10 Feb 1923
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1923
Page
1
A fragmented popular ballad narrated by a young man who coughs loudly during a theater performance. His mother’s warning to “Always wear your rubbers” threads the verses, with satirical asides about fashion, romance, and city life. The piece meanders through political and social snippets, including local projects and notable figures, in a collage of headlines and jokes.
A Washington Times note argues that U S cotton production shifted from a world lead to near half of global output by 1923 and criticizes funds wasted on river and harbor projects. The piece cites lawmakers like Senators Worcester and Smoot as opposing measures and calls for focus on pest control over costly improvements.
Radio grows beyond parlor entertainment into practical tools. North Carolina plans daily reports from district engineers to Raleigh to boost highway efficiency and cut costs. Louisville newspaper office to equip station for police crime alerts within fifty miles, expanding to other cities and towns. Amateurs aid ongoing development though yeggman risk rises.
Friends learn Master Thoston Thatt is able to be up again after several weeks confined to his room due to a broken leg.
Editorial views the High Point Legion postponing its $25,000 drive to avoid interfering with a Y M C A campaign for $250,000 set to launch March 1. The High Point Enterprise lauds the gesture as wartime virtue and urges the community to remember veterans’ sacrifice while supporting the regional home project when appropriate.
A newly found towering tree in New Zealand measures 22 feet across at the trunk and is estimated to be about 2,000 years old, highlighting remarkable longevity and regional natural history.
Feb 10 report notes Stark rents two Main Street rooms in Silver-Smith block and plans to operate as Stark department stores, with Snow Brothers moving to east corner store to make way for the new enterprises. Lam beth family prepares two new stores on Main Street adjoining their lot, construction likely spring to fall. A business trip to Cuba involves Winch, John W. Lambeth, R. L. Lambeth and friends. Simon Lewis, aged resident, dies. memorial mention and lawn care past by Dutch scythe. Brown Vinch completes seven homes on Mendenhall property near Sale Street, built for colored residents on installment terms. Monument to Adam to be funded in Baltimore.
John Tannon, Belle, and Val cling to Paradise as Redstar vanishes. Velantine and Velantine from the Border arrive, Val contemplates joining the cattlemen ride with Brinson while Father Hillfire wrings a troubled silence. The Stirring Tale advances with Belle alert and the group listening for distant hoots.
After a tense separation John Hannon returns to Paradise, embracing Belle and their daughter Val. The reunion stirs quiet peril as rumors of the Black Rustler and Boyce Clendenning's rising influence ripple through ranch life and local talk turns to magic and danger.
Fragmentary OCR text notes a plan to catch and hang a man described as black and guilty, deemed not suitable for a woman's ears and reflecting a regretted eagerness by Val to see the act consummated, with continuation promised in the next issue.
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