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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1920
Page
7
Mrs Elizabeth Marriott Moffatt of Wheaton details her experiment in teaching a garden spider Agelena naevia. She describes the spider's size, behavior, and training steps from feeding to approaching water and flies, noting the spider's quick adaptation and questioning Fabre’s view on instinct.
The Swiss government has reached an agreement with Liechtenstein to run the postal telegraph and telephone systems starting January 1 next. The convention awaits parliamentary ratification. Negotiations continue on consolidating customs administrations.
Wichita Kansas reports two years after a student James H. Butchard dropped a revolver and injured his foot the same weapon discharged again causing his death.
An advertisement touts a new elixir Aspiron al as a medicated remedy for colds and flu. It claims endorsement by European and American army surgeons and promises quick relief with a two minute refund if relief does not come, urging druggists to refund at once.
An exaggerated local ad touts Aspironal as the fastest cure for colds and coughs. It promises two teaspoonfuls in water, a money back guarantee after two minutes if relief is not felt, and urges readers to share the bottle with family.
Philadelphia December first. A ship shortage in oil and molasses trades has driven seven Hog Island cargo ships to become tankers. Two, the Kischacquillas and the Inspector, now operate from Gulf ports with strong records including a three trip Molasses run from Matanzas to Mobile and New Orleans totaling 25,6760 tons. The five remaining ships Manatawny Catahoula Castana Carrabulle and Cassimir are being refitted at Globe Shipbuilding Baltimore with bulkheads and swash plates to carry crude oil. Delivery of the 7 825 dead weight ton tanker ships is set for about five weeks after sale at 184 dollars per deadweight ton.
Iceland announces a national debt figure of g500 000 in a government statement. The release outlines borrowing plans and fiscal measures to manage deficits amid ongoing economic pressures.
In Cincinnati Deen says the plan to have 5000 employees represented on the board is in the experimental stage but shows promise. Ivorydale Port Ivory and Kansas City plants elected W G Rose Frank M Sells and Cornelius Mills as directors to join the monthly meetings with full voting power.
Ernest Daeumig urged revision of the Versailles peace treaty in the Reichstag arguing for expropriation of production gear and predicting revolution to overthrow capitalism. He likened the treaty to a display of world capitalist force, echoing Bolshevik sentiment from Brest-Litovsk. Dr Eugene Schiffer had earlier called the treaty a crime against Germany and the world and urged Germany to demand changes.
Denver court fines two wrestlers Julius McGulivy and Simo Kennedy five dollars after a rough tussle described by a police witness as fighting while the court labels it a minor wrestling incident.
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