Proverb Verse:Caution on Speech and Thought
A terse biblical verse urges restraint in speech and thoughts. It counsels laying a hand on the mouth if one contemplates evil, emphasizing inner discipline and moral self-control.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1935
Page
4
A terse biblical verse urges restraint in speech and thoughts. It counsels laying a hand on the mouth if one contemplates evil, emphasizing inner discipline and moral self-control.
Welcome to the four week mid-summer market as High Point extends its welcome to furniture men. The city, long a furniture capital, celebrates its role on the world stage with optimism and pride as buyers gather for the annual exposition and market events.
Public Welfare News notes the parallel between Canadian and American welfare measures as both seek federal responsibility. The 1935 Canadian act creates a federal Employment and Social Insurance commission to insure unemployment protections, highlighting constitutional ambiguity between national and state powers. The piece cites the American Public Welfare Association on these constitutional questions.
The piece argues for a federal old age pension and social insurance system, noting Canada and England already have measures. It cites inadequate local plans in U S counties and predicts Congress will pass a national security bill. It laments social ugliness and despair among the unlucky.
The piece notes ten lives lost at railroad grade crossings amid nationwide weekend traffic disasters. It cites a national tally of 80 dead and numerous injuries across 19 states as reported by the Associated Press.
Dr Louis Round Wilson of the American Library Association predicts librarians will play a striking and significant role in America's education in the coming decade. He says books should open understanding of the world, not prop up weak ideas. they can be used wisely or unwisely.
A note on 158 centenarians in Bulgaria attributing long life to fruits vegetables whole wheat bread and goat milk while observers claim many are illiterate and rely on orange juice spinach and cow milk due to goat shortages. The piece juxtaposes healthful eating with limited literacy and mocks efforts to fix the world by writing longhand.
Albert and Joel Jackson, blind mattress makers at Kinston and Fayetteville, run a business about 100000 dollars yearly. Over 20 to 25 years they faced fires and hardship, even poverty, yet they rebuilt each time without accepting charity, earning a reputation for honesty and enduring courage.
Bruce Catton laments Congress seeks rest in a heat wave while reminding readers workers like Joe Doakes lack air conditioning. He contrasts lawmakers’ comfort with ordinary toil and dismisses belated sympathy as misplaced. The piece also critiques atrocity stories about Ethiopia and cites a Cotillo remark on American marriages to European nobles.
Washington column notes Nye Clark Norris and LaGuardia battles over war profits and relief programs. Turbulent clashes over Flynn bill delays and Barkley Connally committee politics stir fears of hidden agendas. Borah hints at presidential talk amid GOP grass-roots pressure while Patman attacks 74 000 graft in Legion bonus.
A warning to Ethiopians that the Fascist salute by Italian troops in Africa signals neither surrender nor weakness, and that resistance remains.
The remark humorously portrays Senator Tydings claiming to have saved Secretary Ickes from a crab in Washington. The quip plays on Ickes’s daily dealings with officials, suggesting the crab as a symbol for bureaucratic hurdles.
A new telegraph wire design can handle up to 2400 messages concurrently, promising efficiency gains. The playful aside notes Father Coughlin might approve of the tech breakthrough.
A Denver educator laments the end of strong western cussing and notes ongoing fatigue with cultural shifts. The remark suggests lingering tensions over language and regional identity.
New York diary recounts encounters with W. C. Fields, J. Edgar Hoover, Sime Silverman, Ring Lardner, and others. A postal box surprise airplane kite from Al Smith, plus a memory of lively social scenes and a health quip about urban life and work habits.
The pair, long separated, strolls together along Broadway in a renewed romance. Earl Carroll, a young songwriter, and his French wife Marcelle, once famed for their stage dreams, share a revived public display of affection.
The fragment notes a saloon adjacent to a residence and Commissar Litvinoff promising a $30,000,000 Soviet purchase from the U S. It then recalls Senator Tydings reacting to Secretary Ickes eating crabs at the Jefferson club, calling him cannibal.
James McMullin describes a Wall Street feud triggered by a banking bill amendment that would let commercial banks participate in securities underwriting. Investment houses resist, arguing banks gain an inside track with corporate depositors and threaten profits.
The report condemns malicious rumors claiming Germany seeks to remove Jews. It notes the Berlin beatings and questions how the Nazi regime could enjoy life amid such allegations.
A tribute praising Herbert Marshall for exceptional emotional restraint in his film performances. The note highlights his measured expressions and controlled delivery as defining strengths that elevate his portrayals.
Ed Sullivan reports the arbiter Bertha Eastmond will decide society listings from Summit New Jersey. Eastmond determines 80 percent of eligibility and manages the process for life as confidential secretary to the founder.
The fragment questions the fate of exclusive social registers amid a leveling age and asks whether privileged children with access to Gramercy Park will find room in a new utopia. It notes wistful daily glimpses of ragged children.
Annette Kellerman reportedly living on a remote Australian island. Cobinant allegedly smokes Havana cigars. F Vandewater joins a Vermont writing colony. Burns Mantle remains a leading non smoking critic. The Prince of Wales favors a Cairn terrier named Cora. An English bulldog tops Long Island dog trends. Barney Gallant hasn’t risen before 2 pm in two decades.
A garbled stretch shows a young Celtic officer in New York resisting a playful tease in a Cape Capitol Theatre cage scene. The dialogue hints at blarney and humorous tension as a girl passes by, with the officer's quick retort adding local color.
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