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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1923
Page
4
The piece discusses catalepsy and possible living dead cases including George W. Stevenson and Washington Irving Bishop. It warns against hypnotism and calls for stronger pedestrian protection and harsher auto liability rules. It also recalls a theater parrot interruption by a spectator’s pet bird.
A collage of light verse and brief notes comments on flattery, vanity, and social foibles. Items mention a train automobile collision, prohibition era rum debates, Christmas sleds, Hollywood gossip, ancient canned beef, January mood, and speculative sports dates. Citations reference Mr Grissom Dr Peacock Raleigh High Point and boxing plans for Willard and Dempsey with a humorous note on June 31.
The New York Giants have signed twenty pitchers in a move aimed at bolstering the pitching staff before the season opener. The manager now faces proving which arms earn rotation spots and how the staff performs in spring workouts.
The article notes High Point intends a major new structure and argues the city needs a tall eighteen story edifice, using the project as a justification for growth.
The latest report says the comedian known as Arbuckle will become a film director. He would guide actors by telling them what not to do on set.
Michigan Senator James Couzens says Congress talks too much and does too little after observing proceedings. The remark appears not to offer new ideas but reflects common reform sentiments during the period.
News dispatches report at least two killings by automobile drivers on Saturday. In both cases the drivers fled without aiding victims, seeking to escape identity, reflecting a troubling pattern and rising belief that drivers have right of way over pedestrians.
Five Pueblo Indians toured New York on January 29 and found the city’s sights less impressive than Manhattanites did by their Pueblo attire. The story suggests spring styles may reflect the visitors’ distinctive fashions.
Mrs. Al wine Ahnert, 82, sues a cremation company for 10000 claiming ashes of her first two husbands were left to mix. Husband No 3 has been missing since 1907, so his ashes were not added to the confusion.
The second Romeo and Juliet of the season debuts at the Henry Miller theater with Jane Cowl as Juliet and Rollo Peters as Romeo. Critics praise the poetic interpretation and the play’s passion and pathos in this spirited production.
A drenched detective testified against Edward Flynn for violation of the eighteenth amendment but the judge discharged Flynn for lack of evidence as the subway incident left only the smell and water.
The pair of authors sold at Anderson Galleries for 12900 dollars. The rare 1594 edition of The Tragedie of Dido Queen of Carthage fetched a high price as one of the most important plays offered for sale. Dr. A W Rosenbach led buyers with twenty purchases averaging over two hundred dollars.
A grand shaving mirror on Ernest Timless’s mahogany desk serves as a carbon copy aid. Timless explains he writes letters on a typewriter and uses the mirror to save the discarded carbon sheet, hoping someday to have an important letter worth copying.
The Greensboro Daily News notes High Point will see another year of furniture prosperity with firms selling output for a year and contracts secured for all they can make. It forecasts payrolls, steady jobs, and broad regional economic gains across banking, real estate, insurance, and mercantile sectors.
The passage argues that as long as the public views furniture as a luxury and buys only when money is easy, furniture makers must be prepared to endure periods when demand falls and sales are weak. It suggests industry survival depends on sustaining production during tough financial times.
Federal agents arrest William Clemmons and H Mahan after a chase near a Buck Trout swamp distillery in Norfolk Virginia. Clemmons prays on arrest as both men face illicit liquor manufacturing charges. The still is destroyed and four other distilleries were seized in Virginia with one arrest in Augusta County and no arrests in Prince Anne.
Asheville January 29 D W Sims general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School association will be the chief speaker at Buncombe County Sunday School convention opening today The program lists E T Albertson general secretary Indiana Sunday School Council and Miss Daisy Magee children's division superintendent North Carolina Sunday School association as additional speakers The three day event features sessions with talks on special training for Sunday school work adult Bible class work and Sunday school music.
M. B. Breedlove and G. C. Halton of High Point have bought the Hart Tailoring company on South Main Street and will operate it as B and H Clothing. Breedlove has been manager. Halton previously worked for Kivett Grocery.
John Hannon, his blind wife Belle and daughter Val live on Paradise ranch as Red star horses roam. In Santa LeSandra's Hunnewell store a game unfolds where Brideman’s luck falters against Velantrie and his riders who win Brideman’s gold and Lola Sanchez, the rose of Santa Leandra, offering herself as a stake. Velantine fills Lola’s sash with gold and sends her home to her father.
Velantrie and his red horse Comet arrive at Refugio to meet Father Hillaire and a quiet life on the mesa. The nunlike mission steadies a restless pair as Velantine faces a past crime and Father Hillaire urges restraint and duty. The scene closes with a vow to return for resolve.
Miss Brady stars as an ambitious Syrian girl who comes to America to become an author. Robert Ellis leads as a Russian baron with David Powell and Nita Naldi as countess companions in a tale of jewel smuggling and adventure.
A London agony column ad puzzles readers with a partially obscured tribute. The message hints at a deceased friend, with initials and a closing wish, inviting interpretation by the reader as it appears in a January 29 publication.
The notice invites readers to the sale of W. T. Parker farms and home sites on E Green Street on Saturday February 3 at 2 pm and the sale of 172 shares in Parker Paper and Twine Co on Saturday January 18 at 11 pm. Prospective buyers are urged to inspect the home sites beforehand and to attend ready to bid. J Lip Burton is the auctioneer and J Elwood Cox holds statements.
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