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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
4
Partial OCR fragment records Associated Press rights and local news publication notices in the High Point Enterprise. Contains licensing statements without clear news events or names.
The poem reflects on faded great debates from twenty years ago and questions how once crucial issues and famous sages have faded with time. It notes that memory shifts, values change, and new sorrows replace past concerns as society moves forward.
Principal figures in High Point schools push for a flawless opening with Superintendent Marr guiding a strong faculty and eager parents. Officials urge full student and parental support to ensure the term becomes a record year despite broader wartime tensions and public concerns.
The Winston Salem journal notes the new law punishes parents who fail to ensure their children attend school. It requires supervision year round, with fines or imprisonment for neglect and license revocation for youthful indiscretion. High Point urged readers to support teachers and principals in enforcing attendance.
Milford resident and Bridgeport manufacturer Simon Lake, a naval architect and engineer, is noted as a prolific inventor connected with sunken-ship recovery and submarine industries. Meanwhile, Marvin Cheek faces a grand jury for auto theft with a key witness and other court notes from Newport News and local proceedings.
Readings list several figures born in 1782 1847 and 1875 noting deaths and offices held. It also records 1891 grain export ban 1894 a Japanese fleet attack 1903 Irish land bill passage 1914 France declares war 1915 India cruiser torpedoed 1916 Turkish advances and 1919 British labor secretary resigning. A note describes a device delivering electric shocks to deter boys from hanging on autos.
A George Matthew Adams essay urges living with deep empathy and open humor in daily life. It extols human connectiveness in work and street encounters, and notes how art lovers, including Napoleon, could be swept by beauty and even move paintings within palaces.
Lieut. Gen. Sir David Henderson director general of the league of Red Cross societies born 607 years ago today. Sir Henry Tioward eminent veteran of British diplomatic service born 76 years ago today. Sir Edward Kemp dominion minister of militia born Clarenceville Quebec 61 years ago today. Joseph Weber prominent actor and theatrical manager born New York City 62 years ago today. Robert B. Glenn former governor of North Carolina born Rockingham County NC 66 years ago today. Sifford Pinchot organizer of the Progressive party and now a presidential possibility born Simsbury Connecticut years ago today.
One year after major push begins in Picardy, Allied forces reach peak. Nine U S fishing boats sunk by German S boats off Georgia’s banks. Spread of counter revolutionary movement in Russia pushes Bolshevik leaders toward flight.
In China temples place a bell at the entrance and worshippers pull a rope to ring it so deities are notified of their coming. A stray note describes a rider named Sims being embarrassed when his mule stopped at Miss Fritzie Allstop’s home, amid a prior engagement with Yam Up.
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