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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1922
Page
4
A jumble of quips and captions runs through a cluttered page. Poking fun at politics love and daily life it hints at headlines about a multiple marriage a convict escape a barber joke and a wind full of March woes. The tone mimics a lively newspaper notebook with brisk punchlines and local reflections.
A Nation’s Business essay laments the decline of handwriting and the business signature due to typewriters. It notes signatures vary from clear to unreadable and suggests a law to require typed names on letters to restore legibility.
The article reports a fringe proposal in France to pay young American men to immigrate, renounce U S citizenship, and marry French women. It argues such a plan is foolish and unworthy, noting Americans and French alike may naturalize but not for a monetary bonus.
The fragment discusses the American Hotel Association seeking to abolish French terms like Marti jour and to establish a bill of fare. It touches on language debt to France and questions the impact of a world-wide custom on American guidance and hotel organizations.
A New York letter reports Captain James V. Martini's plan to launch a sea cafe beyond the three mile limit with New York crowds, signaling summer action and Broadway electric ads. It also covers Princess Martina of Afeshstan's New York visit debts, a 44 carat diamond attachment, and farewell remarks about veils, plus a note on the operatic premiere The Rose of Stamboul at Century Theater.
Journal notes Tessa Kosta in a leading role and warns Jersey may lose prestige as mosquitoes surge. It cites Henry L. Doherty claiming last summer saw 600 times more mosquitoes than two to three years ago and details his efforts to distinguish migrating from breeding types while urging extermination as warm weather returns.
Reporters chase news at dockside as ships arrive from abroad. The Ener Savoie arrives 30 hours late with tales of a rough voyage and Richard Whitney End, who stood on deck with his dogs, steadying himself against the waves.
The famed tragedian Eleanora Duse will visit again next year under arrangements attributed to Mme Yvette Guilbert. A distinguished Italian artist and performer will appear, described as a major figure of the era, promising a remarkable event for the current age.
The North Carolina sanatorium receives a donated radio receiving set to connect patients with religious services concerts and entertainment from stations up to 1000 miles away. The gift, memorial to the late Mrs L B McBrayer wife of the superintendent, will include loudspeaker in four infantry wards and a unit in the general assembly hall.
A conference of moderate party political leaders in Bombay adopted a protest against the Indian government policy toward the nationalist movement. The resolution urged a round-table talks scheme with government representatives and condemned the misuse of criminal law amendments and sedition acts. A committee was formed to negotiate a round-table conference with the government and non-cooperators.
Boston March 15 A state board of conciliation and arbitration ordered a ten percent wage reduction for employees in shoe factories across Brockton and the South Shore. The decision covers 44 factories and about 21099 workers.
In Crocker County Wyoming a gang of cattle thieves dominates politics and backs Billy Wingo for sheriff while rival Rafe Tuckleton plots to install Jack Murray. Hazel Walton evades ambush as Murray fires at her mule, the chase ending with Murray failing to shoot.
In a tense scene Sheriff Billy confronts Hazel Walton over her plea for political favors and protection from gang threats. She fears the gang will kill him if he fights, while Billy demands marriage as the price of staying true to his vows, ending with a stormy separation and next issue tease.
Report details the Commercial National Bank Ta Te Sign ae Total loans and overdrafts unsecured deposits secure circulation bonds and other items. Notes amount due from state banks checks on other banks in same city and town and redemption fund with U S Treasurer due from U S Treasurer outlined in fragmentary form.
In Monday’s issue a story claimed local barbers were involved in gambling arrests. In a memorandum the Central Barber Shop and Haynes Barber Shop deny city shop involvement and urge readers to protect their good names.
A poem speaks of renewed hope and resilience. It urges that failure is temporary and opportunity recurs, urging the reader to brace up and dream again despite shattered plans. The verse promises that the future remains a guiding, rosy horizon.
Jackson Miss March 14 The legislative investigation into charges by Governor Lee M Russell that a lobby for fire insurance interests operated in Mississippi was suspended due to A H Stone committee chairmanillness of his mother.
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