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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1930
Page
4
An East Grand Rapids auditor examined the city’s fiscal affairs and produced a clear report for the city government. The piece emphasizes the need for plain reporting and ethical adherence over partisan figures, praising the accountant’s loyalty to fact.
Ex-President notes rapid growth of the old south into a region of industry and commerce. He highlights improved public schools, radio, and good roads expanding access and altering local press influence. He sees high spirit and natural endowments under a new hopeful era.
The capital lights up with a tale of a great granddaughter of the fourteenth Duke of Norfolk planning to marry the Howards’ Italian butler. Washington reacts with disbelief at this aristocratic liaison blending American curiosity with titled lineage. The lineage traces to Conqueror era nobility, as reports stress.
The passage argues the butler's faithlessness stems from class tension between aristocracy and servitude. It notes his lineage may echo older elites despite some peasant infusion and critiques his failure to rise beyond personal service. It suggests Americans misread European conditions in judging him.
Dr. I. T. Mann withdraws from the slate after state wide assurances of support. Greensboro candidate Fred Myrick steps forward as a loyal Legion member with a record from Memorial Stadium work and continued service, as Guilford county prepares to back a Guilford candidate at the state convention.
The article questions if Jerry Buckley a radio figure led a Jekyll and Hyde life or if enemies defamed the dead to hinder his murder investigation. Buckley had just announced the recall of Detroit's mayor and his supporters won a bitter fight. The piece notes public doubts of Buckley’s ties to crime and calls for a full inquiry into whether he was a true reformer.
A brisk survey through several American cities shows modern railway stations are compact and utilitarian, lacking the romance of grand old sheds. Electric engines replace steam, dulling excitement, though small-town travelers recall clearer memories of night departures and whistling locomotives. The London naval treaty debate drew little public fury, with only nine opposing votes. A liquor-crossing trick earns a $100 fine, underscoring a cautionary moral.
The piece warns that Detroit may surpass Chicago in crime as recalls and a murder case unfold. It notes Detroit’s border location aids rum running and cites police divisions as a factor in rising lawlessness.
The report notes Germany has enacted a tax on single men, making bachelors pay dues whether they marry or stay single. It highlights the policy's reach and potential social impact on affected individuals.
Raleigh July 26. Dr Charles O H Laughinghouse reports southern health officers asked the Surgeon General for 183000 to fight epidemics. North Carolina has cut budgets and workers but will not seek emergency aid. Far southern departments fear closures without federal support amid pellagra. Cholera and yellow fever risk in the Philippines may divert funds from U S prevention.
The state reports three confirmed typhus cases in Randolph County, drawing more concern from health officials than the 78 new typhoid cases that week. Dr. A B McCreary explains typhus is insect transmitted and distinct from typhoid, urging caution around sick persons until doctors confirm safety.
A fragmentary verse exploration of unseen forces with images of wind as sensed through nature. Minnie Case Hopkins is cited within a Good Housekeeping context referencing the spirit and breath of God. The piece connects wind, leaves, waves, and a spiritual breath without naming a specific event or date.
A cabbage grown in Ireland stands over four feet tall and weighs 89 pounds, described with a playful note that the oversized vegetable represents a notable swell headilarity.
During the first quarter of 1930, 630 planes were produced in the United States by 78 manufacturers. The value, excluding motors, totaled 4,569,713 dollars.
A $25,000 prize will go to the inventor of a new use for mercury. The prize emphasizes reviving prestige after its recent heat spell and the decline in its standing.
Naples reports ongoing shocks after Wednesday's quakes with eight new tremors in two days. King Victor Emmanuel tours stricken areas as authorities note destroyed records and displaced residents fleeing to the mountains. Naples receives army bread and meat rations while workers mobilize relief amid widespread damage to Misericordia, Melfi, and surrounding towns.
Mrs. Fannie Stanley Williams aged 80 who served forty two years as matron of Craven County home in North Carolina is reported dead. The obituary notes her long service and ties to the county home community.
Fred L Perry, 36, a Norfolk Southern railway employee and American Legion member, was noted in an Alexandria area notice. Additional details are not provided in the fragment.
Officials urge eastern North Carolina farmers to bury infested bean fields after harvest. Plow under damaged bean plants to destroy thousands of eggs larvae pupae and adults and curb the Mexican bean beetle outbreak across the region.
In Chicago 36 days after birth two families fight over a baby boy whose hospital origin is disputed. Doctors, health officials, and both sets of parents have alternately proposed swaps or kept the infants, with tensions rising as lawyers are drawn into the dispute and custody claims solidify.
In Charlotte longtime resident June Allen five-year-old daughter of C C Allen was fatally struck by a car driven by Mrs Caldwell Bradford. In Enior Charlie Adams seventeen died from a self described personal safety shootout though he lived several days after the incident.
Mrs. W. O. Gobble, 19, of Mount Airy was convicted of abandoning her six weeks old child in Inston Salem and sentenced to six months in prison.
Ruth Barbour nineteen from Raleigh was held for the superior court in Durham on charges tied to the theft of jewelry worth $1000 from a Durham store.
The ninth district bar association met here and elected Henry Williamson of Elizabeth ton as president, succeeding Charles G. Rose of Fayetteville.
Astonia North Carolina AP reports A. H. Guion and Company, a local contracting firm, secured the construction contract for a $200,000 unit of a new water works plant for the city of Hate Liesburg in Mississippi.
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