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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
4
A mix of verse by Walt Mason and a local critique of Oakwood Cemetery in The Enterprise. The piece contrasts tall tales of a royal woodworker with a harsh report on cemetery upkeep, noting the keeper’s small pay and ongoing weed problem affecting families with plots.
A Raleigh lab report proclaims High Point water pure amid Arctic metaphors likening the region to a lifeless mile of ice. Citizens urged to buy army foods at cost to thwart profiteers as post office sales push past $2300 with a $400 target looming.
The speaker argues the living with interests in cemetery property deserve their rightful share and urges a major program shift. The city must transform the chaotic cemetery into a orderly, well managed final resting place.
One hundred years since James Watt died the inventor of the first successful steam engine is remembered. The Prince of Wales visits Charlottetown P E I. Mayors from Texas cities convene in Austin on public utilities. Cotton States Merchants Association holds its annual Memphis convention. A special election is held in Alabama’s Seventh district to fill Rep Burnett’s seat. Delegates gather in Chicago for the International Railroad Blacksmiths Association. Kansas City hosts stockyard workers conference on wage demands. Pennsylvania anthracite miners meet in Wilkes-Barre to set new terms at contract end.
The article traces Nikolai Lenine Ulianoff’s rise from Moscow priest’s son to a central Bolshevik figure. It notes his early socialist activity, exile to Switzerland, wartime propaganda among Russian troops, and leadership of extremists in overthrowing the Provisional Government.
Letter from W. L. Stamey dated August 19 1819 urges continued newspaper criticism to spur reforms. He defends council efforts including water plant renovation sewer improvements street and sewer work sanitary law enforcement and plans for a city abbatoir while noting progress and future work.
A compact review of notable dates: 1808 birth of James Nasmith in Edinburgh and death in London in 1890. 1882 Kentucky marks the Blue Licks centennial. 1887 death of Spencer Fullerton Baird in Woods Hole. Events include 1891 Martinique hurricane and earthquake, 1909 South African Union bill passage, 1914 Belgian Brussels evacuation prep, 1915 White Star Arabic sinking, 1916 British cruisers lost, and 1917 Italian offensive along a 40 mile front Tolmino to the Adriatic.
Atlantic City hosts Supreme Court event while Foresters of America meets. In Des Moines Iowa the Iowa association of Master Painters and Decorators gathers. Syracuse New York hosts the New York State Volunteer Firemen's association proceedings.
In Grand Park at 2:30 a.m. South Park Officer Edward Coughlin found his shoes missing as he slept on the grass. Sergeant Markham encountered the barefoot officer and suggested rubber footwear, while John Crueger at the Auditorium Hotel lent him shoes abandoned after the last rain.
A August 19 1919 note from High Point North Carolina explains a letter intended for a brother was printed in the High Point Enterprise by mistake. The writer says he belongs to Florists Telegraph Delivery and admits the mix up arose from a rushed mail and advertisement error.
Orville Wright born in Dayton Ohio 48 years ago today. Bernard M Baruch born in Camden South Carolina 49 years ago today. Elsie Ferguson born in New York City 36 years ago today. Walter Clark born in Halifax County North Carolina 73 years ago today. Fred A Stone born in Denver 46 years ago today. Homer D Williams born in Johnstown Pennsylvania 56 years ago today.
Today's sports calendar lists racing at Saratoga and trots at Poughkeepsie with circuits at Springfield and Lake Minnetonka. It notes the Inland Lakes Yachting Association regatta and the Norwich national championship opening. A local report alleges an assassination attempt on Salem Barlow near Musket Ridge. The president and advisers push for a third major league.
Cricket Hicks has been on the sick list this week and is tall enough to require two medicine bottles to reach the seat of trouble. Sim Flinders hunted squirrels with his dog and rifle and brought home several whiskers to prove how close he came to a miss.
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