This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1939
Page
4
A concise quotation attributed to Massinger advises balancing ambition with prudent steps. It cautions against arrogance while urging measured action to achieve higher outcomes. The aphorism emphasizes humility, resilience, and strategic ascent.
The legislature is organized and ready for business with speaker Ward naming committees and the lieutenant governor as Senate president. Guilford members hold key chairmanships including Caffey on appropriations and Carruthers on insurance, while Rupert Pickens serves on several major panels.
A Providence interview with Senator Reynolds argues for noninterference in others affairs while critiquing appeasement measures led by Neville Chamberlain. The piece links past conflicts to current policy debates and cites editorials from Raleigh Times and Charlotte Observer on clemency and economic relief.
The observer notes UNC changes in the unemployment compensation committee and assigns chairmanships to veterans Walter Murphy and Odus Mull, praising capable posts. He contrasts North Carolina's Assembly as more partisan than Congress, despite a capable organizational setup.
Chairman Powell issues a notice to taxpayers that delinquent payroll tax payments for 1938 must be settled with the State commission by January 30. If missed, double taxation applies as the federal credit depends on timely state payments.
The Jackson Day Dinner is described as highlighting Hoppy's engaging personality and a loosely constructed wrap of the obvious. The piece notes that private business lacks urgency due to the tax burden, while history hints happiness ties to dining rather than challenging diners’ thoughts.
The piece highlights Bishop Polycarp’s martyrdom in Smyrna and the philosopher Vanini’s execution for challenging geocentric dogma. It extols steadfast faith and rational courage, urging readers to endure hardship with resolve, as Browne’s book portrays heroic steadfastness across centuries.
A fragmented clipping notes Republicans returning to state payrolls claim no conflict with patriotism and good government. It mentions a drug clerk shooting a man who asked for “Coster oil” and Brenda Frazier launching a wealth sharing campaign with various vendors. It cites Acting Comptroller-General Elliott accusing former Secretary of Commerce Roper of using a government yacht for pleasure.
The Enterprise argues High Point should build a municipal power plant, praising profits, tax relief, and job growth. It predicts Duke Power’s opposition will fade as the city gains reliable electricity, lower taxes, and broader prosperity, framing the project as essential progress for all residents.
The High Point dam on the Yadkin River raises public health concerns for nearby residents. Fluctuating water levels leave exposed lowlands with holes and depressions that could harbor health hazards during dry periods. Local authorities may struggle to control disease risks in affected areas.
A compact snapshot notes how events unfold in sixty seconds across the globe. The piece hints at motion, chance, and shifting outcomes shaping history in fleeting moments.
A rapid snapshot lists per minute values: France 4000 francs with Tunis, UK mental illness costs 100 dollars, India fever kills eight, 200 tulip bulbs to America, 6000 cigarettes by Filipinos, Nanking dope profits 1000 Chinese dollars, US prisoners five dollars of clothes, New York bread thousand loaves, America 200 tons limestone, one car shipped to Europe, 700 shoes produced, and weed eradication costs $6000 before stopping.
The article discusses inundation and uncovering of lake lowlands as a method to renew water and dilute mosquito control chemicals. It notes rare events would lessen the threat, cites hydroelectric dams in the state, and highlights topographic density around Forsyth and Yadkin areas as elevating health concerns.
Local drive preparation begins at the chamber of commerce tonight. Citizens plan to attend in Greensboro on Friday to hear Clarence Darrow. In other notes F C Jeffries visits Culpepper Va and Miss Daisy Lee York resumes studies in Charleston S C.
Twenty years ago receipts at the local post office for 1918 totaled $58 332.42. Rev. W H Wall of Green Street Baptist church was told by New York Y M C A that his services would not be needed for soldiers work as the war ended many soldiers were reassigned. Red Cross roll call closes today. Sgt S C Venable writing from the western front near Metz describes the trenches on November 11 and a helmet hole from a shell. Bruce Craven of Trinity visits the city on business. Van Sheetz returns to Branham and Hughes College in Spring Hill Tennessee. Bertha Sheloff returns to the State Normal and Industrial College in Greensboro. A M Rankin is in Atlanta on business.
William Jennings Bryan spoke to the legislature urging woman's suffrage while Argentina begins a general strike at midnight. Delegates continue arriving as preliminaries to the Paris peace conference start and the general assembly passes the prohibition amendment.
In frozen Alaska a released inmate Nels Ludwigson helps sailers reach safety as the jailers escort him to aid shipwrecked men amid cures offered by witch doctors and panaceas. President Dykstra of Wisconsin University is mentioned in the surrounding context.
New York dispatch profiles Barney Greengrass known as The Sturgeon King in his Amsterdam Avenue shop. The piece notes his 4 day schedule, family involvement, mail order of smoked sturgeon to the United States and overseas, and his promotion tactics with sample trays priced at five cents. It describes Greengrass as approachable, Jewish and Russian born, with autograph photos of Eddie Cantor and Bernie in the window.
A jumble of essays and anecdotes recalls Thurber and Kelway at a Greek restaurant where a cook shortage prompts the leper sign. A Queens sage anecdote notes US growth, while neighbor Jonathan Balch’s deaf wisdom ends with sage saving a bleeding youngster.
A quirky note notes that tropical clothing may be made from bananas and should be easy to slip on. It highlights impracticality and safety concerns for wearable banana fibers in humid climates.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.