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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1922
Page
4
The piece retells a tale of John McGurgle who evades prison until the statute of limitations allows his safe return. He claims the Capitol building in Washington as the least conspicuous hiding spot, disguising himself as a congressman. The joke sits amid a string of satirical notes on fashion, crime, and social foibles.
Voters decide a $250000 bond to expand existing schools and build at least one new facility. Defeat could force private tutoring or out of town schooling while approval promises full time sessions for all children next fall. The issue centers on the future of the city’s education and burden on taxpayers.
The Boy Scout committee seeks a suitable walking-distance site for a permanent summer camping ground. The plan follows the creation of Camp Kiwanis last year and envisions land ownership by the Scouts with swimming facilities and outdoor life offerings for future generations.
The Lexington acquittal of former Thomasville bank officials on technical grounds sparks concern that laws are too intricate to secure convictions. Critics say excessive legal technicality undermines public trust in banks and even questions the value of state bank examiners.
One hundred Twenty five Greenville spirit leaders including bankers manufacturers tradesmen planters farmers and professionals will give up five days and travel to High Point and beyond to spread Greenville message and build regional ties. The press notes the trip is not a pure booster run but a chance to deepen neighborly relations and shared opportunity across the Carolinas.
The article argues that civic loyalty supports chamber efforts and that High Point should receive the same backing Greenville gives its chamber. It stresses time money and cooperation from the town's leaders to build a strong chamber and notes the worthwhile returns.
The editorial discusses Senator Tom Watson attacking officials including Secretary Baker and Secretary Hoover over alleged cruelties and relief funds. It defends Hoover’s record while urging clearer, more explicit government accounting and reimbursement details beyond current relief commission reports.
An article explains a home pasteurization method for non pasteurized milk. It describes arranging a milk bottle in a tin pail with water and a saucer, heating on a stove until the water boils and keeping the setup for several minutes.
National Commander Hanford MacNider calls for a united front and full participation to boost Legion membership. By July 11 deadline posts must raise membership by at least 25 percent. A San Francisco anecdote notes Jimmie Flexner fired a cork from 1000 feet using a rifle, challenging the Pacific coast.
War Department charges former Sergeant Jesse Kanady of Fall City Nebraska with owing his uncle two dollars, claiming an overpayment by the army on a payday. Kanady says his memory fails to recall any such overpayment and appeals for advice from the American Legion.
A plank adopted by the Indiana Republican state convention expresses indebtedness and gratitude to veterans of all wars and endorses federal adjusted compensation for World War veterans.
The American Legion of Texas pledges to grow groves of nut trees to ensure nut supplies. They will oversee planting, securing, and caring for the trees as they develop.
A 1918 Peabody soldier, who fell from a haylot delaying call to front, gains government compensation after the American Legion urged President Harding. The Legion reports a $200,000 offer from Kansas City Company to host ex-soldiers, following inquiry by the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce about whether the gathering is a commercial asset.
A producer touts a new show as a sure-fire hit with bold costume ideas for the chorus, while a critic dismissively grunts that most chorus outfits resemble the same outfits. The exchange hints at differing views on style and audience appeal in the production.
Fifteen ex soldiers establish a post of the American Legion at Harpoot Asia Minor on a site they claim is the Garden of Eden where Adam and Eve kept house.
When Stilwell Oklahoma faced a black smallpox outbreak a guard of 185 American Legion men blocked roads and rail lines around the town day and night for three weeks to enforce the quarantine.
With the Bahamas and Bermuda nearby the Tampa American Legion has placed its entire membership at the disposal of the prohibition enforcement officer for that district.
In Woodbury New Jersey on June 3 lawyers debate whether the old fashioned prize bag fits the rambling category. Courts have ruled games of chance must cease locally and grand juries last fall indicted youths who helped run carnival wheels of fortune.
The annual meeting of group 6 of the West Virginia Bankers Association will be held June 8 at the Fairmont Country Club. The group includes banks in Marion Monongalia Harrison Taylor Preston Lewis Randolph Doddridge Upshur Gilmer Webster and Braxton counties.
A lightning bolt struck the home of Councilman J. H. Mord in Northumberland Pennsylvania on June 3 tearing a roof hole and shattering two old guns. Weatherboards and ceiling plaster were loosened but the family was unharmed.
A newspaper note reports a humorous estimate by an unnamed person who calculates the average length of a woman's hair if laid end to end would form a lengthy measurement, reflecting the era's curiosity with quirky statistics.
Ruth Walden faces rumors and a summer sleuthing case at the Belview and Sea Vamp events. Garrick, an ex naval intelligence officer turned social fixit, probes a tied web of young elites Glenn Buckley Ruth and the disappeared Walden pearls amid signals aboard the Gerard wireless setup and a rumored inside job.
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