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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
4
The note mocks Charlotte and Lansing and hints at congressional investigations. The piece threads satirical lines about weather, urban growth, and Vienna mayor cables Mayo Peters in Boston while referencing cold and hunger imagery.
Councilman Stame hints at new gear for High Point police, while the Review questions council advertising on fields of wine. The piece notes Goldman and Berkman refuse to heed the medicine they urge Americans to swallow and comments on a party’s $50,000 gold donation not guaranteeing an election win.
The speaker notes ongoing resignations among Mr Wilson's cabinet officers open chances for new appointees to join the official family soon.
The text notes a Republican gain of 2000 votes in the ninth district with ten districts in the state. It mentions a nominal Democratic majority in North Carolina around 3000 and hints that events may follow.
Work crews struggle to fix the Main Street crossing as the backlog grows faster than patches hold. The flawed system causes continued deterioration and mounting delays for traffic and pedestrians.
The article notes the treaty stalls as a caucus of party leaders seeks a minority leadership decision in the senate. It suggests the president should use this moment to teach politicians a lesson through the delay.
The piece adjures Mr Lane as the brainiest figure in Wilson's cabinet. It notes his bold plan to provide farms for veterans as one of the era’s most ambitious schemes, contrasting it with Congress spending 2 million on a sea-wall at Cape Lookout.
The Re view notes many residents have colds but the illness is not as severe as a year ago, suggesting milder illnesses this season.
The corporation commission plans to investigate the current method of discharging southbound passengers, a system the writer calls unsafe and demeaning. The Enterprise urges readers in Kaligh to write to the commission, arguing for sheds or a return to the old disembarking practice to improve safety and comfort.
The piece argues against Sam Gompers for extending government control of railroads, warning it would worsen service. It notes prior government management damaged telephone and telegraph systems and predicts a catastrophic transport breakdown if the experiment continues. It cites the enormous value of public railroad property and the burden on taxpayers.
Community tuberculosis work is essential for progress in the campaign against TB. The message urges dispensary and clinic care for all, traveling clinics, and discovery of undiscovered cases, citing Framingham data and the need for hospital and sanatorium facilities. Nurses, lectures, school visits, open air facilities, and the modern health crusade support prevention. The National Tuberculosis Association and Red Cross Christmas Seals fund this effort. Will you help?
The piece denounces the Anti-Saloon League for distorting Lieutenant Belvin W. Maynard's remarks about alcohol. It condemns the publicity error as a slur on aviation heroes who risked their lives in the transcontinental race and calls for the league to replace its publicity staff.
A local council imagines expanding citywide advertising through garbage cans, banners on patrol wagons and uniforms, and large signs atop City Hall. The piece mocks exaggerated product pitches from Spavin’s Horse Liniment to Aunt Mary’s Vegetable Compound and roofing ads.
Today honors Father Hecker founder of the Paulist Fathers on his centenary birth anniversary and Prince Rupert of the Rhine on his 300th. The Wilsons celebrate a fourth wedding anniversary. Dr Lyman Abbott begins his eighty fifth year. Detroit readies for General Pershing and staff. The Southern Alluvial Land Association meets in Memphis for its annual session. Dominion Railway Commission members return to Ottawa for final telegraph rate hearings.
Dr. Lyman Abbott born Roxbury Massachusetts 84 years ago today. Francis Burton Harrison born New York 46 years ago today. Rt Rev John Grimes born County Limerick Ireland 67 years ago today. Brig Gen Harry H Bandholtz born Constantine Michigan 55 years ago today. Tyrus R Cobb born Royston Georgia 33 years ago today.
A platoon of United States artillerymen from Camp Bray Fayetteville is due in High Point this afternoon and will camp on the vacant lot beside the First Baptist on North Main Street. They expect to stay about four weeks to spur army recruiting. The unit, from Winston Salem, will bring many artillery guns and is to be welcomed by chamber of commerce representatives with addresses in front of the post office on South Main.
The notes recount Isaac Thomas Hecker founder of the Paulist Fathers born in New York and died in 1888. Louis Moreau Gottschalk the pianist and composer born in New Orleans 1829 died in Rio de Janeiro. Other items mark historical events from 1870 1877 1894 1914 1915 1916 and 1917 including Russia’s emperor bid British conscription in WWI Verdun near Peronne and a German air raid on London with ten deaths.
Dr Lyman Abbott reaches eighty five years as a famed clergyman, author and editor. A Massachusetts native from a New England literary family, he shifted from law to Congregational ministry after NYU studies. He led Terre Haute Indiana first, then Plymouth Church Brooklyn succeeding Henry Ward Beecher, gaining wide fame as a preacher and editor in later years.
Today’s sports schedule lists racing at the Cuba American Jockey Club in Havana and the Jefferson Parish fair in New Orleans. Boxing features Johnny Murray versus Harry Outon, Jimmy Sullivan versus Franklin Con, Young Michaels against Billy McCann, and Eddie Shevlin versus Paul Doyle in Boston.
Cotton futures opened steady with January at 37.00 and May at 32.85. Buying on bullish figures and firm cables faded as foreign exchange slipped and Liverpool and southern buying waned, pushing prices down about 16 to 24 points from early levels.
Natural dyes derived from vegetables plants and wood dominated for centuries but declined after coal-tar dyes were discovered offering new color possibilities and altered textile practices.
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