07 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1923
Page
1
A jumble of society wit and political jests spans across weather wish lists, secret orders, and global curiosities. Mentions include Savannah welcoming doughboys, Turks signing on the dotted line, Lenin and Trotsky tensions, famine candy fires in Pennsylvania, and Chicago’s cleanup schemes amid rotten politics.
Val Hannon meets Velantine at Little Antelope ford as he maneuvers to aid Maria and Father Hillaire. Velantine reveals he has secured Mesas Pecvento for wedlock and restoration, while Val contemplates the bond forming amid past dangers and Church ties.
The piece urges safer streets for children, noting adult traffic challenges and calling for stronger enforcement of speeding laws around school zones. It cites existing posted signs in some neighborhoods and urges the city to add traffic guides and stricter enforcement near school buildings.
Mrs Pinkham leads discussion in the legislature on eight hour limits for housewives. Wives express disbelief arguing household duties cannot fit into eight hours due to night feedings, accidents, and routine chores. Critics warn such limits would slash families and push work onto husbands or servants.
A war themed hymn, possibly post Civil War, has surged in popularity among southern negro churches. Congregations sing with vehemence, conveying a collective weariness of war as the refrain centers on laying down war and turning away from study of conflict.
An observer critiques postwar attitudes toward Negro music, arguing jazz reflects a jungle state of mind and fading popularity. The piece urges collecting Negro folk songs for posterity and predicts shifts as religion and national mood influence future music trends. It highlights concerns about origins and perceptions of jazz and calls for preservation of folk lore.
Alvin M. Owsley national Legion commander will visit North Carolina March 6 to 8 arriving Raleigh 5 28 pm March 6 for a public meeting at the city auditorium. He then travels to Wilson Wilmington Fayetteville Payetteville Florence S C with hosts Warlick Lockhart Penny and district commanders.
The piece outlines Grenfell association work among northern coastal communities, detailing schools, home industries, and medical aid. It stresses helping locals become self reliant through fishing, crafts, and industry while volunteers fund and run programs from New York and Ottawa offices. It highlights devotion to widows orphans and the sick, with a quarterly magazine for members.
The secretary of state has issued a charter for the James Conrad Company of Winston-Salem with capital of 125000 dollars, 10000 paid in. The firm will conduct a general real estate and insurance business. Incorporators are Mmory James, Walter Conrad and Verna Transon.
John Hannon, his wife Belle and daughter Val live at Paradise a ranch home. Red star horse disappears prompting suspicions and a mission with Velantrite from the Border. Father Hillaire introduces Val to Velantrite while Boyce Clendenning pledges aid against rustlers. Val asks to ride with the rescue party.
Val Hannon and Belle Hannon pledge support to Boyce Clendenning’s plan to chase the elusive Black Rustler, a famed masked rider feared for a swift horse and stealthy thefts. Tales tie the rider to Santa Leandra and a white heat of August on the Mesa Grande range as John Hannon’s absence stretches into weeks and whispers grow.
Five hundred forty two persons were placed in positions by the North Carolina and United States departments of labor during the week ending Pon. 4, according to the report of J. Shipman, commissioner of labor and printing. The Charlotte employment bureau led the state with 150 jobs.
The mints are producing more nickels and dimes even as demand grows for quarters and halves. This shift highlights a minting strategy adjustment to balance supply with market needs.
City officials debated improving Elm and Thurston street crossing safety for schoolchildren. A traffic guide or mushroom sign was discussed, with instructions to add school zone signs and consider purchasing six guides for key intersections across High Link.
A demonstration in Berlin in front of the Jankfort on Main hotel where inter allied commissioners resided ended with police intervention as the crowd tried to enter the hotel yesterday.
A faded ad touts red peppers as a fast remedy for rheumatism and related pains. It claims penetrating heat, blood circulation benefits, and relief from neuralgia, backache, and chest colds, urging readers to buy the genuine Bowles Red Pepper product.
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