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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1931
Page
4
A brief reflection quotes Isaiah on new creation and Tibullus on hope that tomorrow will be better, urging steadfast faith in renewal and brighter days ahead.
Yesterday's voting shows Democrats gain in the House potential and hints at a stronger 1932 bid. New York results especially bolster Governor Roosevelt after his reforestation amendment faced Smith opposition, strengthening his presidential prospects.
The Sun reports the death in Paris of Josie Mansfield Reade known as Fisk’s former mistress. aged about 78, she was linked to 1872 New York financier James Fisk Jr. and to Edward Stokes who killed Fisk. The tale recalls Mansfield’s notoriety and a court intrigue.
A vivid portrait portrays a glamorous woman in black silk with lavender gloves and a Cleopatra hairstyle as she sits in court. Her cool disdain and fiery glances at Fisk and his cross examiner illuminate a murder case linked to her earlier sensational trial.
Goldsboro Argus sought clarity on Josephus Daniels potential gubernatorial bid in 1932. Daniels replied that he cannot clarify the situation and will not confirm candidacy or decline, expressing thanks and goodwill.
The Raleigh Times discusses a federal ruling on Nan Britton claims about President Harding, noting statements in her book may be libelous per se. It cites judge Killits and argues about press freedom, living individuals, and the meaning of defamation amid a controversial memoir.
The North Carolina Methodist Protestant conference meets in High Point from today through Monday. The event centers on High Point College and an orphanage, both key to the denomination's work, with the college facing an endowment shortage and tight operating funds. High Point hosts the strongest congregation and the conference president’s residence.
The piece links Armistice Day to a push for disarmament and universal standards, reflecting on war’s costs and a plea for ending militarism. It also notes a British election angle where Ramsay MacDonald chose national service over party, suggesting U.S. leaders could follow a similar example of selfless service for the country.
Police cornered bandits who fled with jewels and slipped them into a bystander's pocket. The bystander was promptly arrested as the victim noted the rightful ownership of the stolen items.
Edison triumphs in a courtroom vignette where trial and error frame a legal outcome. Al Capone is linked to a jail sentence. The piece uses dramatic contrasts between invention and crime.
Washington observers discuss Senator David A. Reed pushing a sales tax as a treasury fix. Reed, allied with Mellon and Hoover, faces treasury opposition yet presses the idea, signaling political maneuvering and potential party tensions. Reed's Pittsburgh roots and future senate balance add intrigue to the capital talk.
A vivid portrait of William J Guard, famed Metropolitan Opera public relations man, in a detailed 19th century style description. Born in Erin to a Methodist minister, he speaks several languages, plays multiple instruments, and remains energetic as he nears seventy. He shares backstage wit with Martinelli, suggesting a future vaudeville duo and musical satire.
A women's social club of a suburban town selected the risqué revue Vanities for its annual city theater party. One hundred members chartered special buses for the parade into the big town, sparking surprise among other groups while promising entertainment during winter knitting sessions.
Three veteran actresses among Broadway's best known are signed to Hollywood after recent raids by film magnates. Violet Heming, a theater child, debuts on film as part of this wave, with her mother an actress and her father’s line tracing to Heminge, an eighteenth century Shakespearean interpreter.
In Charleston, West Virginia United States Senator M. M. Neely Democrat staged a notable political comeback. After losing re election in 1928 to Henry D. Hatfield by 10000 votes he won the 1930 senate race by about 130000 votes over James Elwood Jones Neely known as a tireless campaigner and bold orator.
Wadsley Anderson relays AP notes from surveyors on Virginia and North Carolina border life. Reported laziness driven by climate, Matrons doing field work while men loafed, rum from New England labeled Kill Devil, Edenton with about fifty houses, no church, taxes to hire preachers, but people free of hypocrisy and frugal in living.
Detroit November 8 The trunk of the Edison family tree traces to a Dutch line named Marcelisson according to Mrs Frederick H Morse a second cousin of the late inventor She says Edison might have been Thomas Alva Marcelisson if not for a reference to Eddie s sons by his great great grandmother A Dutch immigrant Eddie Marcelisson and his two sons were living with a maiden relative who called them her brother s sons One son later named Edison while a commission in the British navy led to a banker who became Thomas Edison s grandfather
The bureau of the census notes that out of 3 073 counties in the country 11 counties account for half of the total wholesale trade.
A simple device attaches brushes to the blades of an old lawnmower to sweep up grass clippings after mowing. The improvised sweeper uses readily available parts to collect debris along walkways.
United States tanners are credited with producing about 30 percent of the world's leather supply.
The article notes Vivienne Osborn as a theater child appearing in East Lynne at age five. It also mentions Mary Boland who signed another film contract and began on stage at fifteen with Robert Egeson in Strongheart.
Four people died in separate railroad and auto accidents in the Carolinas. In Thomasville North Carolina Miss Alice Rudd 28 of Burlington a Mills Home teacher was killed when struck by a freight train at an uptown crossing. Miss Bertha Tiland 26 of Oak City his companion was slightly injured and said the crossing signal failed. In Pomona near Greensboro Mrs Bessie Evans McKinney 35 was killed crossing in front of a passenger train. Clarence Rigby of Charleston died from injuries after an automobile crash near Bowman and his body was taken to Charleston. Eugene Bishop 25 died from car crash injuries at Union South Carolina whose companion Ashley Kelly 62 was seriously injured but recovering.
Undergraduates at the Missouri School of Mines in Rolla Missouri have launched a campaign to drop the nickname Rolla Miners and have the institution officially called by its proper name.
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