Dust and Spirit Return From Ecclesiastes Thought
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1927
Page
4
Night Poem Excerpt from Song of Myself
A fragment from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself evokes the night and earth as living presences. The speaker pleas for the night to press close and bless the world with sensuous imagery of earth, sky, trees, moon, and river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt Whitman
Georgia’s single 1926 lynching and postures of law
The piece notes Georgia had one lynching in 1926, a white victim, with two men jailed for life and ten others given long terms. It lauds vigorous prosecution of the Douglas county jail mob that killed Dave Wright, and argues southern states are strengthening legal safeguards and ending lynching through resolute enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Dave Wright
Douglas
South
North Carolina
South Carolina
Aiken
Sensation Monger Critique of Press Sparks Debate
The piece cites Rev. McKendreenee of Statesville quoted in the Charlotte Observer accusing sensational reporting. It discusses grievances against the press and the reporter's impulse to highlight jolting statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Are
Rev. McKendreenee
Statesville
Charlotte Observer
I Civic
Pastor defends sermon amid sensational newspaper charge
The pastor disputes a newspaper’s sensational portrayal of his sermon and says the report took his remarks on civic clubs out of context. He argues his strong language was aimed at grasping attention and that biblical figures were presented as sensational examples for impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long
Bruce Barton
The
Holy Bible
Samson
Senate Divides Surplus Between Debt Payment And Tax Relief
The Senate voted 46 to 33 to apply the surplus in the U S treasury to reducing the national debt rather than refunding taxes. Senator Simmons leads a critique of tax relief plans. observers note his absence may have altered the vote. The debt stands over nineteen billion with four billion already cut since the war, and using the surplus for debt reduction is seen as prudent while refunding taxes would add costly bookkeeping and inequities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Senate
Blease
South Carolina
Regular
Coolidge
Reed
Missouri
Harrison
Mississippi
Simmons
North Carolina
Congress
Poor Students and a Principal’s Stinging Diploma Speech
A mid western high school principal criticized the mid winter graduates for paying too little attention to lessons, saying they only got by and should have earned higher marks if they’d spent less time on football and parties. In Naples a bearded sculptor emerges after 25 years of mental darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Gemito Receives Italian State Aid to Resume Sculpture
Vincenzo Gemito once Italy's premier sculptor fell into poverty after years of illness. The government allocated 109000 lire to support his work, a move tied to Mussolini's regime. The anecdote colors views of oppression and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Breakfast chatter and hot jokes from the White House
President Coolidge hosted a Texas political figure for breakfast and they joked about Rebecca Bradley the Texas co ed who robbed a bank recently Death Valley California is labeled the hottest spot in the nation by weather experts The piece mulls joke headlines about polar bears frolicking in Death Valley Zoo and mock temperate extremes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolidge
Texas
Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca
White House
Death Valley
Calif
United States
Army maneuvers on Mexican border in April
A scrambled note reports on Army maneuvers planned for April along the Mexican border. It also mentions reflections on honoring parents, bankers’ roles, golf, and a Florida dispatch about John D. Rockefeller and Sunday school teachers, with uncertain details about dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Rockefeller
Florida
McAdoo's Toledo Speech Deepens Democratic Rift
Concord Tribune notes William G. McAdoo sharpened attacks on eastern Democrats in Toledo fueling party division. It contrasts McAdoo with Governor Al Smith, warning against broad assaults on wets and city rural lines. McAdoo plans another run, aiming at Smith at the next convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. McAdoo
Toledo
al Smith
McAdoo
Smith
New York
Democrats of the
Welfare Workers 10 Hold Annual Meet in Raleigh
The North Carolina Association of Supervisors of Public Welfare will meet February 8 at the Raleigh Woman's Club before the State Conference for Social Service sessions at the Sir Walter hotel. President K T Futrell of Pitt and other officers will lead talks on school attendance and parole work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Association of Superintendents of Public Welfare
N. Hoyle Sink
Welfare
John Martin, Jr
Cumberland
W. B. Waddill
Vance
R. H. Edwards
Wayne
Kate Burr Johnson
Association
W. E. Stanley
Durham
A. W. Cline
Forsythe
J. D. Whitford
Craven
Emeth Tuttle
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Public figures share warm praise and hardship amid gas well boom
Edward Johnson responds to praise from John McCormack while Miss Alice Robertson, once in Congress, faces poverty as a gas well is drilled near her burned home in Muskogee Oklahoma. Johnson hails the tribute as his own feeling and Robertson notes mounting influence despite loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Johnson
John McCormack
John
Johnson
Guelph
Ontario
Muskogee
Okla
Alice Robertson
Congress
Wyoming Legislature Passes Bill for Roundup of Wild Horses
Cheyenne reports thousands of wild horses eating grass that would feed cattle and sheep. The legislature has passed a bill to round up and dispose of the horses if there is no buyer or taker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
Justice Smith Signals Tough Stand on Divorces
Justice James F. Smith of the district supreme court plans to curb gold digging in divorce cases. He indicates wives who can work will face reduced alimony in his court, shaping alimony expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James F. Smith
District Supreme Court
Stagnant Pool Metaphor Mirrors Family Decay in Letter
A writer compares a stagnant forest pool to ruined lives within a four member family. Elsie Bardel receives a plea to publish an article, exposing fear, pride and petty quarrels that erode daily life. The tone mixes gothic imagery with a direct social critique of domestic dysfunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bardel
Margaret
North Carolina eyes broad state park forest plan
The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development will seek authority to create a statewide park forest and game refuge system from lands already owned by the state. A bill to authorize surveys and recommendations to the governor for proclamations to set aside suitable areas will be introduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
Department of Conservation and Development
Wade H. Phillips
General Assembly
J. 8. Holmes
North Carolina
Secretary of State
Phillips
Forester
Holmes
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