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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1926
Page
4
The text reflects on knowing God through Jesus as the Father. It emphasizes that seeing Christ reveals the Father and that true consciousness of God transforms life. It urges daily faith across feast and work and ends with a prayer to seek God’s eternal presence.
A Raleigh policeman sentenced to eight months for manslaughter over the shooting of S. S. Holt of Smithfield resigns to his fate and insists he meant no crime. The case underscores the need for officers to blend respect for statute with good intentions.
A High Point school board member says delays in completing the high school plan have yielded ideas, new viewpoints, and alterations that strengthen the project. The site is large and the plan anticipates expansion, aiming for a building that serves present needs and adapts to future growth.
The case of Peggy Hull Kinley, born in Kansas and married to a British sea captain, highlights how American immigration law could force a U S citizen to leave the country her marriage ties her to. The article portrays Kinley’s struggle against quotas and denationalization as an injustice amid changing international relations and intermarriage.
A cautious note on rumors of gold finds in Yancey County with claims of new discoveries by bright local prospectors. The author argues North Carolina’s gold deposits are unlikely to trigger statewide mining booms, noting historic shafts and the likelihood that iron ore tin and mica remain the more profitable local minerals.
The defendant Gerald Chapman has lost yet another appeal, reducing the total number of remaining appeals.
The article argues that the League of Nations faces its core flaw in debates over expansion. European powers seek full membership and responsibility for Germany, while some allied nations fear losing influence. France Britain and Germany agree on a course, but Brazil and other nonpermanent members oppose. The piece critiques the European bias and calls insularity a threat to the league.
The text argues that public health groups show enlightened effort to unite against disease and reduce human discomfort, yet acknowledges they are only partly effective in a larger war on disease and its impact on society.
The article notes past plagues recede while respiratory illnesses such as colds influenzas and grippes persist despite improvements in public health. It argues for purified air and immune resilience, warning that no specific prevention or cure exists yet and respiratory disease remains humanity’s heavy price for social living.
The article details how the gambusia or top minnow fights malaria by feasting on mosquito larvae. Henry O’Malley credits public health authorities and Dr Samuel Hildebrand for trials showing minnows clear ponds of wiggler populations. It notes minnows must be numerous in waters with aquatic vegetation and describes their biology and rapid reproduction.
The Enterprise report notes welfare officers found 35 young women in two months who had “gone wrong” after reading magazines targeted for ban. A separate northern suit involved a publisher’s wife winning a $200,000 verdict against his live-in partner.
Reversal in Wentworth Superior Court favors W. G. Dix T. W. Rice and R. A. Cox in the Dan River Primitive Baptist Church case. The verdict returns church property to the opposing faction and outlines contested leadership and trustee appointments beginning with 1884 land transfers and 1920 1923 church meetings. Attorneys from Greensboro and Virginia argued questions of church law and governance.
John Duxbury one of England's eminent reciters performed yesterday afternoon and last night at the High School auditorium. He presented serious and humorous extracts with no stage settings and drew a tremendous ovation from both attentive audiences. The appearance was sponsored by the local Y M C A.
CHICAGO March 16 Ap Two depositions will figure in the suit by Lady Marguerit Hyde Countess of Suffolk to remove her brother Joseph Leiter as trustee of the 3 million dollar Leiter estate. Lady Cynthia Mosley of England and daughter of Frank Horton filed depositions. trial to start today.
The Russian ship Oleg with a barge and munitions cargo was seized at Taku by Fengtien forces under Marshal Chang Tso-Lin. The blockading warships aimed to cut supplies to Kuominchun forces supporting the Peking government.
Fifteen local supporters of the California tours will host a dinner for forty eight contestants at the Sheraton hotel Thursday at 7 p.m. Attendees will receive 2500 votes and hear railroad representatives detail trip plans. A round table discussion is planned and attendance is free with RSVP to Dan Schroder or D A Dowdy.
Officials announce a change in the tour contest, sending five women instead of four. Participants include the Young Men’s Shop The High Point Steam Laundry and the New Service Laundry. The Young Men’s Shop says a special overcoat sale includes extra votes with each purchase.
Rev John Callahan, chaplain of the Tombs, argues probation is a modern miracle despite Brooklyn’s dry failure. He says alcohol is not dead, likening the Kaiser who abdicated to reclaim his throne.
The device collects scattered seeds in rough alfalfa fields after cutting by utilizing a vacuum cleaner principle.
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