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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1923
Page
5
The text outlines city improvements including parks and playgrounds by the YMCA, a new passenger station and Main Street underpass, a city planning system, more homes, expanded sewer and water systems, expanded paved streets, and hard surfaced roads in all directions.
A fragmentary poetic piece blends apocalyptic imagery with dreamlike lines as speakers plead for meaning. It shifts to a lighthearted note with a comic police snow order and a snap of shovelry, then mentions Blowing Rock as a summer meeting site for bar association and press.
The piece argues that checking flashers and bogus money men remains easy for some, while educating the public is seen as a hopeless task, reflecting skepticism about reform efforts and outreach.
German women and children gathered around the departing American doughboys and wept, reflecting on the toll of war as troops left. The scene captures lingering sorrow and human cost amid celebrations of relief.
The report laments invitations to embassy parties in Washington amid public unease. It also mentions a Norfolk source that killed twenty hogs, noting humans remain immune to excessive appetite.
The remark suggests that restoring William Hohenzollern to leadership could trigger risk in the Ruhr valley with potential strafing incidents. The piece frames the idea as a warning about possible military or political instability tied to his return.
The article notes a nationwide push with 800 schools being built, averaging eight per county and nearly one per township. It frames a broad school system rebuild as underway across regions.
The quote contrasts bootlegging with animals like horses and mules, suggesting the illicit trade remains steady while condemning harm. It frames the bootlegger as pragmatic, noting the violence of prohibition era crime and the high death toll implied by illicit liquor.
Governor McLeod seeks to lift his state out of North Carolina’s dust by pursuing policy shifts and regional repositioning. The remarks signal a broader effort to redefine state priorities and economic focus.
Town residents led by local women petition to abolish a pool table citing social disruption and moral concerns. The write up notes masculine skill with cues, urges fair handling for workers, and hints at broader civic issues including road projects and morality clauses in acting contracts.
The Carolina and Yadkin railroad case faces Judge Stack in Greensboro Saturday morning. The court fixed an upset price of 200000, which supporters hope to amend. Local investors and High Pointers are key in the decision as idle railroad property risks further value loss and extra rehabilitation costs.
New Jersey voices anger after a Manhattan towing company claims $1,200 and causes the U S Marshal to seize Jersey City’s courthouse valued at $3.5 million. County officials call the move a joke while federal authorities say sale will proceed if the debt isn’t paid.
M Emile Coue and advisers in New York opt for a simple two reel educational story by Elmore Leffingwell. They rejected fiction based scenarios with large personal payoffs and will show Coue explaining his theory in the film.
Leo Dreyfus proprietor of a Second Avenue drug store endures a long-running burglary feud with a local burglary fraternity. Over twenty years the store has been entered twenty four times, with four thousand dollars in goods stolen in the last two and a half months. Each break-in leads to a new alarm, yet thieves consistently elude the security measures.
The German dramatist Siegfried Trebitsch fuels Bernard Shaw’s influence in Germany and Shaw’s own translation and adaptation of Jitta’s Attonement flesh out the tri angle theme. Bertha Kalich, praised as the finest emotional actress, stars as the wife with authentic diction and elegance, delivering intense scenes that highlight the play’s dramatic fire.
A satirical roundup of observations and wry lines about war, economics, fashion, and media. The speaker notes Chicago depots, paper napkins inventor, coal prices, radio antics, egg pricing, jazz in Paris, and daylight robberies while poking fun at cautiousness and illusions of investment.
Dr. O H Wiedfeldt German ambassador conveyed Berlin instructed thanks to Secretary Hughes for the correct conduct of American troops during their occupation of German territory. State department released the announcement yesterday.
Noel W. Stiles, reputed to have introduced the American soda fountain into Europe, dies at his Boston home in his 79th year. He manufactured soda fountains in England for thirty five years and later ran a business there for fifteen years. He began as a druggist in Appleton Wisconsin.
York, Pa. Jan. 26. Evangeline Smith 22 sues Cornelius N Bailey 60 a prominent merchant charging larceny. She says he promised marriage and gave rings valued at 700 dollars and recently in a quarrel he took them from her fingers.
President Harding presided over the usual Friday cabinet meeting in Washington. It was the first since he fell ill with grip last Tuesday, prompting the weeklong interruption in cabinet sessions.
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