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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
4
A mother contemplates her son grown into a man and seeks a path to friendship beyond motherhood. She ponders how to be an equal comrade, patient and tactful, letting him live his life while preserving trust and shared understanding. Hearst's.
A lengthy editorial cites National Fire Marshals data showing thousands burned and injured by fires, most due to carelessness. It warns 90 percent of school buildings are fire traps and calls boards of education to protect pupils. The piece closes by highlighting Seymour Indiana’s farmers clubhouse as a model urban rural center and prompts discussion on a city farmers clubhouse.
A reading notes Canada’s broadly sympathetic stance toward American and allied service members after World War II. The column praises kindness shown to veterans and calls for continued support as nations recover.
The article argues Canada provides larger pensions to disabled veterans than the United States. It notes Canada offers more favorable terms to married veterans and additional allowances per child, despite a smaller overall wealth and lower living costs. It contrasts Canada’s established hospital program with U S limits and claims Americans receive about 1200 dollars a year for all, with distinctions for family status.
Rural motherhood faces high costs in lives and care with hospitals far away and doctors scarce. The piece argues for Sheppard-Towner maternity funding while briefly noting a Wisconsin experiment with a costly Chinese potato, then muses on taste and appetite.
The latest Commerce Department report shows the public debt at 225.40 per American while per capita government costs rise from 7.62 in 1916 to 62.42 in current years. The piece criticizes growing deficits and questions federal penny-pinching.
The text notes that Chinese in America longed for potatoes but disliked Irish and southern sweet potatoes, implying a missing or desired food preference among immigrant communities.
A humorous column sketches a boy dubbed Willie who pretends to believe Santa while parents test the myth. It notes the Society for the Exchange of Christmas Gifts, Santa lore, holiday mischief, Volstead era quips, and mixed seasonal superstition with a nod to Prohibition era policing at the Canadian border.
San Diego report says former heavyweight boxer Tom Sharkey, now in oil, wintered in the southland and found San Diego a pleasant garden like setting that could become his home.
Vienna faces a severe food crisis with 900 tons of flour lent by Germany and Switzerland and 140 tons of breadstuffs requisitioned. Low Danube water slows grain shipments from Jugoslavia and Romania, while rail and coal shortages hinder transhipment. American relief from charities and the Red Cross supports Vienna, prompting a formal Christmas message of gratitude from Burgomaster Dr. Reumann.
A humorous note traces Wall Street women’s club discussions from gossip to radio. They humorously conclude faster intelligence sharing may come via radio and even radium, moving gossip beyond telephone speed.
A police magistrate in Uxbridge, England, rules that a quarrel is an argument though the distinction remains murky. The defendant, claiming no argument with his wife, insists it was a debate or simply telling her off. The court concludes an argument can be one sided, thus not a quarrel.
The piece laments the House of Representatives growing membership and payroll while hindering swift legislation. It notes more talkers, offices, and salaries, and contrasts this with the White House’s extensive wiring, lights, bell system and private phones.
Large numbers of American sewing machines are being sold in Manchuria on the installment plan. Sales indicate growing demand for modern home devices among consumers in the region.
A nineteenth century milestone notes the construction of the first locomotive using steel springs in England, marking a significant advance in railway technology about 106 years ago.
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