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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1919
Page
2
A damaged OCR fragment lists train and transit times between Washington Birmingham Charlotte N O Windsor and Atlanta with multiple invalid abbreviations and unclear dates, indicating a partial timetable page.
The city council plans to purchase a six cylinder auto pumper with a 750 gallon tank to replace the north side truck and motorize the department. The initial city outlay will be offset by about twelve thousand dollars in reduced fire insurance premiums in the first year, making it a bargain. Bids for supplying the truck are advertised elsewhere in The Enterprise.
New York August 20 Yesterday's covering failed to sustain the market and today opened softer with declines of about 15 to 24 points. Active months sold 20 to 89 points below yesterday's close as rumors of measures to aid the foreign exchange situation remained unconfirmed. October at 10.45 and January at 30.52 reported. futures opened easier with October 30.72, December 30.70, January 30.70, March 30.72, May 30.74.
A historical note claims the foot binding custom began centuries ago after a mass female uprising against the government. To deter future revolts, wooden footwear so tiny it crippled girls was forced on all female infants. If you sleep, brother, the crocodile will eat you up.
The 1919 North Carolina compulsory attendance act establishes school attendance for ages 8 to 14, sets penalties for noncompliance, and creates a state child welfare commission. It empowers boards to enforce truancy rules, allows town districts to appoint attendance officers, limits child labor for under 16, and requires inspections of workplaces for enforcement. Ratified March 10, 1919.
An advertisement touts four ounces of Rad Salts to be dissolved in a quart of water and drunk to flush clogged kidneys. It asserts the remedy neutralizes urinary acids, relieves back pain and blood in urine, and maintains kidney and blood purity for regular meat eaters.
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