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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1920
Page
10
A quirky 1920s clipped column riffs on forecasts past politics and society. It cites Boston Globe remarks on Finns in America, notes investigations spurred by wartime, mentions Sylvester Friday in Winston-Salem courts, Massachusetts wood alcohol consumption, and Bolshevik peace hints with Italian talks.
The Hickory Record notes Mr. Hoover as the most likely presidential candidate yet warns he is not a politician. The piece mentions strikes by cloak and suit makers and calls for briefer apparel for women. It also references city council meetings and local debates on garbage cans and street cleanliness.
The piece notes tens of thousands of families with 18 children and mocks census methods. It claims government raids push a spring cleanup, while Palmer's crackdown may accelerate shipbuilding to move radicals out. Greensboro News reports coal suppliers proposing a 14 percent price rise.
The article argues landlords profiteer by raising rents as often as the monthly cycle allows. It notes widespread reports of rent profiteering and the lack of legal remedies so far. It suggests tenants should own homes to curb profiteering, even if it seems harsh.
The piece questions jury independence by citing alleged New York Times coverage of a desert killing defendant acquitted due to sister and friends' psychic pressure. It discusses mistrial implications and compares hypnotic suggestion to influencing jurors, noting prior demonstrations of mind over matter and practical jokes as context.
An essay-like critique questions the Chicago sheriff plan to force prisoners to watch an early morning execution. It compares to motorists required to view accident victims and mocks the idea as a dangerous, reactionary psychological experiment with little merit.
A Children’s Bureau bulletin surveys illegitimacy law across U S states and foreign regimes. It notes England’s old stance of child born out of wedlock as “child of no one,” contrasts North Dakota and Minnesota reforms, cites Virginia 1785 provisions, and highlights inadequacies in support payments and duration. It urges improvements including legitimating by marriage, adoption by fathers, and equal mother child relation.
The New York Globe notes Colonel Harvey accuses Norman Hapgood of Bolshevism and implies removal from diplomacy. Hapgood replies cautiously, urging fair assessment of facts amid quick, harmful charges. The piece questions Harvey's credibility as a prophet on treaties and Wilson’s moral status.
Racing event at Havana features the Cuba American Jockey Club winter meeting. Also on today’s card the Western Intercollegiate Conference opens, Harvard meets Toronto in Cambridge, and a Yale Harvard Columbia Princeton chess tournament ends in New York. An auto show opens in New York with Eddie Trembly boxing Panama Joe Ganz in Waterbury, Conn.
Herbert Brenon, Dublin born director of motion picture spectacles, is celebrated today on turning 40. Lee S. Overman, Salisbury NC born U S senator, marks 66. Franklin Murphy, former New Jersey governor, reaches 74. Richard Henry Dana, Cambridge MA publicist and civic worker, turns 68.
The governor and solicitor push to indict the lynchers in the Franklin county murder as witnesses prove ignorant of the episode. Special counsel assist the prosecutor while reward offers rise. South Carolina's new legal remedy allows the victim’s nearest kin to sue the county, a deterrent urged by the Winston-Salem Journal.
The article cites 150000 yearly US deaths from tuberculosis with 3391 in North Carolina last year and 27000+ statewide active and inactive cases nationwide. It urges prevention through communal and individual actions and teaches the consumptive to destroy sputum to stop spread.
The new Hungarian parliament meets today while Senators and representatives return to Washington for Congress reassembly. General Pershing concludes his Lincoln visit and heads west to inspect posts, as Massachusetts gubernatorial figure Coolidge is invited to address a Boston American Legion convention.
Essay notes how to fight tuberculosis through ventilation fresh air sunshine and community education. It urges yearly physical exams and lists historical milestones from 1820 to 1918 including Maine hood status and events in Toronto Abyssinia and Guatemala City.
Dr Mizuno, director of administrative affairs for the Korean government-general, told the Seiyukai that treating Koreans as uncivilized and pressing them was not timely. He urged kindness to guide progress but said independence movements must be suppressed by decisive measures.
A Hickory Record columnist predicts a future bill to ban sale of vehicles exceeding 25 mph in North Carolina. The piece argues reckless driving persists and cites engine limits as a solution, suggesting 18 mph as an optimal rate to curb speed and improve safety.
Admiral Austin M Knight, chair of the Navy Board of Awards, will lead a thorough revision of recent award recommendations. A veteran officer, his career began in 1573 at Annapolis aboard the Tuscarora. He commanded Narragansett Bay, led the Naval War College, and headed the Asiatic Fleet before retiring last year.
A year ago today President Wilson received an enthusiastic welcome in Rome. The war toll reported includes total Canadian casualties at 220,182 with 60,383 deaths.
One home in every two in Ontario rural districts has a telephone and about one farm in four owns an automobile.
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