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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1889
Page
1
A Junction City report describes a white woman firing on a dog along the river bank near Fort Keogh Montana. An Indian peering from the bank was killed. The account warns natives to stay under shelter when whites shoot.
A Berlin correspondent reports the general house servant faces grueling hours from before dawn to past midnight. Floors are scrubbed every other day and windows weekly using a brush, not a broom. Wages are only sixty cents a week for such toil.
In the Scottish Geographical Magazine Sir Charles Warren argues the present condition of Palestine is influenced by European influx, noting improved cultivation in some areas. He warns of expanding sand dunes from the seashore, reaching thirty to forty feet in the north and several hundred feet in the south, burying parts of Goshen.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports United States pig iron output in tens of 2000 pounds showing rapid growth over sixteen years, while the United Kingdom trails with a smaller rise. U S production nears leading world status, as coal output places America second.
The Comptroller states duplicates may be issued only when the original bond is lost or destroyed without the owner's bad faith. A Chicago resident swallowed a thousand dollar bond to avoid theft, but destruction was intentional, so not eligible. Another claimant seeks a duplicate for a half‑dollar bond damaged by vitriol. a duplicate may be issued if destruction is shown as an accident.
Arbor Day is likely to become a national institution as states adopt the tree-planting movement. Nebraska started it, with 700000 acres planted. Minnesota reports over 1.5 million trees. Law followed in Michigan and Ohio, then spread to several others.
A fragmentary verse from Chicago Current discusses the echo in the heart as the true impulse behind love and feeling. It reflects on longing, memory, and the tearful response to a single word, attributed to Lewis W. Smith.
In Silverton the State v John Luff case erupts into a chilling hotel moonlit intrigue. A somnambulist judge uses a dagger to stab unseen, a doctored bed, a missing weapon, and a confession that frees Luff as Pike dies of heart disease and the town wonders at frontier justice.
A description from St. Nicholas of a stage trick where an organist uses eight youths as piano notes. Heads are struck to produce staccato syllables la while singers hit corresponding notes. Rehearsed in key C with no sharps or flats. tunes include Antioch Last Rose of Summer and Hush My Dear Lie Still and Slumber.
In the Dakotan column Mrs Burgess and a neighbor discuss a missing husband named John. She notes he is in a distant snow drift area after an expedition two weeks ago and fears he may be discouraged, while predicting a thaw to come.
The report notes that twenty seven hundred Japanese are stated to have emigrated to the Hawaiian Islands.
San Francisco Chronicle correspondent describes Corean royal pageantry and daily life. The king serves as high priest and rules with a mix of ancient and modern ceremonies, guarded by soldiers in brass helmets, eunuchs, and foreign troops. The royal family, four members, enjoys foreign goods, champagne, American watches, and late-night government hours. The palace grounds include a mountain side for hunting within city walls.
A British report details the fourth successful brain tumor removal weighing four and a half ounces. The item discusses germanium behavior, a warm Mackinaw ground producing heat and gas, and various medical experiments including nitroglycerine resuscitation. It also includes humorous clippings and society notes from multiple papers.
The piece asserts New York City suffers unparalleled dyspepsia with doctors, druggists, foreigners, and daily observers all declaring the city the saddest in the world. It notes endless patent medicines and advertising as proof and mocks cynics while listing assorted sources of reassurance.
Dr. Walter F. Morgan of Leavenworth Kansas relays a Cleveland story where a swallow nest contains two nestlings one with a broken leg bound by horse hairs. The leg heals after careful removal of hairs and bone union, supporting the idea that animal intelligence differs from humans only in degree.
Grimsey is the northern Icelandic island with eighty eight residents. The community relies on weather observations for Copenhagen and egg harvesting from sea cliffs. Men descend cliffs in feathered suits to collect eggs, facing frequent accidents and fatalities in a perilous livelihood.
Henry Ward Beecher advocates happiness by looking away from self troubles to neighbors and learning gratitude through comparison, suggesting we recognize how much we have to be thankful for.
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