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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1926
Page
4
A collection of aphorisms contrasts Isaiah and Emerson on peace and inner strength. It juxtaposes Isa 11 6 imagery with Emersons claim that peace comes only from within and through the triumph of personal principles.
A poem reflecting winter sorrow and hopeful renewal as swallows die and flowers sleep, while a doubting heart clings to the promise that spring will return. The speaker longs for warmth, yet insists that stars will rise and angels’ voices soothe the air.
A Nashville insurance clerk named MacPherson made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the King in Aida, while his wife Louise MacPherson suffered a broken hip and could not attend. Critics highlighted the unlikely rise from sandlot baseball to basso cantante.
American oil land owners face anxiety as Mexico orders mid night petitions for title confirmations. Concessionaires resist, fearing admission of defects, while the United States and Mexico weigh risks to citizenship protections and diplomatic relations. The U S department of state may be drawn into a retreat or compromise.
A published fragment describes MacPherson failing to find a taxi after hospital discharge and walking 40 blocks to his apartment, delaying his debut while his two year old son Junior imitates his father. A reporter questions the Metropolitan troupe's broadcasting habit and future performances.
The Bible League appoints Tom C. Bowie of Jefferson as legal adviser as it presses campaigns against what it calls dangerous teaching in schools. Bowie's legislative track record includes aiding Ashe County measures, with observers noting the bill's costs despite uncertain outcomes. The piece questions modern consumer appetites versus traditional life in Andorra and ends by contrasting homelessness in cars with social dislocation abroad.
The piece argues a Memphis bank suffers embezzlement by trusted officers and the president dies from the shock. It asserts bank strength lies in officers and directors, urging strict examination and constant supervision to restore public confidence in depositories.
A fragment mentions Andorra, a nation in a wide universe, noted for loathing the word progress and its high perch within the landscape. The text hints at a broader discussion of national attitudes toward modernization.
The University News Letter argues land ownership fosters lawfulness and community ties while landless tenants show higher crime rates. It cites Chatham County and several Southern counties, noting tenants commit most offenses but landowners, including some Black landowners, remain largely law-abiding. The piece links ownership to progress and calls education a key aid to civilization.
Wade H Phillips says peanut potential is vast after visiting the Windsor exposition. Dr George W Carver demonstrates 198 peanut products boosting future plant and by product development in the region with expanded electric power aiding production and local industry. The Eastern Carolina chamber of commerce commends the event for regional growth.
The Cumberland river rose to 55.8 feet, 0.5 foot above the 1882 record, and is expected not to exceed 56 feet. About 20 families were moved from waterbound areas, with roughly 6,900 city refugees and property damage estimated at 2,000,000.
Nashville tenor Joseph McPherson finally sang the King role at the Metropolitan Opera House on December 31, after his December 20 debut was postponed by a cold. The former amateur baseball player seized his chance on stage in New York.
Twelve people were injured and 22 passengers escaped with cuts and bruises when an interurban car and trailer crashed into a freight train at a crossing near Houston Texas City junction last night. The interurban car was thrown about 30 feet.
Observers note that among animal species the tiger shows the highest susceptibility to seasickness, a condition thought to arise from motion exposure and sensitivity to waves. Further studies seek to explain why tigers react more strongly than other animals.
Seven years after Edgar and Eloise Wilson promised closeness they learned that constant togetherness damaged their marriage. They argue and quarrel over small matters, with distance the only remedy. Count Hermann Keyserling argues in The Book of Marriage for preserving individuality and timely separations.
Washington December 31 federal chemists under orders from the nation's dry chiefs race to finish a denaturing process for industrial alcohol. The new formula increases wood alcohol to four percent while removing pyrodine to make the product undrinkable. Secretary Mellon hopes for a nonpoisonous denaturant that warns drinkers before consumption.
Increasing indoor humidity in winter helps prevent plant wilting and keeps foliage healthy. Higher moisture levels support better transpiration and reduces stress on potted plants during cold, dry months.
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