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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1922
Page
4
A village resident cherishes a bold life of adventure while remaining tied to family. Death, memory, and distant figures like Regne and Scott mingle with modern quips about revival, travel, and everyday absurdities. The page blends fiction with light humorous notes and trivia.
The High Point Chamber of Commerce seeks a larger active membership to better serve the city. It supports manufacturing, new industries, roads, and civic improvements and invites all citizens to participate, noting editor C. H. Mebane and Newton’s businessmen as examples of local commitment.
A High Point observer warns that neglected overhead wiring endangers residents. Aging insulation rots, cross arms fail, and many poles are unsafe. The writer urges immediate citywide inspection and remediation to prevent loss of life and curb danger.
The Kansas press parodies Editor William Allen White after he placarded his Emporia office with a yellow card in support of striking tanners. The dispute centers on the industrial court law and Gov. Allen’s enforcement history, with White’s actions prompting calls to restore his political standing.
The Catawba News-Enterprise praises the county’s diverse economy with wood shops, mills, factories, and dairying noting Hickory as the county seat’s growth hub with wagon and furniture output. It also lauds Catawba College and Leck College with abundant churches and schools and cites diversified crops including wheat corn cotton tobacco and potatoes.
A leading American woman tennis champion who defeated England fell to Mlle Suzanne Lenglen. She asked newspapers to stop naming her and threatened silence. Editors will oblige as she earns praise for play but scorn for sportsmanship.
R M Miller Jr founder of Elizabeth cotton pills has accepted the chairmanship of the Greater Davidson campaign committee to raise 600000 for endowment and expansion of Davidson College. Malcolm Lockhart announced the plan noting Miller is a Davidson alumnus and prominent local manufacturer.
Mrs. IL J. Ingram travels to Atlanta after her son Chas E Ingram suffers a bitten finger and is hospitalized there. Relatives in High Point await news as Mrs. Ingram arrives with her daughter-in-law Hes T Ingram who has been visiting in High Point.
The article notes Russia and Germany plan collaboration despite tensions and headaches from competing interests. Both nations weigh pathways to joint projects while domestic concerns limit enthusiasm and progress remains uncertain.
The city reports 8000 hiking clubs in Greater New York with over a quarter million members. Mayor Hylan lauds public school participation and the Bronx playground dedication as youth hike to civic landmarks. Health chief Dr. Royall S Copeland backs long walks for health and morals, while retailer Fidward R Wilbur notes soaring outdoor gear demand and advocates practical provisions for hikers.
Henrys Orchestra will provide music for a dance at the Sheraton hotel tomorrow night. Dancing will run from 9 to 12:30. Many visitors from Greensboro and nearby towns are expected.
E N Gorrell an escaped convict from Greens boro fled yesterday morning around 10 in a automobile toward High Point. He was serving six months for wife assault and abducted the wife of Greens boro man F E Smith. Police chased him but no trace found. This elopement attempt is his second such act.
Federal agents report the seizure of three alleged rum boats in New York overnight. The action suggests liquor smugglers have resumed activity after weeks of relative quiet.
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