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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1919
Page
4
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The verse denounces northern agitators like William Monrose Trotter and A Whaley while warning that racial equality will not be accepted. It shifts to Mason’s mock-solemn reflection on Americans wasting wealth, urging weekly saving and thrift as a remedy to hard times.
A senate foreign relations hearing heard northern black leaders demand amendments to the peace treaty to grant racial equality. They warned serious trouble unless colored people receive better treatment, while critics dismissed the protests as absurd and unlikely to trigger widespread violence.
The article profiles Rev. William S. Olive who has preached to the same rural congregation for 22 years. It notes the local support, high church involvement with 90 percent of nearby adults communicants and a 500-member Sunday school, illustrating his unusual tenure and community impact.
James A Farrell, a former head of United States Steel exports, donates 20000 toward an endowment at George Town University to train students in foreign markets. The article notes his rise from mill boy to president of U S Steel and his expert knowledge of international trade.
A chronology notes events from 1832 to 1917. It covers the first temperance society in Calcutta, births of George W. McCrary, Victoria’s Scotland visit, Napier’s death, the Duke of Edinburgh in Constantinople, Austria declaring war on Belgium, Allied bombardments, von Hindenburg becoming chief of staff, and Italian assaults on Monte San Gabriele amid Rome’s long build.
The United States national debt rose from 1.04 billion in 1911 12 to 25.42 billion on June 1 1919. Per person today this implies about 231 dollars of debt for every inhabitant, based on 160 million population, signaling drastic postwar financial strain and a hope for normalization ahead.
The item marks the centennial birth of U.S. Senator Joseph E. MacDonald of Indiana who served 1875 to 1881 and the 300th anniversary of French statesman Colbert. It also notes the 150th anniversary of Edmund Hoyle’s death and gatherings in Lock Haven for Pennsylvania postmasters, plus a Canadian Tear association meeting in Winnipeg and a Guatemalan Congress special session on the peace treaty.
Racing at Saratoga mastering the Summer meeting. Trotting Grand Circuit meets Readville Massachusetts. Great Western Circuit closes Des Moines. Golf Western women's championship Detroit. Tennis National championship Forest Hills Illinois. Motorboat Gold Cup regatta opens Detroit. Boxing Dyson versus Russell in Marlboro Massachusetts over 12 rounds.
One year ago today French forces under Gen Mangin crossed the Oise. London reports 26 000 prisoners taken by British in a single week. US and French units captured Juvienye while losing Chavigny. The observation notes a near thirty percent predominance of white flowers.
Today marks birthdays of Sebastian G Messmer archbishop of Milwaukee born in Switzerland 72 years ago. Byron P Harrison US senator Missouri born Crystal Springs Mississippi 38 years ago. Andrew Fisher former Australian prime minister born Scotland 57 years ago. John H Small NC congressman born Washington North Carolina 61 years ago. Charles J Glidden early American automobile pioneer born Lowell Massachusetts 62 years ago.
Two mules consumed beer from a half keg after a field picnic in Flatbush. They sparked a chase by hundreds before one mule leaped through a plate glass window in an undertaker shop, dying from the impact.
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