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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1922
Page
4
Satirical observations mix with poems and quips about war Bureaucracy and social norms. Notes reference Secretary Weeks prices coal and inflation politicians and a millionaire waiter in New York. The snippets blend humor with social commentary on 1920s life.
A 1967 souvenir from High Pointprise highlights how the city has grown from a frontier rail town. In 1907 Main Street showed red mud and horse drawn cars while furniture making led the region. The piece notes streets, lighting, and housing evolved into a modern landscape as the furniture trade and Southern Furniture Exposition expanded, predicting further progress.
The piece notes New York City’s clash over whether women may smoke in public venues while hotels and cafes may restrict tobacco use. It contrasts local sentiment with nationwide Prohibition backlash, highlighting citizen contempt for Volstead and aldermanic zeal, and predicts female smokers will echo the era’s defiance.
A West End petition led the council to approve sewer and water extensions, with installations on Willowbrook Thurston Parkway Boulevard Jordan Montlieu Dewey and adjacent streets. Citizens note mains are only one inch three quarters in size and call for continued improvements.
John Younts of High Point writes March 29 urging the city to expand sewer and water mains. He notes a two inch main serves 150 families and a six inch main serves three, calls for paving English Street, better fire protection, and lower water pipes to prevent freezing while awaiting a city hall auditorium singalong.
In New York March 29 the fashion trade reports renewed demand for liveries and footmen driven by theater patrons. Prominent tailors note many Americans who once mocked flunkies now seek formal dress for lobbies sidewalks and movie houses.
Daniel W C Ramsey floor walker in a neckwear department and Methodist pastor at Union Hill N J says an average person cannot work enough. He claims he can work all week at the store write sermons study and preach twice on Sundays and still feel fresh Monday morning. He suggests more ministers try this pace.
Federal authorities estimate the late Baron William Walder Astor’s New York real estate holdings at 75 million dollars, forming a substantial portion of his estate.
Mrs Arthur Scot Burden, once a New York Newport society figure, returns from England and will reside on East Sixty first Street. She is expected to be mistress of her mother's Newport villa this coming season as Mrs Burke Roche plans to join her son abroad for the summer.
The article notes Queens Long Island doubles population in ten years and factory growth from 771 to 1500. It cites the Long Island railroad carrying 500,000,000 passengers in 1921 and mentions advances in aluminum can fabrication with nickel plating enabling hammering and bending without cracking.
Flood warnings show the levee network from Missouri to New Orleans now controls higher stages. Engineers say the system could withstand a 50 foot Memphis gauge flood, with only a weak point near Helena Ark yet incomplete. Since 1917 federal funds sped progress, expanding embankments to over 1500 miles and transforming the valley into a highly productive, banked region with thousands more banks and growing rail lines.
Detroit March 29 occupying a full city block on West Grand boulevard the 15 story General Motors office building and research laboratory ranks as the largest such structure in the world. cost 15 million dollars it spans 30 acres and houses 1 750 offices and 6 000 workers. amenities include restaurants gymnasiums pools bowling alleys a hospital and bank plus four miles of corridors and an auditorium for 1500 where conventions will be held. the five floor research wing focuses on mechanical electrical and engineering work for future corporate problems. two years were needed to build with 2 000 men employed throughout.
Mark Sabre, partner in Fortune East and Sabre, seeks deeper understanding with his wife Mabel after eight years of marriage. He finds solace in Penny Green and its inhabitants, notably Mr. Fargus and the Perches, while pursuing a bold new work titled England.
Sabre confronts a horse chase in a narrow lane as Lady Tybar and Lord Tybar perform a poised descent from a banked ledge. The vivid scene shows Derry and Toms, their horses, and Sabre admiring the striking, virile pair in a moment poised between danger and beauty.
San Francisco March 29 All hotel and restaurant dishwashers are not down and out says George P M Bowns a San Francisco dishwasher leader and labor speaker He notes many dishwashers are educated including law medicine and other professions He is a union officer and has helped grow membership and wages in the past fifteen months
An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded near Georgetown University last night. The tremor lasted from 11:08 p m to midnight and was estimated to have originated about 4 000 miles from Washington.
Chief Toelupe announces at a meeting that Samoan rulers will accept the League of Nations must decide any removal of the mandate from New Zealand control. Britain says the mandate to Australia was granted by the League for New Zealand’s war sacrifices and responds to King Malieto’s letter opposing the petition to remove the mandate amid Samoan discontent.
Miss Helen Klein, 22, a stenographer, was killed last night after being dropped 16 floors into an elevator shaft on a Broadway skyscraper. The elevator suddenly ascended as she was about to step in, tossing her into the shaft.
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