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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1922
Page
4
A 1922 poem warns a young woman to guard kisses for the right man while a string of brief, sometimes humorous notes follows. Items mention taxes, whiskey burnings, stage fright, social lions, and a New York washwoman suing for money, reflecting popular press quips of the era.
High Point fire department members at a Morehead City tournament are believed to have set a world record by rigging equipment and delivering water in nine and two fifth seconds. Their effort aimed at a crucial fireground task earned them praise and highlighted urban progress in their community.
Under May 1921 schedule Germany owed 2,000,600,000 gold marks plus 26 percent of exports for a year. Actual 12 month payments were 1,878,000,000 gold marks including occupation costs, about 469 million dollars. For May 1921 to May 1922 further payments were postponed by the reparations commission if Germany pays 720 million gold marks and 1,450,060,000 in kind this year. A foreign loan was sought but bankers doubted prospects due to uncertain future reparations amounts.
The piece laments oil pollution from steamers along the New Jersey coast and argues industrial growth destroys natural beauty. It critiques a switch to marine fuel and warns that society is becoming enslaved by coal and steel within a penitentiary system-like economy.
The Durham Sun recalls Ty Cobb fighting for a tobacco license on his mug in 1909 and, decades later, leading league batters with a .411 average and a big day at the plate. The piece links youthfulness with lasting vigor, urging both youth and age to stay active and adaptable.
The Asheville Times reports Woodrow Wilson’s one sentence impression of James Vardaman as thoroughly false and untrustworthy. It calls the remark a powerful thumbnail indictment likely to damage Vardaman’s senate ambitions and notes waning support for his campaign in Mississippi.
A three inch canary coffin funeral was held atop an apartment roof at 153 West Forty Fourth Street in Manhattan. The canary named Moses Fleming Wilson O Connor Stewart belonged to Anna Bird Stewart who kept the bird for 18 years. The casket will be buried near Yonkers under a wild cherry tree. Edith Wharton s new novel The is creating citywide buzz.
A store proprietor in the city’s north end earned local praise by lending umbrellas to seven strangers during a sudden thunder shower. By noon the next day all the umbrellas were returned, underscoring the proprietor’s trust in humanity.
Louis Levy of 190 Glenmore Avenue was jailed at police headquarters after being charged with stealing a gold watch and three dollars from a man on a subway. He claimed the watch and cash stuck to his fingers due to the stickiness of orange and lemon ices and a supposed magnetic tendency. He said he planned to pursue the thief across cars if not arrested, and criticized police for lacking sympathy beyond routine procedures.
A Bronx builder credits his mother and her teachings for his success and dedicates a block of houses to her memory with a shield inscribed on the cornice.
A discussion on American identity follows a veteran who served with Canadians in world events and now questions how appearance can hint at beliefs. Grace George heads to Broadway next season starring in Amer a production by the author of The Nest with William A Brady producing and an all star cast including Norman Trevor.
Local church notices list morning services at 9:45 to 11 across First Reform Emanuel Lutheran and First Baptist with Sunday school at 9:30 to 9:45 and various sermon subjects. Wesley Memorial reports morning and evening worship with a special duet from The Holy City and choir solos.
The twentieth annual North Carolina Farmers and Farm Women's convention expects large attendance with dormitory space tight. The event runs Aug 1–3 at State College with free dorms but guests supply linens. meals 50 cents. Highlights include agriculture demonstrations such as cotton dusting to combat boll weevil and varied entertainment.
Four Suffolk residents paid dearly for a quiet day on Lake Kilby when the Portsmouth water department ordered their arrest and fined each 30.56 for a fishing excursion deemed unlawful.
A man is challenging his wife in a political race, creating a high tension contest that draws local attention and speculation on the campaign trail. The outcome remains uncertain as voters weigh personal and public implications.
Mr. and Mrs. David Bernard of Sheridan Illinois celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They are parents of six living children, twenty six grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Mr. Bernard is eighty three and his wife seventy seven.
War Department bulletin notes six transfers recorded by R H Wharton with one large sale. C A Moser et al sold Tabernacle road property in Gilmer township to Banks Realty Co for about 9000 dollars. Other deeds include two 500 dollar trades and several ten dollar style transfers in Sumner High Point and Fentress townships.
A summer opening is planned for a blind school in Alexandropol, Armenia, run by Near East Relief under Dr R T Uhls. It will educate 1690 Armenian war orphans aged 5 to 14, many affected by trachoma. The Cleveland House receives funding from Cleveland’s war chest, with dedication by Miss Jane Hardcastle and official Armenian Soviet representation.
A remark notes that wives are valued at eight oxen in Zulu territory, comparing this customary price to the lower valuations some husbands receive in the same region.
A curious saying plays on social wit about getting a boy into a parlor by keeping him away. The quip suggests paradoxical social maneuvering and humorous courtship logic from a period voice.
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