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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1921
Page
4
The notice hints at reductions on straw hats by local haberdashers. It mentions a tug of war at the Tug river and Charles Chaplin with an improbable asbestos pocketbook. A Guilford county convention mood is noted along with memories of ten cent weekly allowances.
The speaker urges progress with a propitious comparison to a celebrated five foot bookshelf. He declares there is no standing still and warns that not advancing means slipping back. The weather prophesy was unplanned but offers rest for pitching arms.
Benny Kauff is cleared of the automobile theft charge, democracy restored in headlines. The weather man leads the league in hitting and the cellar championship remains unsettled. A memory recalls the old fashioned mother who baked a five gallon crock of cookies every Saturday.
Greensboro and High Point plan to settle a major issue this afternoon weather permitting. Wartime stock watering concerns are told that upkeep matters more than initial cost. An old-time street peddler who sold patent medicine now hawks auto accessories under a gasoline torch.
Insurance companies report fewer business fires signaling improving credit conditions and a less embarrassed market.
Economists report the cost of living has fallen most in St Louis compared with other cities. If the trend continues St Louis may regain population and economic momentum by the next census.
An unclear OCR fragment hints at an elderly man named Pa with attention to a banked sum and a percentage mark. Details are fragmentary, but the snippet implies financial notes or a savings context and a potential observer named Omey.
A High Point survey highlights rapid population growth and strong industrial base led by furniture textiles and silk mills. The piece notes the town’s need to broaden recreational and educational opportunities for girls and announces a next week drive to raise 15000 for the Y W C A to expand housing, programs, and community services benefiting women and youth.
Hotels in High Point keep a cordial tone with the traveling public association. Officials indicate a city welcome sign may appear before the convention arrives, signaling readiness for visitors.
New York detectives found thirsty patrons in a Broadway restaurant using a wall hole to obtain liquor. The report notes New Yorkers will go to great lengths for a drink.
The piece surveys a smell test failed by Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler and surveys praise for Judge O A Kirkman with 3130 cases and $26000 funds raised for education. It also covers a Lost boy at 89th street and a New York shop debating weight tables and a theater moral debate.
In Minnesota the American Legion takes up the G A R tradition with Post No 8 sending 100 members to address St Paul school children about lasting lessons from past and present conflicts during Memorial Day observances.
Reports describe Andernach on the Rhine as the second German stronghold taken by the American legion with Post No 5 established and Coblenz hosting Amaroc unit No 4. Alfred Cameron from West Point recalled recruitment, then found a hidden pot of 15000 dollars in his Virginia farm plow, while West Seattle plans repurposing a church into a legion clubhouse amid housing woes.
Sergeant Naef credits the American Legion for steadfast support during a dark hour after he and Sergeant Zimmer were arrested by the Germans following an attempt to capture Grover Cleveland Vergdoll, a noted slacker. He emphasizes the region's determined stand and comradeship.
National headquarters of the American Legion condemns carrying any flags banners or placards in a procession besides the national colors and the Legion banner. National colors must lead on the right with the Legion banner on the left and a proper guard of men who honor the duty.
A Jefferson Barracks Missouri military band led a procession through central St. Louis when a bystander challenged the display of flags. The quick confrontation ended with the heckler losing to a bystander nearby in a public dispute suggesting tensions over the parade.
Indiana Legion inquiry into Valparaiso University led by its president who resigned found no un Americanism at the school. The student body president is a former service member and 52 students belong to the legion. Meanwhile the government contracted schooling for 500 additional disabled veterans at a leading veterans program.
The American Legion post in Bigheart Oklahoma began after a brief organization to clean the city. It bought trash cans for every street corner and launched a publicity drive to educate residents to use them.
In London on May 14 Lady Astor challenged the house during question time after a Sinn Fein linked murder of Kate Carroll. She pressed for government control of liquor traffic in Ireland to prevent such crimes, while the Irish attorney general blamed illicit drink trade.
New York customs officers, seeking ingenious disguises to dodge prohibition agents, searched the steamship Glendolen. They found an improvised X ray method using light bulb reflectors to reveal bottle shaped spots frozen in ice blocks, uncovering over 200 bottles of whiskey.
A massive searchlight five feet in diameter will be installed on a Tamalpais near San Francisco. The beacon is intended to attract visitors to the amusement park area and serve as a prominent night landmark.
Winona Lake Indiana May 14 The 133rd general assembly of the Presbyterian church meets May 19 to 29 with nine large presbyteries endorsing an overture to change representation in general assembly electing two year commissioners with half held over for the next assembly. Several reports address women diaconate and church union.
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