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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
4
The piece questions the treaty's location and reviews a stalled housing program for High Point while noting a regional committee appointment. It quotes German sentiment on being caput and playfully comments on Wilmington’s interest in wrestling matches and a Journal report on Maynard’s landing.
The Hickory Record remarks on a political mix of charges and jail notes. It notes Senator Fall’s shift from bolshevism to Mexicanism and mentions Jenkins' jail release after a bail, with a barb about the state department’s confidence. It also comments on air mail plans for Winston-Salem and High Point. A married woman’s quip about her busy husband ends the column.
The Department of Justice warns it lacks machinery to handle anarchist revelations while Attorney General Palmer urges a sedition net to arrest undesirable aliens. Rep. Davey of Ohio introduces a bill defining sedition and promoting it with penalties, deportation, and naturalization cancellation provisions.
The Columbus Committee argues the Catawba and Yadkin rivers burn coal in electricity production, urging High Point merchants to follow Atlanta committee rulings. Dozens of unclear orders swamp understanding and threaten holiday business as merchants fret over opening hours and stock.
The writer argues that New York’s decision to cut heat for elevated and subway trains to conserve coal unfairly targets the south and west. They question enforcing restrictions on some regions while others burn coal freely, calling for nationwide uniform limits.
The items note the first anniversary of the powder ship explosion that devastated Halifax, the death of Jefferson Davis thirty years ago, and birthdays for Charles S. Thomas and Henry W. Blair. St Nicholas Day is celebrated in Holland as Christmas in other lands. Madrid faces a general lockout amid labor unrest. Pershing visits Camp Jackson. A diplomatic wedding is planned in New York between Miss Margaret Erhart and Andrea G. Celesia de Vegliasco.
Today marks birthdays of notable figures including Henry W. Blair former U S senator born Campton New Hampshire Edward H Southern famed stage actor born New Orleans William H G Bullard naval communications director born Media Pennsylvania Atlee Pomerene Ohio senator born Holmes county Ohio and a senator from Georgia born DARIAN 70 years ago Dr Henry J Cody former Ontario minister of education born Embro Ontario 51 years ago
A compilation of historical dates includes Henry VI birth in 1421 and his Lancastrian end, George Monk’s birth in 1608, Illinois Fort Chartres court in 1768, Max Mailer birth in 1823, 1888 Irish Land Purchase Bill, 1914 Vermelles capture, 1915 Bulgarian assault on Serbia, 1916 Lloyd George asked to form ministry, 1917 German Russian armistice announced.
General Alvaro Obregon, longtime minister of war under Carranza, is described as a strong man in the administration. A Yaqui Indian from Sonora, he farmed until the Mexican revolution began and joined the revolutionaries after Huerta’s treason and Madero’s murder. He later joined Carranza in Mexico City and is lauded as a top military figure, with a noted victory over Villa at Celaya in 1915 that cost him his right arm.
Cuba American Jockey Club hosts a winter race in Havana. Jefferson Park in New Orleans hosts the winter meeting. Six day cycling ends at Madison Square Garden in New York. Inter Lake Yachting Association annual meeting at Detroit. Jay Gould vs Walter Kinsella in court tennis for American Open in Philadelphia. National pocket billiards championship in Philadelphia. Jimmy Wilde vs Jack Sharkey for 10 rounds in Milwaukee. New York State amateur championships held in New York City.
London fashion reports a new ailment trouseritis among stylish women blamed on daring trouser styles. Dressmakers note recurring symptoms at the Victory ball and in latest revues as hems gather into elastic Turkish trouser effects. In New York, Dr. Copeland urges vaccination for residents unvaccinated in four years due to smallpox fears from Canada.
Reports mark a year since the war began with serious disorders in Berlin linked to the Bolsheviks. United States troops entered Mainz, a key German fortress on the Rhine, as part of an advancing campaign.
In Tepetate gulf region oil fields, including major wells, are reported exhausted and now yield salt water. Annual production in the area has exceeded 190 million barrels. Geologists suggest drilling further south as development began nine years ago with rapid expansion since.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a constitutional remedy. It asserts internal action through the blood to treat catarrh and offers a $100 reward plus $1900 for uncured cases, with testimonials and free literature from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
An old health ad claims drinking hot water with limestone phosphate each morning cleanses the stomach liver and bowels, reducing toxins and improving digestion. It asserts daily use prevents headaches backache and bilious attacks and likens internal cleansing to washing the skin.
Mrs Pearl Patrick of Meadowsville Kentucky describes relief from severe constipation sour stomach and cramps after using Thedford s Black-Draught a gentle laxative praised for easing digestion and bowel troubles without after effects and widely recommended NC 136
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