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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1922
Page
4
A miscellaneous era column features satirical lines on daily life politics and fashion. It comments on inflation oil reserves drinking habits hypocrisy and social norms with quick witticisms and names like Peggy Joyce and Thomas Campbell appearing in a collage of jokes and aphorisms.
The Greensboro Daily News notes the court ruling that supported the public’s rejection of granting Southern Power a retail franchise, citing competition as artificial and praising public sentiment. It also urges bond funding for heating and modernization of several city schools, highlighting Elm Street and Emma Blair schools and calling for improvements and a north end school, with a push to register and vote on June 5.
The piece argues that audiences crave the unusual and will pay to see something new. It cites bloodhounds flown to catch criminals and the Eskimo Pie as examples of old ideas presented in a new way, urging readers to stir imagination and apply fresh approaches to work and sales for greater attention and efficiency.
Editor describes visits to six graded city schools noting the new colored school on Leonard Street surpasses similar buildings in value and quality. He emphasizes pride in educators and hints at sorrow over ongoing challenges facing the system.
Advice on avoiding fatigue as a major sickness cause. Explains that exhaustion lowers disease resistance, stresses proper energy from food, rest as muscle repair, effects of tight clothing on arteries, and the role of rest and steady work in removing poisons and renewing energy.
New York May 10 A Greenwich Village sculptress Charly Le Blanc designs a futuristic three piece bathing suit for Shirley Lewis of the village cartoonists. On the beach Shirley feints at the ocean. a wave soaks her boat and reveals the suit’s improvised four piece form as photographers snap away.
In Philadelphia Judge Audenried presided as Bertha Scheible sued Emma Bergdoll over a dog attack. An all male jury averted eyes as a female juror confronted the plaintiff briefly. Verdict favored Scheible with a potential settlement of fifty dollars.
Boston May 11 1930s campaign aims to rid Cleveland of rats by poison rather than music. Nicknamed Modern Pied Piper of Hamelin he claims 15 million rats in Cleveland and seeks citywide elimination with government approval from the agriculture department.
Cecil B. De Mille presents Fool's Paradise at the Broadway Monday and Tuesday. The Paramount romance adapts Leonard Merrick with Beulah Dix and Lada Cowan, featuring Dorothy Dalton Mildred Harris Conrad Nagel Theodore Kosloff John Davidson and Julia Faye in a globe trotting tale of intense heart appeal.
A social whirl at a Ritz luncheon reveals entangled liaisons including Lucinda Cruce, Bellamy, and former lovers. Amelie Severn hints at divorce while Bellamy resists, amid overheard accusations and the resurfacing Chicago memory involving Fanny Lontaine and Nelly Guest. Romance and scandal simmer as characters confront past loves and present temptations.
Lucinda battles disillusion at a London dinner with friends including her unfaithful husband Bel. She notices Richard Daubeney and overhears Bel’s betrayal as Fanny’s drama over prohibition fuels her sorrow. Fifteen thousand people died in U.S. fires last year.
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