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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1921
Page
2
A collage of wry quips and aphorisms touch on weather crops cars marriages law and politics with playful misprints and clipped observations. The piece surveys daily life from ads to attitudes noting rain needed for crops and for ball teams and jokes about prices and public spending.
Judge Finley ruled Dr Peacock is criminally insane and unfit for release after evidence showed insanity at the time he killed Chief of Police Taylor. The defense argued temporary insanity, but the court ordered confinement at the hospital for the criminally insane in Raleigh.
Economic analysis argues that the law of diminishing returns has reduced barber earnings and patronage as prices rose since 1914. A barber’s daily customers dropped from 15 to 9, cutting gross income though higher per-customer rates. Rent and utilities stay fixed, worsening employer and employee losses. the piece promotes cutting prices to restore trade and prosperity.
Henry Osborne an American authority on the stone age notes small stone figures left in French caves dating back about 25 000 years. He explains the women are depicted as extremely fat due to abundant marrow fat from infrequent outings while the men are thin from constant exercise. If cavemen wooing matched the idea, the courting tale ends with a stunned bride of 3005 weight.
An irate patron burst into The Enterprise with a letter and a bill mailed April 14 1921 that he says he already paid weeks earlier. The letter bears High Point post office postmark dated April 20 1921 and was delivered this morning. The exchange hints at postal delays and questions postmaster general efficiency.
A fragmented obituary notice records the death of Albert ierard in New Rom ney England on a referenced day. The readable fragments indicate a brief remembrance and location but lack full dates or details for a complete summary.
A narrator recalls the man credited with introducing tar as road material after observing boys burn tar barrels in a street. The idea shaped thousands of miles of tarred roads across Europe and the United States, marking a milestone in modern civilization born from one mind.
A girl who attempts suicide is often asked why. Juvenile court officials in progressive towns send such girls to the country to gain perspective. Surrounded by healthful influences, she reflects and often concludes she was misunderstood by herself and is cured.
Q E D Alice Robertson, a congresswoman, opposes anti tobacco laws and says many reformers should be reformed. She argues that woman suffrage shows no single organization can speak for all women, just as no men’s group can represent all men in the United States.
A list of sixty two names inscribed in the Hall of Fame of Great Americans in New York includes John J Audubon Gilbert Stuart Louis Agassiz Mary Lyon Maria Mitchell Joseph Story and Elias Howe. The passage hints at their fame and asks if the reader knows who they were.
Peggy Joyce, the young woman in a big money divorce suit, is said to have secured a valued witness from an exclusive colony in California. The notion of exclusiveness by residence is mocked as simply possession of money. A New Orleans boy answers Einstein’s riddle with the bottom of the sea, while a Congress bill blasts foolish women with foolish faces who smoke in public places.
A fragmented OCR note notes that supporters claim New York’s Fourth of July anti prohibition parade will span 12 hours to reach a stated milestone, possibly referencing a joint action or point. It hints at timing and strategic aims without clear details.
In a downtown store a pair of white socks bears the sign The Socks Tilden Wore When He Won the World's Championship. The New York public library will soon hold James G Huneker’s annotated books, with notes like Twaddle and More twaddle. The Schoenberg margin joke and Huneker’s tastes show a lively literary scene. Shuffle Along shifts to midnight performances, signaling durable demand for late shows. Dixon Hyson and Carl Hyson win a suit against a Broadway cafe over convert charges, detailing a 60 percent cut for entertainers and a $12 786 monthly tally in one venue.
The readable fragments question why cemeteries attractsome people noting Breen grass and trees and suggesting personal indifference to cemeteries amid discussions of upkeep and appeal.
The article notes hotel guests in New York overfeeding canaries in tea rooms, causing high mortality. Hotel managers report signs reading Dont feed the birds as patrons ignore dietary limits. Birds are fed junk food and lettuce, mayo dressing not intended for canaries, reflecting a clash between guest manners and animal care.
A collection of quotes criticizing education, female smoking, crime definitions, language by women, and calls for punitive measures. Ferris urges productive thinking in schools, Mackin notes rising cigarette use among girls, Kirchwey denies a crime wave, Luke laments women’s language, and Levine hints at harsh punishment for juvenile crime.
A quote attributed to Mrs. Christine Frederick declares that nothing on earth needs reconstruction more than the American home, underscoring concerns about domestic life and its improvement.
A compact digest of historic estimates lists earth area at 196,949,000 square miles with 57,255,000 land. Ocean surfaces are Atlantic 41,324,000, Pacific 68,634,000, Indian 29,430,000. Inland waters total 1,000,000 square miles and islands cover 1,910,000. Fertile lands are estimated at 29,000,000 square miles, steppes 14,000,000, deserts 4,861,000.
William S Hart stars in The Toll Gate at the Broadway with Anna Nilsson and Pinto pony in a tale of the southwest frontier. Hart plays Black Deering, a bandit leader betrayed by a confidant, who seeks mercy after a dramatic pursuit and final self surrender.
Murphy paid a $5 fine and costs after being charged with affray and failing to appear. He said he misunderstood the trial date. The case against Jamen Maine on vagrancy was dismissed by Judge Royal who ordered the defendant to leave the city. R. M. Long, convicted of reckless driving, had a $15 remitted upon payment of damages. C B Bundrant testified. with receiving stolen goods, a hearing found probable cause and held the defendant for Guilford Superior Court with bond of $200.
Through A. Z Wishart 100 free baseball tickets were arranged and distributed to anyone who wished to attend the game on Thursday. High Point’s win was cited as especially fitting as many people took the opportunity to attend the game. Clocks regulated and operated by inter power ats. common in China.
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