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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1921
Page
5
Quote from E K Cormack, president of the National Building Supply Association of Chicago, praising the American home as the first luxury of the real American spirit.
Congressman William Vaile of Colorado says aliens in the country should love it or leave it. He frames immigration as a choice between integration and departure.
The speaker argues that modern evils rooted in war will not vanish. Rev W H Nicho las of Springfield asserts enduring influence of wartime conditions and warns against assuming forgetfulness of their impact.
Dean J. Wigmore of Northwestern Law School notes Chicago as the city with a rightful boast: its central location. The remark highlights the hub status of Chicago in relation to surrounding regions.
A historic quotation notes eviction and price pressures as analysts discuss the possibility of housing costs declining. Figures suggest steady demand and legislative debate influence the market.
Readers debate fashion and practicality as society weighs restoring pre war skirt lengths while concerns about eyesight and comfort persist.
Analysts forecast an early fall for wage talks as political figures face pressure over pay. Observers note potential shifts in stance among key policymakers and tensions in labor discussions.
A jumble of satirical quips mocks social norms and politics. References to Germany, Russia, Harding, Lenin, and a drowning censor hint at wartime and postwar attitudes. The piece uses playful malapropisms and sharp where-are-we-headed wit.
A New Yorker plans a dramatic dash to the pole by airplane leaving behind a wife and several children while theft losses hit New York hotels and their patrons.
The remark accuses Congress of abandoning farmers and likens the political aid to a shallow pool where farmers must struggle to survive, reflecting frustration with policy support.
The government neared junk of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant in Alabama when Henry Ford proposed a takeover to salvage part of the $85 million spent. Opponents funded by water power, munitions and fertilizer interests push a publicity campaign to block Ford, fearing monopolistic control and loss of competition.
Congress has enacted the Sweet bill to create new machinery, coordinate existing programs, and appropriate funds for veteran relief. The measure costs about half a billion dollars annually, a sum roughly half prewar government spending, and its success hinges on prudent, honest use of the funds.
The burden of caring for disabled veterans moves to the executive branch. If veterans do not receive deserved benefits, the public will pinpoint where responsibility lies and end the practice of passing the buck between branches of government.
The American Legion supports the Sweet bill and pushes for prompt enactment. Backed by near unanimous public opinion, the Legion urges efficient administration, aiming for one dollar of relief per dollar spent and cooperation with the government to ensure direct benefits to beneficiaries.
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor asks President Harding to consider current labor market conditions before starting public construction. He says avoiding times of high private unemployment could spare inconvenience and loss and suggests applying the principle to state and municipal projects as well.
New York Fifth Avenue will become a decorative pomander walk with landscape gardening. Ivy baskets and flowering plants will hang on lamp posts from Twenty-fifth to Fifty-ninth streets and a wall by Central Park will host dwarf plants. Merchants along the route will fund the baskets and upkeep.
New York society mourned when Alice Cochran wed Polish opera star Ganna Walska, seen as a betrayal of status and distance. Plans to unite wealth and eligibility collapsed as Paris divorce courts ended the match, restoring the bachelor’s freedom.
The Barrymore family keeps the public waiting on season plans. Lionel and John return under Arthur Hopkins. Lionel opens in Boston in The Claw next month, John remains in Europe until November, and Ethel tours with Declasse after illness interrupted last winter.
Greensboro leaders question the states road plan and seek a direct Greensboro to Ashboro route via Randleman. A B High chairs the good roads bureau as speakers debate who benefits from the 50 million highway appropriation and who loses.
In Dairen Chinese and Japanese merchants debate a gold standard for the Kwan tung leased territory as a substitute for the Chinese silver standard. Jiji Shimpo argues it could ease trade if feasible but may disrupt transactions and harm Chinese buyers and exporters.
J. J. Farris accompanied by Dr. C. B. Farriss and James Carter and Charles Farriss are in Lakeview this week for a fishing expedition. The group plans to stay away from High Point for several days.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Cox return to their home after attending the sessions of the Yearly Meetings of Friends at Guilford College. They have been at the college since Maudsay.
John W. Worthington head of multiple financial enterprises is jailed in Waukegan under 80 000 bond charged as a fence for bonds and securities stolen from banks and mail cars. Federal officials say he led a coast to coast gang with 36 city branches. Patrick Roche shadowed the case for four months and 26 others await indictment. The group reportedly tied to 12 robberies including Toledo mail theft Feb 17 1921 and Chicago mail theft April 6 1921 with loot figures running into millions and various bond robberies.
Milton Bronsner reports from London that British drink spending last year reached about 469.7 million pounds, roughly two billion dollars, nearing total war debt owed to the United States. He cites breakdowns for spirits, beer, wine, and other intoxicants, plus rising intoxication convictions and laxer police enforcement.
Mr and Mrs Fred Wheeler are spending the day in Elkin visiting local shops and enjoying a leisurely outing. Their plans include seeing sights and dining at a nearby cafe during this brief excursion.
A historical survey claims four percent of the male population in England suffers from Gi jus.t, with commentators noting potential health implications and calls for further study.
The text states shops including saloons, restaurants, and hotels must close by 8 pm. It bans purchasing soft drinks and ice cream sodas outside certain venues, while fruit or candy remains available.
A plan to place a memorial on Bunker Hill at Hampstead Heath, London, honoring Antillo American brothers in arms from the recent war. Funds aim to buy the site, erect a curved wall listing regiments and allied units, include battlefields and English training camps, and plant flower beds. Estimated cost ranges from 50,000 pounds to 75,000 dollars, with supporters including Nicholas Murray Butler Lord Bryce Lady Astor and the Bishop of London.
The item notes that in 1920 this country produced 360 distinct dyes. It highlights the breadth of color chemistry activity and hints at industrial scale without detailing companies or methods.
In 1920 nearly 200 million passengers arrived and departed New York via larger railroads. A New Hampshire farmer ships apple wood for fireplace fuel to two Boston hotels. Curfew rules once signaled families to extinguish fires. Southern cotton mills employ about 15 million spindles in operations.
The Guilford county medical association gathered about 60 doctors at Greensboro Country Club with visiting physicians, including Dr. Hubert Royster and Dr. Fred Hanes, presenting papers on puerperal infection treated with Eakins solution diabetes management and uterine malformation.
White House security chief Dick Jervis phoned Lancaster Inn in New Hampshire to book quarters for agents during a Harding visit near Secretary of War John W. Weeks. The innkeeper misheard Weeks and asked which Weeks he meant, joking about a local man who left town for Washington.
Cleveland merchant Max Hellman recently returned from a trip abroad highlighting Germany as the most prosperous country among those visited.
Arkansas farmers report 10606 acres planted with cantaloupe this season marking a notable expansion. The update highlights crop scale and regional output, with cantaloupe production tracking through the growing months.
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