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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
6
The platform outlines a city library of adequate proportions a YMCA development of city parks and playgrounds a new passenger station and main street underpass a city planning system and construction of more homes more paved streets and the extension of sewer and water systems hard surfaced roads in every direction
The fragment portrays a speaker debating the idea of frankness. It presents a self critical stance, promising blunt honesty while wrestling with the risk of rudeness and exposure of faults in a pitiless reveal. The tone is introspective and resisting polished poses.
The text riffs on frankness and manners amid talk of unions and preparations. It mentions ships and liquor, volunteers, and a national guard hint. It notes a dull political drift in Washington and holiday rest amid scattered, garbled notes and hints of public concerns.
Fragmentary notes describe a girl named Mary and a lamb in an unclear scene involving shoes and bread and jam. No clear event or location is established in the readable text.
The Salvation Army with a Christmas dinner plan and an Empty Stocking fund join the Board of Public Welfare to aid the city’s sick and poor. Citizens are urged to contribute next Sunday as winter worsens and to support year round relief efforts.
The text praises John Wanamaker for building and financing a vast business without public stock sales. It contrasts his self funded growth with that of large corporate ventures, noting his policy of large purchases, quick turnover, and a highly trained organization. It presents his one man driven success as a model for individuals aiming to do big things alone.
Cold wet weather brings colds influenza and grippe with discomfort and risk. Physicians warn grippe germs are among the smallest yet spread easily. Precautions to prevent another outbreak are urged to reduce illness this season.
Editorial lauds the University of North Carolina plan to preserve state history through a restricted playwriting program. It notes North Carolina legends from Raleigh to the Croatan and Mecklenberg Declaration, and compares with Harvard's broader approach while praising university extension work and student staged productions.
In New York a couple surprised a crowd by marrying in the Woolworth Building observation gallery with a clergyman present. The ceremony occurred before guards noticed and the pair escaped before reporters could learn their names.
A vivid portrait of Lady Susan Townley seen through her English embassy days in Washington and her high society circles in New York. The book Indiscretions portrays her gilded life, connections, and surprising chats with royalty from China to Romania, highlighting a glamorous, gossipy persona.
Emma Levison of 1922 Elsmere Place says she was repeatedly visited by undertakers and embalming agents from various lands she’s lived in. She complained to Magistrate Edward Weil, but the case turned on a dispute with a woman friend, not a vast conspiracy.
The narrator recalls a London style arrival at Grand Central with red velvet carpet and a canopy, then sees bay trees and plants, and learns the space is prepared daily for the departure of the Twentieth Century Limited, altering the station’s austere shed.
Thirty new plays head to New York as Theatre Guild Announces its third season production The Tidings Brought to Mary by Paul Calidel opening Christmas night. Peer Gynt with Joseph Schildkraut as the lead follows as fourth production slated for late next month or February.
Mme. Peirre Athmathoff, a Moscow Art Theatre member, was detained at Ellis Island and handed to the Immigration Home. The incident hints at broader interest in theatrical figures amid immigration scrutiny.
The Dutchess County Society of New York City plans a large Astor dinner in January and will award $100 to the best looking young woman who samples doughnuts for the diners.
The article notes a decline in ocean yachting over ten years as the Specedjacks, the smallest circumnavigator, reemerges. It contrasts luxury private yacht cruises with corporate chartered superyachting, cites high taxes and H. J. H. taxes, and describes a February Mauretania voyage to the Mediterranean under American Express with eliminated captain responsibilities.
A New York idea proposes electric signs on car fronts that display “ear full” when the vehicle reaches passenger capacity. The car would then make no further stops until someone alights, challenging conductors’ usual claim of “plenty of room up front.”
Philadelphia large department stores will suspend business for five minutes at 2 p.m. today to honor the funeral services for the late John Wanamaker. The pause allows shoppers and workers to pay respects as the funeral begins.
Capi uses were issued in Greensboro against W L Coltrane election judge and R L White Jr election registrant both Randolph county residents for refusing a Republican voter T L Cox to cast his ballot. Indictment, first in NC in 20 years, sent to U S Marshal for service.
A large unoccupied dwelling on National Avenue near the Roper lumber mill ruins was destroyed by a fire yesterday. Believed incendiary, the blaze consumed the property owned by W. B. Parker and built by W. C. Willett, long a landmark in the riverside district.
A New York reader notes honesty as parcels pile up in mailboxes at Christmas. Nine year old Mathew Fleming Jr. walked away from home on West Fiftieth Street and rode L trains for three days, spending one collar, before his family found him. He claimed he saw many things during the journey.
The puppet show boosts holiday entertainment with Sarg marionettes at Punch and Judy theater. The reviewer notes the atmosphere and artistry elevate the experience beyond human actors.
Fragmentary lines suggest a daily progress or wellbeing theme. The text hints at ongoing changes or discoveries described as increasingly surprising. No concrete names places dates or events are readable.
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