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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1929
Page
5
Stronger cotton markets spur better inquiries for cloth with advances in print cloths and sheetings. Fall wash fabrics bought more freely, draperies and domestics for fall shipments rise, and mills plan tighter production into August amid labor tensions and union activity. Prices for print cloths, brown sheetings, denims, tickings and ginghams are listed.
Chicago July 20 cattle receipts 1,000 with week-ago comparisons. Choice fed steers strong to 25c higher, light fed yearlings up 25 to 50c, stockers and feeders down. Sheep 3,000 steady with lambs 15.15 tops, natives 15.50, fat ewes 7.00. Hogs 4,000 mostly steady, top 12.20 for 210-225 lb butchers. midweights 11.16-11.50. sows 9.86-10.90.
The Chicago wheat market fell sharply with heavy profit taking by speculators. Traders cited negligible export demand aside from limited Gulf of Mexico shipments to Europe, leaving prices down from earlier highs. Corn and oats also retreated while provisions held steady to modestly lower.
E. A. Guest, famed hunter, killed the tiger known as Jungle Queen in a monsoon hunt. The beast had claimed 168 human lives and elicited a British government reward. Guest shot the tiger from a tree after it returned to a previous kill.
Plans move forward in Washington for a $1,000,000 Time Temple to be built by the Horological Institute of America. The structure will serve as a national center for horology and house numerous valuable exhibits on watchmaking craft.
A lobster was found with its skeleton exposed outside the body while the muscles remained inside the shell indicating a rare physical presentation. The discovery raises questions about the lobster’s condition and the surrounding environment.
Public sale of property in High Point Guilford County North Carolina on August 20 1929 at noon at the courthouse door to satisfy the deed of trust dated March 1 1927 by A W Clark and wife Jennie Clark to FE P Yates Company and Union Trust Co of Maryland Trustees. Lots 123 and 14 in Chester M Myers plat block S according to map recorded in Guilford County deeds book 2 page 55.
D S Blake and Dora Blake transfer to Yates Company and Union Trust Trustees on August 1 1927 recorded Book 582 Page 271 Guilford County Registry. E P Yates Company and Trustee Lawton Lockhart plan foreclosure sale at courthouse door Guilford County NC Lot 8 Block C Brentwood from Plat Book 4 Page 49 due to debt default.
New Orleans July cotton futures rose in a day of mixed moves. Prices gained through morning dealings on renewed buying, with October and December climbing to around 19.29 and 19.48 before a late pullback. By close, contracts held gains of about 16 to 17 points with a firm tone aided by boll weevil news.
Cutting flowers early in the morning preserves moisture in stems. Plunge stems into cold water immediately after cutting to keep them fresh. If placed in cold water for several hours before arranging a bouquet, stems blend into a hardened state and stay fresh for days.
Mint dressing, French style with added fresh mint, provides a refreshing accompaniment to a fruit salad.
Cotton opened firmer as buying persisted amid crop damage worries and boll weevil reports. Active contracts, led by October and January, gained about 25 to 27 points before selling pressures trimmed gains. Shipboard cotton awaiting clearance stood around 56 000 bales, down from last year.
Tex as tomatoes bring wealth to a restricted section of less than half a dozen counties. This year's crop brought nearly $2,500,000, with the price almost doubled over that of last year.
In 1928 the U S War Department announced methods of curing rubber that could extend its life to 35 years, signaling a potential advancement in military material durability and resource resilience.
July report from Chapel Hill notes Wesley Thompson, aviation student, became the first pedestrian in the region known to be run over by an airplane. He was knocked down and dragged by a moving aircraft causing facial and bodily cuts, but he held the plane, allowed a pilot to cut the throttle, and saved the machine from wrecking.
High Point Kiwanis members entertained their ladies at the Sherman hotel with a dinner and an illustrated lecture by Rev. Douglas L. Rights of Winston-Salem. He discussed his Yadkin Great Pee Dee voyage, shown in colored slides from trips in 1925 1926 and 1928, including river views dams and powering plants.
A summer tip suggests keeping butter in a nest of chopped ice to stay cold longer. The narrator notes the extra ice costs more but pays off in better service and family appreciation.
A finely printed green beige and black chiffon dress features a sleeveless design with a full sweeping skirt and a cream Alencon lace bertha to complement the attire.
A selective bull market forms in a midsummer New York session with rails utilities and steel leading gains as consolidation hopes and favorable earnings fuel buying. Major players include New York Central Illinois Central and U S Steel while motor shares stumble on 1929 earnings questions. Total volume around 1.5 million shares.
A massive iron meteor weighing over 50 tons was found in the Grootfontein district in southwest Africa. It is considered the largest meteor ever to fall on Earth, with only one rival of comparable size, and is believed to have fallen hundreds of years ago.
The piece argues the home is outdated and wasteful and predicts centralized communal kitchens as a solution. It contrasts Ford’s industry view with the realities of women workers who find value in housework and resist losing their traditional role. It cautions against elite voices shaping domestic life for the many.
The piece argues that moving cooking from homes to community centers will provoke unrest among women who now manage meals. It says the so called modern woman chooses this lifestyle, but an industrial era will force women to rely on communal cooking. The author warns the transition will come slowly and demands preparation for future leisure.
In hot weather try a different vegetable each day to keep dinners varied and easier to prepare. Switching vegetables daily reduces meal prep monotony and adds culinary variety.
English towns brace for Godiva-itis as 1929 pageants unfold. Miss Muriel Mellerup and Miss Edie Cooke ride white chargers in two piece outfits, a far cry from the medieval stripped goddess. China warns any Soviet move into Manchuria means war, as C. T. Wang seeks peace with Chiang Kai Shek amid mixed reports of Russian incursions.
The piece argues for steadfast adherence to the Kellogg pact as a primary means of maintaining peace. It references Mr. Stimson and reiterates commitment to the pact, stressing its importance in preventing conflict.
A trio of brief items: in Linden New Jersey Edward H. Silcox keeps a gold collar button given by his mother, rarely worn. In Everett Massachusetts city officials used 250 for inaugurations and attire costs paid from the mayor’s fund. In Ossining New York Sing Sing executioner Robert Elliott earns 150 per prisoner electrocuted, totaling 1500 last year.
Louisville distillery announces a price increase of 2.50 per dozen pints for medicinal liquor. New prices will range from 22.50 for gin to 26.50 for the best whiskey.
Mrs Keith Miller of Britain rode in the locomotive cab of the Blue Comet during a Jersey Central trip to Atlantic City. She noted her old plane tops at 70 mph, while the train reaches 72 mph on a stretch. The engineer, a charming man, explained the toots as neighborly.
Cologne Germany Professor Teitge of Cologne University describes a liquid smoke method to cure meat as quicker cheaper and destroying all gems. The report notes potential benefits and safety concerns in early testing.
London notes say the Duchess of Atholl a member of parliament is an accomplished musician. She recently visited the Royal College of Music and accompanied a group of her own songs.
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