baraca Philathea union convention preparations push to house hundreds of delegates. The committee previously secured over 500 reservations but flood of mail requires new registrations of residences to accommodate attendees during the Sunday school gathering.
J C Clodfelter 71 well known High Pointer died last night at his home after a brief illness. He is survived by his widow and eight children W R Clodfelter H W Clodfelter another W R Clodfeller daughters Mrs Walter Henderson Mrs Maurel Kennedy and Mrs Ochis Albright all of High Point. The funeral will be at the home tomorrow at 11 o clock conducted by Rev J M Fhilliard. Interment in Oakwood cemetery.
Automobiles are being sought to convey Greens boro delegates to High Point Thursday after noon. Rodney Snow chairs the automobile committee and drivers are asked to contact him. Each driver will receive a free barbecue ticket for Greensboro fair grounds entertainment at 6 30 p m Thursday. Delegates will return to Greensboro after the event.
Cotton growers from 13 states will meet in Memphis in May to pledge all cotton crops for seven years to state marketing organizations. Growers would release claims, sell exclusively through the marketing body, and receive proceeds from it. Southern bankers back the idea with American Farm Bureau support as cotton is stored, graded, and sold on top markets.
Sero-Trattic ia London reports Major T. Il. Greer is the world’s first station master directing hangars and landings at Croydon. He prevents air collisions with wireless orders from Paris and Amsterdam, using rockets and Very lights at night. A lighthouse beam reaches 30 miles, aided by three searchlights and ground direction winds from an electric IL lamp.
NEW YORK April 16 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor wed Mrs Gertrude Gleeves Neuschler in a ceremony reported today The brief item notes the marriage and the prominent labor leader’s new union ties.
The engagement was announced last night and the couple married today in a local hotel. The ceremony was performed by Supreme Court Justice Robert F. Warner. Only a few close personal friends attended.
A Brooklyn incident reports a mosquito from New Jersey biting Frank Spadero and a fall from a fire escape that left him unharmed while the insect died. In Washington Secretary Denby ordered Navy clothing price cuts by 15 to 50 percent, funded by new lower-cost purchases.
A report notes that at a constant speed of 60 miles per hour a train would complete a full circumnavigation of the globe in about 17 days. The calculation highlights travel times and the feasibility of long distance journeys.
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