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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1927

Page

5

Life's Challenge Medal Essay by Miss Ransom

An 1927 chronicle presents Miss Ransom's essay on life's challenge as a youth from the hills of Chaldea faces transition toward civilization. The piece frames the M. J. Wrenn Medal contest and reflects on shepherding and cultural progress in a westernward push.

Miss Ransom

Youth faces the age's challenge with purpose and faith

A speaker argues the 1927 youth must meet life's test with courage and wisdom, urging clear goals, personal responsibility, and perseverance. He cites Alexander the Great, the value of aims, and the role of parents as guides, ending with a note on a Paris dog trend and a vacant jail sale in Nova Scotia.

B. C Phillip Macedonia Alexander the Great High Point

State bids rise for GOES print contracts at capital

Raleigh June 7 The State Printing Commission expects more bids for the state printing contracts to be opened June 14 as five new firms, including a Virginia operation, receive specifications after last week’s bid rejections. Higher line type costs spurred previous bidding failures and out-of-state bidders may help push prices down. Meanwhile the salary and wage commission in Raleigh faces a backlog of 500 recommendations as it prepares today to consider increases with no strict deadline, may extend into tomorrow.

the Enterprise Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh Virginia Asheville Baltimore New Bern Winston Salem Richmond Charlotte State Printing Commission Frank D. Grist Commissioner of Labor and Printing Grist Edwinb. Bridges Commission Bridges

Early inventions and historic expeditions noted in terse excerpts

The passage notes corkscrews allegedly invented in 1512 by a 17 year old French blacksmith’s daughter, a Berlin chimpanzee triggering fire alarms, alumni returning to old school for auld lang syne, and Lieutenant W F Lynch in charge of the first American Dead Sea survey 80 years ago after many failed attempts.

France Berlin W. F. Lynch Dead Sea

Dentists Link Gas Exposure to Teeth Health

Physicians warn that high carbon dioxide in poorly ventilated rooms and car exhaust fumes may harm dental health. They emphasize the need for better ventilation and cleaner air to protect enamel and overall oral wellbeing.

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