Obscure Quotation Reflects On Stubbornness
A fragment notes obstinacy and vehemency in opinion as sure signs of stupidity as a commentary on people refusing to listen and turning away.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1938
Page
4
Doubtful O will control Spain after civil war ends
The article argues Britain and France may seek a new understanding with fascist Spain and Italy after the conflict, while democratic powers fear aiding a dictatorship and question whether a true Spanish democracy can emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Great Britain
France
Italy
England
Jain
Two big issues frame state and church law debates
Davidson county battles anti slot machines as upholding state law prompts evasion attempts and moral questions. Separately northern and southern Methodists debate union at Birmingham general conference with a two thirds rule and leaders like Bishop Denny and Senator Glass opposing or backing the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson County
Davidon
Supreme Court of
Friends of Union
Birmingham
Mississippi
Union
Collins Denny
Richmond
Candler
Atlanta
Virginia
Carter Glass
Denny
General Conference
Debate Over Slot Machines Sparks Moral Debate
The argument traces slot machines as a social issue, arguing laws arise from community conscience and the need to keep families fed. It suggests regulation is justified where machines ruin homes, while defending a boy named Jackie and seeking fairness in an estate dispute involving his mother.
Dwindled fortunes mirror Jackie Coogan era losses
The article notes Jackie Coogan’s four million dollar boyhood estate shrinking to 545000 by age 23 and compares it to broader declines where fortunes once large fall to modest sums or vanish, highlighting pervasive financial misfortunes across similar cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Coogan
Jackie
Audubon’s perseverance turns sketches into a fortune
Analyzing a saved example of The Birds of America, the piece traces John James Audubon’s through the odds journey from failed ventures and imprisonment to selling drawings in England for sixteen thousand dollars. It highlights his relentless idea and the rise from poverty to fame and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birds of America
MacMillan Company
John James Audubon
Haiti
Audubon
New York
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
New Orleans
England
Eternal Purpose and God’s Unchangeable Plan
A religious excerpt asserts God’s absolute sovereignty and an eternal, unchangeable purpose guiding all events. It argues God’s design governs creation and history, citing biblical verses to support a fixed, divine plan that cannot fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
God
Christ Jesus
the Enterprise
Job
Dan
Eph
Isa
Local High Point News Highlights Roster and Events
Miss Mamie York is named editor in chief of Hi Po and Milbourne Ames becomes advertising manager. The Senior Christian Endeavor society launches Forward With Christ at Central Friends church. A Kenilworth Art Exhibition award goes to Mrs. R P Royer for The Painter and Daisy Maud. The Acems Millis merger forms after health hosiery mill tie up. Snow blankets Cumberland and Shenandoah valleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamie York
High Point
Hi-Po
Milbourne Ames
Senior Christian Endeavor Society
Central Friends Church
A. J. Koonce
City Union
Bob
Kenilworth
Asheville
R. P. Royer
George J. Gould
Daisy Maud
High Point Hosiery Mills
Adams-Millis Corporation
Piedmont Mills Company
Kernersville Knitting Company
Pointer Hosiery Company
Acems
Millis Corporation
Hoover and
Smith
Cumberland
Shenandoah
Virginia
Liberty Loan Drive Surges As Total Reaches 8950
Local drive reports sales to date at 8950 dollars with volunteers promoting war bonds. Draft selectmen list lists eighteen African American volunteers heading to Camp Jackson on Tuesday amid ongoing mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan Drive
Camp Jackson
North
New York Day by Day Yarn Mixes Travel Nostalgia and Local Tales
Charles B. Driscoll offers a loosely connected column in New York Day by Day, reflecting on cruise ships at piers and memories of Stockholm and old ships. He mentions Belinda Jelliffe, a psychologist’s wife, a Kansas editor’s widow, a Spanish market on Pearl Street, and a scottie injured by an ice truck. The piece weaves personal reminiscences with odd anecdotes and local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stockholm
Mauretania
Lusitania
Belinda Jelliffe
Smily Jelliffe
I Herse
Bell da
Josh
Josh W
Kansas
Victoria S
Pearl Street
Spain
Senor
Felix Bado
Castile
Captain Kidd
Payson Terhune
In 14Th Street
Kane
National Tuberculosis Association gains members in Olinians
Patchy items share brief notes on local people and events. Morgan H. Brough visited Gree yesterday while Thomas E returned to Fort Caswell after a few days away. Clara I. Cox spent a few hours in Greensboro at noon. Mrs Arnold B Huff traveled to Salisbury to visit friends and relatives. American forces hold part of the French line as British artillery is called for. Casualty list names 156 Americans with 18 in action and four missing. Gus W. McLean named to War Finance committee. Germany seeks exchange of healthy prisoners for incapacitated soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan H.brough
Gree
Thomas E
Fort Caswell
Clara I. Cox
Greensboro
Arnold B. Huff
Salisbury
Gus W. McLean
War Finance Thon
Germany
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M. Waynick
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Allews
Ice
of Congress of March
National Advertising
E. Katz
Agency General Office
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Bernstein
Dale Carnegie
Little
Thomas W. Kimsey
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Mans Ok Sey
M. C. Culler
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Charles Tomlinson
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