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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1926
Page
4
The Very Idea Happiness Encourages Joyful Living
A playful poem argues against gloom and urges readers to start at dawn. It questions the impact of a constant grouch and suggests a brighter outlook spreads happiness, noting life is brief and choosing cheer improves everyone’s mood.
Southern Railroads See Big Earnings Rise Fueled by Florida Boom
Reports from two major railroads show substantial gains in earnings for the first half and up to July as Florida’s boom drives heavy southbound commodity flow. Analysts note a broader rise in operating income across the southern lines amid revolutionary development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
South
How He Was Judged by a Stanly Court Over a County Home Flogging
A Stanly court held a county employee not guilty of flogging a woman inmate, focusing on the defendant’s character rather than the confessed use of a switch. The piece questions whether law and facts were given proper weight, suggesting neighbors’ testimony outweighed the admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanly
Burleson
North Carolina
Widening Drive Grows In Greensboro Business District
A Greens boro movement pushes to widen a busy jop town street through the business district. The plan follows recent widening elsewhere after new three and five story buildings appeared at two corners. City faces cost and timing questions as curbside congestion grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
High Point
Baker joins push to cancel war debts abroad
Newton D. Baker aligns with advocates urging cancellation of France's war debts. The plan would relieve France from payments on obligations contracted during the war, including about two billion borrowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton D. Baker
Who
France
The Greatest Need for High Point
The chamber of commerce seeks citizen views on how to serve the town better and drive growth. It highlights the need for energetic, creative leaders to sustain industrial progress as High Point expands, with a rising school population signaling continued growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
France Faces Postwar Finance and Tax Challenge
The United States views reconstruction funding for France after the war as fragile due to French frugality and resistance to direct taxation. France seeks relief from debt with currency stabilization, while critics warn debt cancellation without Germany’s reparations risk imbalance. France’s manpower is nearly restored, unlike Americans burdened by widespread debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Europe
Germany
No, not applicable text
The passage extols workers as essential in a successful manufacturing hub, praising competent, fair-minded people willing to work for fair pay. It frames growing population as a challenge to industrial leaders to utilize talent and maintain standards of honest labor.
The Hindu Criticism of Krishnamurti in America
The young theosophist Krishnamurti in the United States is described as temperate yet enigmatic. He is called a potential conduit for a divine voice while denying claims of being Christ. The piece notes his followers and guardian, contrasts spiritual uplift with an implied critique of Americans, and questions his real influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krishnamurti
India
Orient
America
Debt Chains and Royal Car Crashes Echo Public Worries
A column contrasts future debt burden with present policy, arguing against rapid payoff and predicting intergenerational taxes. It then recounts a Belgian king and queen near Boulogne surviving a car crash, using a moral about focus while driving. A Chicago man poisoned by bad Canadian booze ends the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Brussels
Boulogne
Calais
Albert
Record enrollment soars at High Point High School
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews reports 860 pupils on day one of 1926 27 registration and indications show the total surpassing 900, with plans for a $700000 new high school next year to host over 1000 students. He cites city growth and rising educational interest as key factors, noting High Point College nearby inspires local students to pursue college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
T. Wingate Andrews
Amirews
North Carolina
Andrews
High Point
High Point College
Woodmen World Annual Fete Set at Ritter's Lake
The Woodmen of the World local lodge announces its annual picnic at Ritter's Lake near Greensboro on Monday afternoon September 6. Members and families are urged to attend with baskets. departure is around 1 30 to 2 00 p m. The program will include speeches and activities with travel by attendees in their own cars or arranged transport by officials if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritter's Lake
Greensboro
Scottish days in war against beer in Glasgow drive
Glasgow prohibitionists launch a new drive to make Scotland dry in the coming months. Town clerks issue requisition forms to sign ten percent of ward electors, enabling polls on saloon licenses across Glasgow and other cities. Officials say hundreds of licenses at stake and plan to extend to legislative action against men clubs buying liquor wholesale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Sahara
International News Service
Edinburg
Aberdeen
Dundee
Hamilton
Coatbridge
Motherwell
Airdrie
Greenock
Paisley
Clydebank
Port Glasgow
Ayr
Mechanicsville Grammar School Ready for Occupancy
The Mechanicsville grammar school in High Point will be ready for occupancy with the opening of city schools on September 18. A reception will be held at the new building after the doors open, with pupils residents and officials invited. Oak Hill school remains under construction and is hoped to be usable in October, with pupils temporarily meeting in the old building on the Thomasville road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville Grammar School
High Point
Oak Hill
Thomasville Road
Hagedorn Go Finishes Two Miles Concrete Paving
Hagedorn Construction reports progress on the High Point Greensboro highway project with two miles paved at about 1000 feet per day. Atlantic Paving is ready to lay asphalt and works at Hill Top plant. A 130 by 30 foot Deep River bridge will be 10 feet higher, with detours via Friendship and Kivett road to connect to state highway near Sedgefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagedorn Construction Company
High Point-Greensboro
Atlantic Paving Company
Salisbury
Hill Top
Deep River
J. Elwood Cox
Cox
Greensboro
Friendship
High Point
Hagedorn Company
Sedgefield
Kivett
McLean To Help In Honoring Trainmen
Governor McLean accepted an invitation from Spencer railway men to attend the dedication of a memorial for railway workers who died in World War I. He signified he would attend if possible and expressed interest in honoring former railway employees for their war service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
McLean
Spencer
N. C
Ticketed Triplets
Birmingham England August 31 a city couple’s newborn girl triplets are so alike in weight that officials have had to number them one two and three to distinguish each child born to Mr and Mrs William Purcell the trio’s striking resemblance is noted in local reports
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Eng
William Purcell
Young Diver Makes Waves as Delaware River Entrant
Riverton New Jersey August 31 Miss Meitzner aged 17 has spent 18 months diving in the Delaware River and is the youngest woman in the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverton
N. J
Meitzner
Delaware River
Insects Sing: Nature Society Notes Eisteddfod Quietly
The American Nature Society states insects lack vocal cords yet produce music in diverse ways. Crickets sound by rubbing or vibrating wing edges, while grasshoppers act as violinists with forewings as bows and legs as strings in a natural chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Nature Society
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