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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
4
The Raleigh Times explains Raleigh’s selection as state capital while the Wilmington Dispatch praises its city manager system. The piece notes political impact if Wilmington adopts the same, and comments on the sultan of Turkey’s wartime stance as a backdrop to public interest topics.
Miss Alyss reflects that when a woman of beauty and intellect is engaged she proves miracles exist and deserving admiration.
The Salisbury Post reports Dr H W Newman asks the Evening Post to help his family in a very serious need. The notice underscores a request for public assistance.
Ministers in California are against holding funerals on Sundays though no recorded protest has emerged against Sunday collections.
The remark criticizes Attorney General Palmer and Mr. Sterling and Mr. Graham for feeling they live in a Russia like atmosphere, arguing they need to recognize they are in the United States.
The piece jokes about slowly striking down provisions of a railroad bill and finishing it. It observes Japan declining Solf as ambassador and Germany needing many honest ambassadors after the war. It hints at Creel and Soviets collaboration and jokes about George Creel’s ads. It mentions a London shark story and a North Carolina coast fish tale told with humor.
The Raleigh Times notes the Durham Herald might fear the Winston-Salem Journal backing Hoo ver and Page but concedes Publisher Page’s stronger interest in state politics. The piece questions whether such an endorsement would matter.
In Jacksonville a pistol point moment in a busy business area led to Joe Monroe being charged with cruelty to his wife. The situation involves his wife who is 17 and previously married twice, with no divorce from those husbands before Monroe wed. The incident drew police response and a confrontation with the law.
The Raleigh Times condemns the spate of revelations surrounding English girl Emily Knowles who arrived with a three month old baby in New York. The child’s father Perley R. Spiker of Fall River, Massachusetts, is overseas as a former US Air Corps member. Spiker’s wife offers to adopt the child and Spiker’s brother Guy plans to marry the girl. Prominent New York voices including Miss Lucille Pugh and Rev. Dr. John Roach Stratton critique moral double standards and urge separation of the lovers, arguing the sin lies with the man while the woman bears a measure of responsibility for the social fallout. The piece warns the incident could shock moral codes nationwide and highlights the innocent child as the only true victim.
A London Times letter by Viscount Grey mocks Lodge and the irreconcilables in the U S senate. It predicts the letter will harden Lodge's position and prolong wartime treaty debate while warning of grave material costs from delayed peace. England is cited as delaying exchange.
The Verge anticipates an order to prohibit U S cotton imports due to a declining money market. Washington officials remain unfazed by the chatter, focusing on broader economic signals rather than the rumors.
A Winston-Salem Journal note argues that North Carolina's climate may have benefited President Wilson earlier, suggesting doctors overlooked this prescription and implying persistence in medical and political discussions of his health.
The Concord Tribune notes a comparative media pattern where Felix Villa and Admiral Kolchak receive similar treatment. It observes Kolchak’s capture trial and execution recurred in news cycles as Villa’s publicity peaked, reflecting sensational reporting trends.
The Sentinel notes January revenue collection by the internal revenue and customs exceeded eight million dollars, indicating the monthly total covered the government building’s entire cost on that average day.
In a Raleigh style reflection the Greensboro Record notes government defeats miners by granting a wage raise while operators pass the cost to the public. The column comments on the ease of settling small industrial disputes.
An Asheville Times analysis notes farm prices paid to farmers fell 3.4 percent in August, 7.0 percent in September, 3.7 percent in October, and 4.7 percent in November while consumer food prices rose in August through November. The gap raises questions about who captured the decline in prices.
The Enterprise notes officials and doctors show higher flu prevalence than public belief. The piece suggests no effective city closures and questions why measures are not taken to curb the illness in Greensboro and nearby High Point.
Chicago report recalls Policeman D S Madigan at a street corner as Frank Visler complains of muddy shoes. After Visler calls him a bum copper, Madigan pins him. The judge sentences a handshake that allows Visler to leave in mud.
South Norwalk Conn Feb 5 Captain Richard G Hendricks supervisor of United States lights in Long Island Sound tours by motorcycle with sidecar carrying oil to keep mandatory lamps lit as ice blocks boat and foot travel. This marks the first such use in the state.
The article marks fifty years since the method of grinding wood as raw material for paper was introduced in the United States, noting the broad impact on paper production and industry practices.
Rev. A F Mitchell delivered an eloquent sermon at the Friends church praising God as a fatherly guide. He urged Christians to seek souls, extend God’s kingdom, and renew church zeal, noting only 36 percent profess Christianity locally. No services this week due to weather. two final sermons Sunday mark his departure for Richmond, Indiana.
London reports a new gold vein discovery at the Crogan Vine mine in Bentddu near Barmouth Wales. Foreman receives 50 and miners 25 each as owners show appreciation. Managed by Godfrey Isaacs Marconi fame, the mine has sold over 300000 in value and previously yielded gold last August.
London reports a Montamata turtle, brought from the Rio Negro, Brazil, as the ugliest creature at the zoo. The turtle sports a rocklike shell with weed, a flat rock head, and wormlike tentacles around the jaws while hunger strikes persist.
Leavenworth Kansas February 5 with General Pershing visiting the fort recalls that every American army general besides Washington has been a Fort Leavenworth guest. It notes General Sherman and General Grant visiting in 1872 and General Sheridan serving as commandant in 1868-69. The piece then shifts to a hockey analogy about varsity play.
National holidays, birthday anniversaries, and significant appointments fill the day. Senators John Walter Smith and Simeon Baldwin turn 75 and 89 respectively, while Rev. James M. Morris is consecrated in Madison. Bankhead Highway officials in Birmingham discuss routing El Paso to California. American businessmen depart for Mexico City for a chamber convention. Bible institutes convene in Chicago to set a unified faith declaration. Lowden to speak at Michigan Agricultural College as Democratic leaders attend a New York banquet for Homer S. Cummings. Major 19th century anniversaries noted from Ole Bull to suffrage movements.
Sir Horace P. M. Rumbold British minister to Poland born today. Mahlon Pitney associate justice of the US Supreme Court born Morristown New Jersey sixty two years ago. Simeon Baldwin jurist and former Connecticut governor born New Haven eighty years ago. Rt Rev Henry Beard Delany suffrage bishop North Carolina born St. Marys Georgia sixty two years ago. Maxine Elliott actress born Rockland Maine forty seven years ago. William A. Rariden Cincinnati catcher born Bedford Indiana thirty two years ago.
The new republic of Czecho Slovakia spans between 50 000 and 60 000 square miles with an estimated population of 12 500 000.
In the day line of congratulations a Maryland senator prominent in Democratic circles marks his seventy fifth birthday. A native and lifelong Worcester County resident on Maryland's eastern shore he pursued lumber business after schooling near the Civil War era and rose to recognition in state and national affairs.
One year ago today Bremen fell to German forces in a heavy battle. Reports from Archangel say American troops inflicted severe losses on Bolsheviks as part of the war developments.
Frank J. Cheney and Co respond to a legal oath in Toledo Ohio promising one hundred dollars for any catarrh cure failure. The note, sworn December 6 1688 before Notary A W Gleason, claims Hall’s Catarrh Medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces and offers testimonials and free samples.
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