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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1920
Page
7
Army field clerk F C Terwilliger in High Point urges ex service men to apply for victory medals. He notes many eligible in the city and surrounding area have not yet applied. Delays loom after offices close and discharges must be sent to Washington for processing.
Oklahoma results show Miss Alice Robertson likely defeats W W Hastings in the second district race marking a shift as a woman candidate from Indian Territory history defeats a long serving Democrat. Tennessee possibilities loom for two Republican gains alongside Divine Harding and Taylor in Tuesday’s votes.
Asheville date November 4 Laban L Jenkins Republican defeated candidate for Congress from the IOLA district charges wholesale fraud in the election. He says he will contest the result in a letter to national headquarters in Washington.
Official returns from 674 of 1206 precincts show a Yes lead in the referendum on legalizing light wines and beers. Yes 242 310 No 232 270. Debs the socialist received 38 716 votes in the same precincts.
Ohio will elect the first in history a statewide official in a general election. The ballot includes a statewide position and reflects a historic moment for the state's political process.
The church movement uses motion pictures to depict missionary work. Biblical films, dramas, comedies, and travelogues with moral tone will be shown in Sunday services and community meetings. Miracle Morley, by the International Church Film Corporation, portrays a missionary’s dream backed by his congregation.
The complete Republican congressional delegation emerges following Tuesday's election as Mees Rahe leads the results. The shift signals party gains and potential policy direction changes.
From TRENTON New Jersey returns show President Harding leading by nearly 300000 in the statewide tally as of today November 4. The latest figures reflect a strong GOP showing in the election with Harding widening his margin over competitors.
A wide survey lists disparate claims from early railways and stamps to astronomy and agriculture. Items include Thomas Davenport’s 1835 electric railway attempt, stamp shapes, Polynesian disease beliefs, volcanic lava traits, rainfall records, and diverse global notes on hospitals, crops, and technology.
The item mentions transfers not by egg but earth clod and railways adopting fuel oil due to coal shortage. It notes bark used for cleansing fabrics, a clay needle for phono records claimed to play 200 times, and lists freight routes via Thomasville Winston-Salem Roanoke Norfolk Hagerstown Florence Atlanta with same day or next day delivery cutoffs.
The excerpt surveys diverse topics across nations and times. It notes French ties to Roman legacy, early porcelain currency in Germany, historical universities Bologna Paris Oxford Cambridge, and Britain’s Uganda oversight. It cites Chicago production, city costs in 1919, Japan’s baby taxis, a proposed American Legion memorial flower, Daguerre’s 1820 photograph, bee communication, and Chicago’s multi national population.
Co. and Y. R railway company invites patrons to call 61 at the General Office or 782 at the Agents Office for information on embargoes routes rates and other railroad matters.
Rev. C. D. McDaniel of Atlanta evangelist exonerated by a jury of 11 ministers in Macon after being fined $100 in Savannah for alleged conduct at a negro house. Testimony said he was guided to the house by a driver he asked for a quiet place to stay the night. He knew nothing of the place per the report.
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