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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
4
A mass meeting rallied support for improving the city school system amid crowded, underheated buildings. Tomlinson warns the system could collapse by 1921 without immediate action to expand facilities as enrollment tops 560 without seats.
As spring arrives the city of High Point plans to expand housing with more rental homes to shelter new families moving in. Officials note the season spurs construction and aim to maximize available homes for growing population.
A New Castile woman admitted she gave away her child because the infant cried at night. She suggested many other mothers might feel the same at 2:00 a m, reflecting a common parental strain.
A reader suggests saving feathers from an old duster to garnish cold meats and using rasoline to wash potatoes to deter moths. The notes mix household practice with unusual cleaners.
A letter from Bill Hohenzollern to a friend shows he is utterly discouraged while recalling that the old optimist would eventually break down.
The fragment hints at a former kaiser being discouraged and possibly tied to hemp imagery. No concrete events, dates, or organizations are identifiable to form a precise news item.
A brief notice notes the Sunny South dominance in regional affairs with emphasis on continued prominence and public interest.
The piece argues David A. Houston should lead the treasury, noting his farming credentials and trust in fiscally careful governance. It also suggests Meredith will replace Houston as agriculture secretary, adds a quip about Ed Howe's remarks on women.
A new memorial idea grows from war memory converting monuments into endowments for hospitals schools and other institutions. The concept preserves the heroism while serving the public good and guiding future progress as a lasting tribute to deeds.
The Raleigh Times publisher John A Park, once a college professor, has purchased the Fayetteville Observer, one of the oldest North Carolina newspapers. Park built the Raleigh Times into a leading state property and now looks to expand his newspaper influence with the Observer.
The text laments the fading custom of staying awake with ill friends and the loneliness felt by those left alone during illness. It reflects on the sense of loss as communal nursing gives way to solitude.
A report suggests Gas tonia should begin a census to determine how many cotton mills operate there. The note emphasizes a formal inventory to guide industry data.
Report suggests the former German emperor did not show obvious reaction to a flurry of birthday greetings yesterday. Observers note a restrained public presence and limited ceremonial activity after the celebrations began.
A fashion expert notes the hemline at eleven inches from the floor. another bone is marked in a gown’s new feature. A divorce lawyer finds a silver lining in domestic strain. A man with flat feet stays out of trouble in icy weather while congressmen plan to address Admiral Sims.
Col Henry S Graves, chief of the U S Forestry Service since 1916, will outline national forestry policy at the Southern Forestry Congress in New Orleans. Previously he led Yale's forestry department after Harvard and Munich studies and organized America's forestry regiments in 1918 for World War I service.
Citizens woke to a fresh snow covering the city marking the first heavy fall of the season after a week of mixed rain sleet and hail. People faced the cold reluctantly, hesitant to venture out as temperatures remained unfriendly to travel.
A Winston-Salem Journal note recalls President Taft advising Admiral Sims that he spoke too much, highlighting a historical moment of presidential caution toward military chatter.
The Gastonia school board endorsed a 500000 bond for local schools, a move praised as a stronger long term boost for education and citizenship than adding multiple cotton mills, per The Gazette and The Charlotte News.
A compact chronology lists key moments including the 1834 Kentucky common school society in Frankfort, 1842 Jerusalem Anglican cathedral stone, 1871 Paris surrender after 131 days, 1893 fishing fleet disaster off the Looe Islands, 1895 US mediation between Mexico and Guatemala, 1911 death of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward in Boston, 1916 Brandeis nomination, 1918 NYPD deputy appointment for Mrs. Ellen O Grady, and 1919 Wilson food bill passage.
Rt Rev Herman Page marks fifth anniversary of his consecration in Spokane. Jersey City completes 100 years since incorporation on January 28 1820. City of Boston tragedy recalled from Halifax to Glasgow with 200 aboard and never heard from again. NJ Republicans meet to shape delegation for Chicago. NY officials discuss strengthening state National Guard in NYC. ND Republicans convene at Bismarck to nominate national committeeman and electors for Chicago. Southern Forestry Congress opens in New Orleans as the most significant forestry gathering in the region.
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Archangel announces American forces withdrew safely with small losses. British cabinet plans to demobilize three quarters of the army and retain 1,000,000 troops until peace is completed.
E W Freeze disposes of his stake in the Cannon-Fetzer store to Albert L Freeze C B Bundy and W F Agee of Richmond Va. Freeze will relinquish his interest about February 5 to focus on hosiery manufacture as an official of Commonwealth Hosiery Mills. Agee plans North Carolina store expansion with High Point headquarters.
Special to The Enterprise reports W S Stone Red Cross field director at Camp McPherson Ga visited Thomasville with his father R L Stone. Rev R M Courtney was a business visitor to Greensboro. Attorney Don McKay and L A Kress were in Lexington on business. Mrs Marcus Stone and Mrs Belvin Stone visited High Point. E W Cates returned to Lexington to resume his tax adjusting work. Mr and Mrs M R Denister visited Asheboro.
The heating properties depend on carbon content with oxygen largely inert as it forms water with hydrogen. In gas coals the excess hydrogen significantly influences heat production.
High Point North Carolina invites sealed bids for resurfacing Centenial Avenue and West Washington Street with bitulithic and bituminous concrete, plus an optional addition including sheet asphalt. Bids due by 7 p.m. February 17, 1920, at City Hall with 5 percent bid bond. Mayor D A Stanton and Engineer A E Taplin oversee.
We are showing a complete stock of Vitanoia Liberty and Independent Talking Machines. RECORDS include Columbia 10 and 12 inch, Victor Emerson and Gennett. New selections. Needles three packages for 25c.
Despite bad weather, Guilford county saw 12 conveyances filed in deeds yesterday. High Point entries include Walter Pinnix to E F Palmer for 2350 dollars and H A Moffitt to R M Campbell for lots 27 and 28 of the Moffitt property dated November 1917 for 116 dollars.
An ad touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use product to darken gray hair naturally and evenly. Users dampen a brush with the liquid and apply strand by strand to achieve a darker, shinier, youthful look. It claims no medical purpose.
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