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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1922
Page
4
A wounded boxer notes bruised eye fractured nose and fatigue yet believes the opponent also bears the same injuries. He promises to seek a second wind and continue fighting, while a separate quip about homes overflowing with jazz suggests a noisy domestic scene.
April 1 strike threat looms as two months stand between workers and a potential hot season. The short warning echoes concerns across industry and public life about fuel supply and labor tensions.
The piece notes Europe’s upheaval and a costly marine borer problem. questions link a senator Borah, while Volstead faces re election doubts over his act. Harding returns from Florida and meets the Senate. Miners, operators, and consumers vow restraint in rising tensions.
A reflective collage critiques money and power shaping society. It contrasts earnings and influence with everyday strains, noting veterans’ employment needs and the burden on working families. It frames wealth as risk and persistence as value in public life.
The Louisville police chief George T. Ragsdale argues a man unable to retire at forty five is a failure Professor Rudolph M Binder of New York University counters that most men reach their zenith after forty five He cites Edison Marconi Ford and other examples to suggest substantial achievement often comes with age and experience rather than early retirement
Irving Berlin predicts a grand opera future for jazz at the Metropolitan Opera House within five years while Wolfe Gilbert argues jazz is doomed to a momentary appeal. Gilbert, a vaudeville writer, says heart interest is lacking and old fashioned descriptive songs will return to homes, with waltz revival noted as enduring.
A Delaware town establishes a women led fire company to serve the community. The move signals a shift in traditional volunteerism as women join firefighting ranks and take on leadership roles within the department.
Prince Mohamed Ali Ibrahim, nephew of Egypt’s Sultan Fouad, visits New York and praises the city’s nightlife and amusements. He notes New York stays lively until midnight, outlasting European capitals, and comments on a world tour as a potential guide to global pleasures. A Portuguese language festival at Columbia, backed by South American officials, supports Pan American ties and trade interests amid cultural exchange.
The article argues many school failures stem from uncorrected vision issues. It urges complete physical eye exams for entering students and early correction with glasses to prevent long-term retardation, wasted resources, and student discouragement. It emphasizes that truancy and poor performance may result from defective eyesight rather than misconduct.
The successor to the artificial palm is the wooden mer den blending nature and city beauty. Blossoming sticks in jonquils hollyhocks pansies and similar colors can be bought to slip into a dirt box for windows or porches. They never fade before summer and avoid sprinkler or soil worries.
More than 260000 of 700000 jobless veterans found positions on opening day as Governor Louis Hart of Washington led a push against 47 states. Louisiana reported 100 percent employment and Lemuel Bolles extended campaign time to close gaps, with Texas posts listing 15 days to fill jobs and Cumberland, Md., first to report full unemployment ranks filled followed by Port Angeles, Wash.
Mrs. Mabel Emma Field, newly arrived from Chicago, allegedly had a guardian spirit guide her pencil to create a portrait that hung at the Independent Society of Artists exhibit despite a late ten dollar donation. The piece appeared with an Egyptian symbolism label and a mysterious typed card about March 3, with guards insisting no human entered.
Local civilians and World War veterans participated in a Mith Paul poll showing a 3 1 2 to 1 in favor of adjusted compensation legislation. Ex-service ballots totaled 2 518 with about 75 percent backing a general bonus for all veterans.
National women’s organizations and the American region plan to raise two million dollars to establish a retreat for disabled service members at Tupper Lake New York. The effort aims to provide rehabilitative and recreational facilities for veterans and their families.
In a sweeping critique, the era’s established dramatists are said to be dazed as a new season abandons dramatic unities and traditional construction. The piece cites The Hairy Ape, The First Fifty Years, Madelaine and the Movies, Liliom, and Back to Methuselah as examples of the era’s break with convention and long performances.
In order that no ex service man who served during the world war will have to sleep up a Podter s feld the Wisconsin American legion has purchased a cemetery plot of its OWh at Hacine.
San Francisco posts of the American Legion mobilize in strong numbers for the funeral of Charles Young, one of the few Black graduates from West Point, marking a notable civic procession.
Fragment mentions an individual noted as an honorably discharged German soldier and Iron Cross holder. It references an applicant in the American region Mexico City Mexico and suggests the organization accepts soldiers regardless of where they fought.
Official American Legion grave markers have been cut in price and may now be obtained from Legion headquarters for 1.30 dollars. The item is described as a cost saving measure announced by the organization to assist veterans and families in marking graves.
Texas is allotted 19000 dollars from the American region as ex service men’s share toward the cost of constructing a new hospital. The funds come as part of wartime or veterans’ related support to aid public health facilities.
Washington reports recall an 1822 Freeman's Journal suggestion to use a flying machine by James Bennett of Philadelphia for faster mail delivery. Postmaster General Work notes that today the air mail concept is effectively used, while 1833 records mention horse relay mail runs between Washington and New York in 15 hours.
Berlin reports unemployment at the lowest since the armistice with 14 out of every 1,000 unemployed in the last three months.
Wine about 2,000 years old discovered in a Bosco Reale cellar near Pompeii by Dr. W. L. Sambon. The solidified liquid has lost moisture but shows no deterioration from age.
A narrator recalls meeting Mark Sabre in 1912 at Penny Green and his wife Mabel, aided by Hapgood the solicitor. The scene blends old school memories with the village’s garden home project, touching on Sabre’s marriage, social gossip, and the place’s picturesque but hurried development.
In Sabre House Mabel manages a spotless home while Sabre the den despises the term and its connotations. The tale reveals their clash over domestic space and the social mockery of boardinghouse life as Mark encounters the Jinks sisters and the house routine.
Manila March 27 Sergio Osmena speaker of the house said the deputies to Washington should not be tied to rigid instructions. He urged simply that the mission work for Philippine independence and adapt to U S circumstances. The group is expected to depart for Washington in March but timing remains unsettled.
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