Sedgefield Home Furnishings Sparks High Point Debate
Sedgefield Inc faces critique over using furniture from Greensboro dealers for the Model Country Home. President A W McAlister apologizes, pledges High Point made products next exhibit, and praises local loyalty from Guilford leaders. Community Chest canvass urged as High Point residents back welfare efforts.
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Sedgefield
North Carolina
Sedgefield, Incorporated
A. W. McAlister
Sedgefield, Inc
High Point
McAlister
Greensboro
Fred N. Tate
Guilford County
Home Industries
Music Week Ends as High Point Fetes Joy of Living
Advertising notes and front page chatter mark May 10 1925. Frost Landis and Kohn in New York and Chicago handle national ads while locals reflect on world events, prohibition clashes, and a fading war mood as Music Week winds down and society seeks uplift through song.
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Frost
Landis and Kohn
Brunswick
Fifth Ave
New York
People’s Gas
Michigan
Z Boulevard
Chicago
Hindenburg
High Point
Forest toll of Sunday papers prompts pulp concerns
The Boston Transcript reports that fulfilling one morning edition consumes 7,500 acres of timber. The Sunday press presses for size over quality, risking forest depletion to feed a vast readership.
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Boston Transcript
Pilene Speaks Out For Democracy
Edward Filene, Bostonian, spoke to the American Marine association criticizing classified passenger lists on transatlantic steamers as undemocratic and wasteful. He argued hundreds of thousands seek Europe but cannot afford first class, urging reform of passenger divisions.
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Europe
America
Edward Filene
Bostonian
American Marine Association
Filene
Fortify Hawaii to be the strongest military outpost
The chairman of the house naval committee says Congress should consider fortifying Hawaii to become a super Gibraltar and the world’s strongest military outpost. He warns against drifting into an arms race while stressing defense, but notes impregnable fortifications alone invite improved gunnery and escalation.
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House Naval Committee
Congress
Hawaii
United States
Filene urges one class travel for steamships
Bostonian S. P. Filene proposes removing third class on passenger ships to widen markets. He argues full classless service with cafeteria meals could boost demand, increase travel volume year round, and lift profits, potentially inspiring new tourist ships.
Nobody Cared Campaign Urges Public Support
A High Point notice frames the community chest as a lifeline for 301 joint families sheltered and 90 food-request cases over the past year. It lists the Salvation Army YWCA YMCAs and Boy Scouts as fellow agencies aiding public service, arguing that without public concern none could exist.
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Board of Public Welfare
Hoard of Public Welfare
Salvation Army
Boy Scout Organization
Appeal to Bond Attorneys Over High Point Election
High Point seeks a New York bond attorney opinion on the validity of its recent election as it prepares to issue about 750000 in securities. The city data suggests public works financing will require bond counsel during the next administration. An expert opinion could clarify officers' authority and ease market doubts.
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High Point
New York
North Carolina
Thes
Five Agencies to Be Helped by Scout Fund Effort
A campaign canvass outlines funding support for five agencies including a museum, library, and reading room. It notes camp facilities for ninety Scouts weekly, with specialists in nature, crafts, Scoutcraft, athletics, swimming, and horsemanship. Reports highlight many Good Turns by Scouts, from traffic control to aiding seniors and a blind man, underscoring the movement’s community impact.
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Wille
High Point
American Foundation For the Blind
High Point College
Mothers Love and Respect Urged in Poetic Reminder
A stray poem extols a mother as the best cook and caregiver, noting her sacrifices and child’s duty to love, respect, and obey aging parents. It asks to honor mothers and forgive faults, ending with a signature and address.
Big Sum Involved In Estimates For Defense Of Hawaii
The War Department reports a total $40 million outlay for Oahu land defenses, plus $6 million for Pearl Harbor projects yet to be appropriated, with current naval base protection measures questioned after army navy maneuvers. The plan seeks seven years of funding, but only $25,000 is allotted this coming year for Oahu, while lawmakers urge a full on the ground inquiry by congressional naval and military committees, with Panama Canal zone review suggested.
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Washington
Ygtr Department
Hawaiian Islands
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Congress
Island
Oahu
Ofense
Naval Base
Honolulu
War Department
Representative Butler
Pennsylvania
House Naval Committee
Congressional
Dwight Davis
Davis
Amundsen Rumored To Have Started Polar Flight
Oslo reports rising speculation that Roald Amundsen may have already begun his solo air dash toward the North Pole from Spitzbergen area. Weather and unsettled seas hinder the voyage. officials cite possible delays while some insist he started and will announce return.
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Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Christianiana
Virgo Bay
Dane's Island
Walter Wellman
Confessed Borgia Mrs Sorenson Placed Under Observation
Mrs. Emanuel Sorenson of Danneborg Nebraska confessed to poisoning eight people over time because she did not like them. The victims included her first husband her mother in law her daughter and five other children.
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Emanuel Sorenson
Danneborg
Neb
Ministry of Beautiful Music by Rev Tom Alderman Sykes
The article argues for beauty in church music as central to worship, praising American composers and urging churches to train leaders and emphasize quality music. It laments jazz intrusion, calls for congregational singing, and links music to spiritual harmony and devotion within the Divine.
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Tom Alderman Sykes
The
Friends Church
Ministry of Beautiful Music
America
St. Vitus
Whittier
Longfellow
Watts
Wesley
Our
Republic
Christ
God
Kingdom of Heaven
Heaven
Major Gillette Is Safe In Kansas Now
Wilmington New York May 9 Major George Gillette previously listed as a passenger aboard the Norman is reported safe in Kansas City and not among the sunken crew a telegram relayed by Mrs Gillette clarifies he should be identified as Major Douglass Gillette of Memphis Gillette a Wilmington native and State College graduate is now confirmed to be in Kansas City with the U S army unit
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Wilmington
N. Y
George Gillette
Memphis
Norman
Kansas City
Gillette
Douglass Gillette
State College
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Caillaux
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France
Martin County
Prohibition
Rum Row
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Lenoir
Sunday Press
Pilene
Community Chest
Hawai
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French Morocco
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