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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1927
Page
4
The quote reflects on human nature and pursuit of meaning, echoing Burke's meditation on existence and ambition. It evokes a sense of introspection about our true aims and the elusive nature of fulfillment.
Oliver Goldsmith laments England's shift from rustic plenty to unfeeling wealth. He contrasts a former era of Labor, innocence, and health with modern trade displacing peasants and fostering luxury and decay.
A dated defense of deliberate levee opening to save New Orleans argues the sacrifice of surrounding parishes and homes, claiming the flood would still threaten the city without action and praising engineering feats while noting severe damage to property and the sewer system.
A survey links Mississippi Valley floods to major cotton losses up to a million bales while predicting price boosts for other regions. The piece contrasts old myths with modern enlightenment and notes shifts in New York theater, hinting provinces may guide arts more than Broadway.
R J Grant publishes a political handbill replying to George S Penny's Sunday morning letter. The piece notes Penny’s faith statement and accuses him of professing fair play without practicing it. The handbill claims the public pulse column offered to publish the letter was refused.
The Enterprise did not publish a Grant letter due to political bias claims, offering space rates like Penny’s letter. Penny submitted, paid, and was published as political advertising. Grant rejected as advocacy. Davis repudiated the Grant handbill. The dispute centers on fair treatment and space rates.
The piece notes a trend of wealthy Americans pursuing divorces in European courts and the Vatican's congregation Rota as Catholicism softens its stance. It cites Will Rogers on foreign mating and discusses high profile cases affecting the perception of marital dissolutions among the rich.
Irish poet Ella Young warns that rapid education in Ireland is eroding folklore as children doubt fairies and elves. She argues many cultures’ unseen beings fade when knowledge rises, predicting Ireland’s myths may soon exist only in memory.
A satirical piece envisions new machine era music including Ballet Mechanique and Flivver 10 000 000 for riveters and foundries. It suggests provocative titles like Adventures of Cow No 2 293 456 and Titillating Till as comments on industry. The note imagines a symphony illustrating the racket of a deaf and dumb man sewing a sofa pillow.
The verdict under which Socrates drank hemlock will be appealed to Greece's supreme court. Investigators will probe some of Solon’s hasty judicial decisions as the next step.
The Davidson county board of education shows truck operation costs for the past six months well under the state average. Officials credit economies in practice, consolidation benefits, and road conditions as factors. If Davidson costs matched the state, total expense would exceed current totals by more than double.
The first state wide negro male quartet contest in North Carolina at the American theatre next Tuesday draws rising interest. Expected entries may reach twenty with prizes for best renditions and proceeds benefiting the negroes fund in the Community Chest. Photographs of quartets will be sent to leading papers for Sunday rotogravure sections.
North Carolina will extend forest fire protection to thousands of acres of timber lands. Brunswick county funds a warden program with 200 dollars this year and 1,000 next year as part of a broader state plan to revive naval stores and protect forests. Other counties Columbus Sampson and Cumberland join the effort, with federal and state money matching local expenditures.
Virgil Elliott of Bethany College West Virginia the so called flying parson won the 100 meter dash in 11.25 seconds tying the Carnival Decathlon record. Dick Stutridge of Depauw University Indiana followed closely in one fifth second behind as ten athletes from the east south and mid west opened the ten event all day decathlon at the Pennsylvan a relay carnival.
Washington report says enforcement headquarters claim an almost complete victory over rum smugglers on the west coast. Vancouver interests owning ten steam ships under British Panama and Guatemalan registry sought immunity from prosecution in return for abandoning their illicit trade.
A terse quip contrasts an affable rich uncle with his apparent financial loss, noting he seemed glad to see you and suggesting affability masks wealth concerns. The London Evening News framing underscores a wry, social tone.
The Smiths confront Betty's demands for clothes by outlining family finances and giving her control over her own spending. Betty must manage money, avoid borrowing, and cover any bad buys herself. The plan preserves harmony and teaches responsibility, ending with Betty learning prudence from faded silks to trashy shoes.
A compact synopsis by Braucher surveys Andrew Jackson as a pivotal figure in early American politics, tracing his rise from frontier origins to presidential leadership and his impact on national policy and party dynamics.
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