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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1921
Page
1
Quote riddled piece surveys diverse opinions from Chauncey Depew I Osawa August Forel and Hays, touting unity progress and partnership while warning against stagnation. Fragmentary lines touch on culture politics and social behavior with a sidelong note about bar flies at a soda fountain.
A garbled collection of quips touches on political moves, landlord money, auto traffic, disarmament, marriage, and fame. The odd phrases reference Hoover, Germany, gas, gas sources, and cultural tropes. The piece meanders through topics with satirical tone and blurred connections.
The Georgia state senate denounced pelagra rumors as damaging to the state and industries. Other states voiced denial, noting resentment at wide publicity. The text calls pelagra a nutritional, curable disease with no epidemic prevalence in North Carolina, where fresh produce and meat are plentiful.
The Panama Canal handled 3,006 tons of cargo in May, with 64 percent from the U S eastern coast and 23 percent from Mexico. Westward flows favored the western states and Far East, while eastward traffic totaled 411,000 tons. The year closed as Canal tolls brought in 12,280,000 dollars, short of government expenditures by 4,200,000.
The piece notes a revived three mile limit and reveals vessels covertly operating to bootleg liquor into the United States. It reports a smuggling syndicate, vast whiskey quantities, and the potential for revenue cutters or naval ships to intercept or even sink these mystery ships.
The latest news from May shows an $7,997,000 rise in American railroad earnings over April, while the building industry reports distinctly satisfactory May operations. Five months into 1921 see projected building expenditures above 1919 but below 1920, crops look promising, and the Federal Reserve notes steady growth in banking strength. A national budget system has begun, German reparations terms agreed, English coal miners’ strike ended, and peace prospects in Ireland improve pending tomorrow’s news.
A quip on offering modest coins for grand rewards. The note plays on the mismatch between a copper cent in the collection plate and the imagined value of a golden harp.
A fragmented observation notes that men must do something to secure photo coverage in papers, calling it a blessing of normalcy. It contrasts with a tailor’s change in blame when a man fails to fit a large suit, signaling shifting social norms.
Fragmented notes review Charlie Chaplin and others with counts of performances. Mentions Vanity Fair project and new stars like Katherine MacDonald and Constance Talmadge. Discusses sex appeal, studio outfits, and evolving star system amid carrels of gossip and industry names.
A daughter of Marshall Field of Chicago will host Lord and Lady Beatty during their New York visit as guests of Mr and Mrs Roland Lambert Field. The article also recounts Neil Marin’s transition from newspaper man in Cleveland and Columbus to acting with Stuart Weather’s company and a two year contract offer from A H Woods, noted with humor by the agent.
The New York Aquarium maintains a special humour line for callers. Operators field jokes about Mr. Fish or Mr. Crabbe, a gag as old as the Aquarium itself. Each year on April Fool's Day the line is disconnected from midnight.
A quirky trend has housewives in several New York suburbs watering lawns in bathing suits, reported as comfortable and efficient. The practice began as a time saver around homes but drew mixed reactions from neighbors, eventually spreading through Long Island New Jersey and Westchester County.
Missouri legislators reserve 7500 dollars to host famed guests at the national American region convention in Kansas City from October 31 to November 2. Dignitaries include Marshal Haig Admiral Beatty and General Currie. Plan includes dedication of a 2 million Memorial site with a 30,000 strong parade and public air flower drops amid sound systems along the four block memorial march.
The text notes the original thirteen states covered about 892,135 square miles. It cites the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 adding 827,987 square miles and mentions a purchase cost of 15, six (likely million dollars) in a fragmented historical note.
The Chicago Daily News opens its thirty fifth season of the charity Fresh Air Fund Sanitarium for sick babies on an island in Lincoln Park. The 3971 000 fireproof building features a 200 by 100 foot pavilion near Lake Michigan and free care including medicines for children and mothers when needed. The facility operates ten weeks in summer daily 8 am to 5 pm, with hopes to extend to year round care under day and night staff. Dr Rhoda Pike Barstow directs the fund with five resident doctors and many volunteers from Chicago and beyond.
An all age concert to benefit the Boy Scouts of the city is set for Thursday at 1 o clock in Main Street School auditorium. Music committee chairman J D Gox arranged an unusually strong program featuring local talent including Parker Briggs Ogburn Cummings Thurman and Isabel Tate among others. Large audience expected after readers see the varied lineup.
Several High Pointers will leave Thursday morning to attend the Piedmont Baptist association meeting at Summerfield Baptist church six miles north of Greensboro on the Mt Airy road. The Enterprise carried a full program of this meeting on Saturday. Three Fight Point ministers are to speak during the two day meeting and a good program in general has been arranged.
The Enterprise notes a subscription drive starting Monday to raise thirty five new subscriptions for Columbia bicycles. Several boys are already working to meet the goal. no girls have applied yet but are urged to start soon. Ally Cards for former soldiers are discussed. PARIS July 25 The French National Union of Combattants approves a proposal for veteran cards enabling allied soldiers to enjoy benefits in allied countries. The union lists 800,000 members.
A Monday morning report notes a condemnatory mood at a city council session with a discussion of seriousness and a desire for police department action. Beals is mentioned in a brief context as part of the discussion.
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