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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1926
Page
8
A retrospective of 25 years of rapid invention from 1900 to 1925. It credits X rays and radium discoveries, Marconi’s radio, aviation advances, and the rise of modern communication. The piece contrasts frontier conquest with contemporary mastery of nature and notes a transforming world from a redoubt to a global village.
A reflective piece traces how twentieth century inventions reshaped society from steam power to the airplane. It highlights Fulton’s steamboat, McCormick reaper, Gutenberg printing press, photography, and telephoto as milestones, noting the shift from novelty to everyday language and the rising status of inventors amid wartime tech.
Berlin reports an unusual postwar season with trains sold out to Thuringia, the Harz, the Black Forest, the Bavarian Alps and Silesia. Civil servants and professionals flee cities for a week amid early snow, paying for hotels as they join wintry country dances.
Yale professor Fred R. Fairchild warns U S forests face heavy loss and tax burdens as 800000 acres are leveled and growth lags. He urges tax reform based on income or yield to avoid stifling forestry investment and preserve state and local revenues. Separate notes discuss movie stars backing moustaches and Dr Hjalmar Schacht returning from the United States with new rumors.
Walter Rutt, Germany’s famed cyclist, will retire from the track on January 10, 1926, after a 25 year career across Europe, Australia and America. His first major race was the 1901 Grand Prix de Paris, where he placed second to Ellegaard. He won the six day race in 1907 with Johann Stol at Madison Square Garden. His farewell event is a 1000 metre sprint paced by his son Oscar for the first three laps, then finishing alone.
Historic Berlin dog cemetery in the northern city area welcomes dogs of all backgrounds with inscriptions in at least 12 languages. Marble stones mark plots, selling for 15 dollars with a 5 dollar yearly maintenance fee.
University of Minnesota medical student Victor I. Eagan uses parachute jumping to earn money for tuition. The retiree turned racer formerly earned from motorcycle exhibition at Minnesota state fairs and now continues with aerial stunts to support schooling.
The annual meeting of the stockholders will be held in the Directors Room on Tuesday January 12 1926 at 10 oclock A M for election of directors and other business. C H Marriner cashier.
A note on a parachutist who weighs 175 pounds finding the load for a standard parachute too heavy. The remark appears as a brief historical snippet reflecting early jump challenges and equipment limits.
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