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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1925
Page
2
A Washington school girl reads a church board table listing religious affiliations of Congress members. The panel shows three reformist House members and none in the Senate, prompting surprised reactions during a Mac Farland Junior High Society session.
One imprisoned during President Wilsons term freed by Coolidge opens a shop in Washington called the Free Speech Book Shop. He aims to extend the sale of liberal writers by political and religious authors, in a push tied to free speech advocacy rather than Dawes Senate actions.
The keeper of this shop was charged with making speeches designed to interfere with the operations of the conscription law. He did not deny the charge and now is experimenting commercially to broadcast his ideas while seeking a livelihood from his principles.
The piece outlines looming 1928 presidential jockeying among Republicans with Mr. Coolidge’s possible run uncertain and mentions Borah Cummins Pinchot Willis Watson and other contenders. Democrats, less constrained by presidential influence, discuss a stronger southern candidate and Copeland Swanson and others pursuing early positioning as session work fuels ambitions.
Senators from Maine North Dakota and Texas remark on mild winter in Washington. Mayfield Nye Hale Capper exchange quips about sod shanties pine needles and bracing air as flowers bloom amid warm terrace scenes.
The text notes green grass and dandelions after rain, with winter tending to end late January or by March in presidential years, hinting at a later arrival around March 4. It contrasts normal January cessation with the possibility of a delayed onset during inaugurations.
The text notes that in some circles the Mitchell case is recognized by the nickname hot air ship case. It suggests a notoriety or distinctive moniker attached to the case in certain circles. No other concrete details are provided in the excerpt.
In New York art sales reveal humor and tragedy among society while the Achillito Chiesa collection, built by Achillito and inherited by his son, faced mounting debt. Banks and creditors formed committees as the Italian founder’s fortune funded purchases, prompting the government and American Art Galleries to intervene. Death of collectors ends a chapter.
C K G Billings, famed for horses, planned to sell select modern masterpieces after moving to California. The forthcoming sale to be held next month will showcase hushed bidding and formal auction ritual. A Staffordshire tray fetched $1,800 and a suit of armor sold for $13,400.
Paddy Mullins, Will’s manager, says no new developments in the Dempsey matter as reports claim Charley Stoneham paid $500000 to Jack Dempsey to fight Harry Wills in New York on next July 4. Mullins dismissed the report as news to him.
An advertising feature touts Creomulsion as a two fold remedy that soothes inflamed membranes and inhibits germs from creosote its active ingredient. The ad claims quick relief for persistent coughs colds bronchitis and respiratory diseases and offers money back if not relieved.
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