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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1923
Page
4
A ragged speaker rails against a failing shop owner who refuses to advertise or invest in goods while Sears Roebuck and Co uses persistent ads and growing profits. The piece contrasts old stock with modern marketing to show a shift in fortunes and the folly of resisting promotion.
Night air turned brisk as a cold front moved in. Residents reported a sharp drop in temperature and gusty winds prompting jackets and heaters to come out.
A jumble of statements covers a Columbia electrocution fraud claim against the prison board, Armour and Company meat concerns after an Omaha plant fire, upcoming baseball season talk, a Spero figure in the limelight, a Sickd representative on marriage views, Hickory's growth, a Hickory detective agency, a $100,000 upset bid for the C and Y, Thomasville's push for a chamber of commerce, North Carolina sanatorium management changes, proposed insanity as grounds for divorce, and criticism that divorces are too easy.
The proposal to tax spinsters for the support of North Carolina bachelors draws male approval among men past forty summers, while the fate of the spinster reaction remains uncertain.
Editorial notes support bringing in expert accountants from outside to review the state's finances regardless of origin. The aim is a strictly nonpartisan investigation, with no regard to whether auditors come from New York or Podunk.
A North Carolina editorial defends Governor Morrison against critics while praising his progressive agenda. It argues his administration expands school funding, improves roads, and strengthens citizenship, urging support amid calls for investigation and noting opponents seek his scalp.
Dr. Howe spoke at Trinity College illustrating sugar cane farming improments and future medicine. He described a weed control paper method increasing sugar yield and labor savings while noting scientific progress over fanciful fixes. The event included Dr Wheeler and Dr Pegram with chemistry society discussions and a cancelled reception.
The High Point Elks band aims to represent North Carolina at the national Elks convention in Atlanta in July. Management plans to recruit up to 50 Elks from across the state to lead a state delegation, with High Point’s band already praised for its merit.
The Greensboro Daily Record launches a campaign against speeding with Judge D H Collings assisting the Greensboro police court. It argues fines do not deter speeders and that jail time is the proper medicine to curb reckless driving and protect pedestrians.
Rep Hauser of Stokes county introduces a bill taxing unmarried men over 40 to support women over 30. The house laughs but considers the measure serious, with Hauser arguing many men remain single and a law could hasten marriages and spare broken hearts.
A collection of humorous vignettes on daily life and oddities. The author muses on dogs biting postmen delivering bills and the quirks of modern life from slow motion movie star weddings to radio forewarnings and social observations.
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