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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1919
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise notes its affiliation with the North Carolina Association of Afternoon Newspapers and the Associated Press. It invites readers to submit short letters on current topics, with the writer’s home city required if provided.
The poem lampoons German wartime expectations and postwar terms with harsh caricature. The speaker mocks German pretensions, predicts humiliation, and imagines consequences if Germans had prevailed, portraying a bleak, biting wartime satire.
Ohio Senator Pomerene attacks the Plumb plan for tripartite railroad control, arguing it would skin the public and empower Wall Street by Morgan and Rockefeller interests. The piece argues against bolshevism and warns against transferring railroad power to moneyed interests. It also notes the president’s refusal to turn Paris peace conference documents over to the Senate, citing workload and cost.
The article honors Andrew Carnegie as a generous, influential leader whose libraries shaped public learning. It notes President Wilson’s stance on current affairs and the senate’s access to Paris data. It also reports Charles T. Long’s update on the High Point furniture exposition building excavation and expected opening impact on regional and national markets.
Today marks anniversaries for figures including Rear Admiral Snowden born in Peekskill New York and Julius Rosenwald born in Springfield Illinois. Also listed are Jame Wadsworth born Geneseo Minnesota and Christy Mathewson born Factoryville Pennsylvania. Newport women leaders curb formal entertainments due to high living costs.
Worthington C. Smith elder Vermont financier railroad magnate and congressman born today Edward Lauterbach leader of New York bar celebrates seventy fifth birthday Prince of Wales arrives at St John s to begin American tour Gas and light proposal on ballot in Waco delegates gather in Rochester for Catholic Relic and Beneficiary association conference Governors meet at Salt Lake City to discuss high cost of living among top issues
A Senate speech critiques the League of Nations and its Article 10, arguing it undermines U S sovereignty and the Monroe Doctrine. The speaker contends withdrawal must be absolute and warns the league risks turning into a power-dominated alliance.
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M Paul Deschanel, prominent in French politics, has led the chamber of deputies since 1912. Educated at Saint Barbe and Condorcet, he entered the chamber in 1885, served as vice president in 1896, and later as president. He was rapporteur for foreign affairs from 1904 to 1912 and is a member of the French Academy. He is noted for fiery yet polished oratory and a graceful appearance.
A former marine hospital nurse extols Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach liver and intestinal ailments. She claims it relieves chronic pain and invites others to try it, noting a money back guarantee and availability at Hart Drug Company and other druggists.
Racing at Saratoga Summer meeting in New York Trotting Grand Circuit in Philadelphia Great Western Circuit at Sedalia Me Shooting Grand American Handicap tournament in Chicago Tennis National doubles championship in Boston Boxing Jack Malone versus Battling Orteza in Mutte Mont Breathing rate noted as about eighteen breaths per minute about 26000 per day
A man visited Dog Hill Thursday selling oil stock and claimed the company would strike next week, finding little opposition. Slim Pickens dozed on a rodl fence near the post office but woke when Algard wanted Passe, a minor local moment captured in a fragment.
The passage notes that some individuals aged fifty or sixty years have never married more than once. It emphasizes unusual or unexpected marriage patterns among older adults.
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