This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1936
Page
4
The excerpt presents a religious reflection on truth from Horace Bushnell urging living the truth first. It centers on biblical reference St. John 17 17 and the imperative to seek and embody truth.
A North Carolina report shows the Works Progress Administration winding down its job relief work after ten million dollars in projects. The piece credits federal state and local cooperation for ongoing public works while noting a shift toward private employment pickup.
Joe Louis, the Alabama born Black fighter nicknamed the Brown Bomber, loses to Max Schmeling in a twelve round bout ending exhausted and defeated. The defeat shakes Louis’s claim to the heavyweight title and sparks discussion about color and race in boxing’s top echelons. Schmeling’s victory disrupts Louis’s claimed momentum toward the world championship and places doubt on his future title prospects.
The report frames Louis's challenge as a test of resilience, noting his reputation for staging comebacks and predicting a strong return after a recent setback. It highlights his determination and expected progress through subsequent events.
Fusion of Father Coughlin supporters Dr. Townsend and Huey Long backers forms the Union Party of the United States. It nominates Rep. William Lemke for president and Thomas C. O'Brien for vice president, arguing the issue is economic slavery. Critics doubt broad appeal and foresee competition with major parties.
A 1940s style overview notes a major New York syndicate led by Lucky Luciano collapsing with sentences up to 50 years. The article lists convictions for Thom as Pennocchio David Betillo James Frederico Abraham Wahrman Ralph Liguori Jack Ellenstein Peter Balitzer Al Weiner and David Marcus with multi year terms and details the immigrant background of many convicted.
The article argues for stricter controls on who may enter the country rather than reducing the immigrant quota. It calls for selecting higher quality entrants and avoiding the lower class in future immigration.
Bruce Catton contends that national conventions reveal flaws yet yield candidates who reflect public hopes and can handle the presidency. He notes the smoke filled room reality, debates imperfect nominating machinery, and cites a Midwest banking scam case illustrating flawed trust and legal rulings.
The piece argues the race will center on two personalities rather than one president. Voters will hear two figures, their characters and experiences pitted against each other. Platforms and issues will be discussed, but the human element will dominate the campaign narrative.
Officials in several states push to dissolve the Black Legion across borders. Congress considers funding to prosecute terrorism and murderers fully while exposing the group’s activities to keep public scrutiny high and erode support. An aroused public conscience could erase the organization.
Governor Hoffman declares the nation has cut paper dolls long enough in a remark reflecting on months since the Hauptmann case climax. The comment ties to ongoing public attention on the high profile trial and related debates.
The remark suggests that not all small communities have agreed and implies potential recruitment or influence by the Communist party, keeping options alive for their intellectual cadre.
The piece humorously notes an aggressive tempo in law enforcement as G men appear to repeatedly bag suspects, suggesting a high arrest rate that could sweep up a growing number of the public enemy ranks.
Poem recalls a boyhood schooling by Pa Ingram and argues that early schooling shaped discipline. It contrasts past brevity with present student focus on play over study, urging future generations to seek basic literacy as their elders did.
A New York Day by Day column muses on naming children, recalls Bills Hogg Hays and Rogers, notes odd initials and a Cuthbert baptism, and shares anecdotes from 1120 Park Avenue with a Sealyham dog and a Rose Clarke caption about a tragic rooftop accident.
A civil suit led to a court-ordered sale of all tangible assets of a troubled company. The auction fetched about $19 000 with $8 000 remaining. The buyer asked for bids as the auction proceeded when the man who had drawn the check shot himself in his bathroom, ending the scene.
Ten years after its 1901 start with 8000 capital the Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Co. is hailed as the South’s leading furniture maker. Sales leaped from 48000 in the first year to over 3 million last year as a new building expands floor space beyond 600000 square feet.
A narrator wanders through a sporting goods store and a Strauss toy shop, noting many games and gadgets including badminton rackets, lawn bowls, deck tennis, shuffleboard, lawn cricket, paddle tennis, and golf practice gadgets as a mood of renewed youth.
A. B. E. Housman, the late Oxford Latin teacher, was a meticulous mind among mnemonists. His output spanned two slim volumes and he worked slowly, sometimes spending months on a single twelve line stanza. William Allen White praised careful writing, noting editors regarded his work as best when not hurried.
City Health Nurse reports 3 375 people were vaccinated against typhoid fever in a recent campaign. Doris Crook Mabel Patton and Anna Saunders led efforts marking an unprecedented local record. Only two typhoid cases were reported in the city this year.
Building permits fell from last week’s record, reaching their lowest tally in both number and value in some time, signaling a slowdown in new construction activity.
The governor and council of state approved borrowing 10.3 million dollars in New York for six months at three and three quarters percent. R. B. Lacy, the treasurer, was involved in the action.
Durham-Durham Klan No. 968 Klu Klux held a Friday meeting asking God to bless the parched land this state and locality. Today rain fell for the entire day, suggesting a response to their prayers.
A man named Blast confronts the editor in person over a street brawl with a woman described as Lady Stump. Onlookers note Blast bears a Lip injury as tension flares at the newspaper office.
A magazine profile notes Gov. Herbert Lehman as a persistent dry smoker who never lights up, using about 20 cigars daily yet without smoking. It recalls a former Bellevue patient who quit drink after a ruinous past, and a man who avoided rye for 16 years, living in a world of bars without tasting alcohol.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.