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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1925
Page
3
Asheville dispatch notes the drive for a one million dollar campaign nearing its primary milestone with key events expected in Tennessee and North Carolina as fundraising continues.
Campaign to buy lands for a Great Smoky Mountains National Park reports rapid progress in Tennessee and North Carolina. Knoxville and Asheville Buncombe exceed their goals while western North Carolina counties reach substantial pledges. Mountain counties contribute over sixty thousand with Swain Cherokee Jackson Clay and Transylvania reporting varied gifts.
In a convention the Lord's Day Alliance resolved that college men should not be tempted to play professional football on Sundays, urging adherence to religious observance.
Asheville reports the Christmas edition of the Farmers Federation News highlights a shift from old mountaineer practices to modern science in farming. Editor Scott Radeker leads the issue with technical articles by McClure Wallis Ruth and Radford, plus a cartoon by Billy Borne. The federation, expanding in western NC, aims to add a hundred million dollars yearly to farm output and now counts several thousand members with a one million dollar annual business.
Eugene OBrien leads in Graustark a modernized Graustark tale directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki with First National. The film follows a dashing American millionaire who wooes a princess as battles and loyal subjects play out across lavish sets from America to a mythic European kingdom. Supported by Marc McDermott Roy D Arcy Albert Gran Lilian Lawrence and others, the production features military drills and grand construction of castles and streets for its adventure filled romance.
Svend Gade directs Siege at Broadway with a large New England clan and many relatives. The Danish director solves distinguishing aunts uncles cousins and in laws to keep the story clear for Universal. Mary Alden plays a strong character part alongside OBrien and Virginia Valli in the cast.
The list showcases Marc MacDermott Helen Dunbar Beatrice Burnham and Harry Lorraine among a broad ensemble. The note emphasizes a robust supporting cast for the production featuring these prominent performers.
A classroom exchange features a student citing a book to mock New York’s population density. The teacher questions the source while the boy defends the line as coming from his book.
A brief exchange features a performer asking for a guess about a joke and delivering a punchline about a traffic cop saying Stop. The lines cite playful banter and a comic tag possible from a Penn State Froth source.
In a courtroom exchange, Unreasonable Marjorie questions why she ended her engagement with Kenneth while Luella recalls his insistence on marriage prompting the decision. the judge interjects in the discussion.
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