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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1919
Page
4
A North Carolina perspective mocks wartime and political chatter while praising Secretary Baker's dignity and reform efforts. The piece contrasts Baker with Secretary Daniels, noting Baker’s clashes over court martial reforms and his influence on military policy and rank reductions.
Greensboro and High Point business leaders will meet Thursday evening at a Greensboro chamber of commerce dinner. The event marks a step toward cooperative problem solving across Guilford county, prioritizing joint action over isolated efforts to improve both communities.
A New York radical magazine prints a German woman’s letter outraged by the Allied blockade of Germany claiming milk is blocked to feed German babies. It includes an official Belgian report on child treatment and a Red Cross worker who refused a request for milk for a sick infant at Cologne station. The piece implies the German mother’s plea for milk for her fourteen month old child amid wartime hardship.
A digest of notable anniversaries from 1494 to 197 Berlins claim of victory over Italy at the Tagliamento. Entries mention Hans Sachs birth and death, Charles Chauncy Harvard ties, Fort Stanwix treaty, Fonseca dictatorship, Asquith bomb, Britain Turkey war, Russian advances near Riga, Poland proclamation, and other events.
New Brunswick, New Jersey witnessed the first intercollegiate football match between Princeton and Rutgers. The historic game marks a milestone in American college athletics while parallel notes reflect on anniversaries and international events.
Several cities plan observances for November 11, the first Armistice Day. High Point has taken no steps yet, and Cameron Morrison who is running for governor denies opposing the revaluation act and signals armed neutrality.
Ida Minerva Tarbell born today in Erie Pennsylvania. A longtime journalist and social reformer she studied at Allegheny College Meadville and the Sorbonne Paris. Her exposés of Standard Oil and biographical works on Lincoln Napoleon and women’s roles made her a national figure. During the war she served on the Council for National Defense women’s committee.
Regional gatherings begin with groups in Minnesota Texas and South Carolina. Associations include St Paul Minneapolis public health and library groups along with the Texas Congress of Mothers and church conferences in Waco and Greenwood.
Sir Marcus Samuel former Lord Mayor of London born 66 years ago today. Will N. Hays Republican committee chairman born Sullivan Indiana 40 years ago today. Truman H. Newberry Michigan senator born Detroit 55 years ago today. Archbishop J. J. Harty Omaha diocese head born St. Louis 66 years ago today.
The article reports Maurice Moscovitch born in Odessa, aged forty eight, performs Shylock in London for the first time. He says Shakespeare should be spoken in English and links Shylock to Jewish sufferance, noting his history in Yiddish theatre and American stages.
Florida officials led by Governor Catts protest a Public Health Service plan to establish a leprosarium near Cedar Key with at least $500,000 in government funds. State Health Officer Greene and Joel L. Barman press Florida’s case in Washington as the delegation lobbies Congress and commercial groups mobilize against the proposal. Eleven University of Washington law students noted.
The speaker critiques Shakespeare’s dramatic devices, noting the pound of flesh as a rhetorical tool used to move audiences without concern for psychological accuracy. The commentary underscores Shakespeare’s poetic beauty that masks these flaws, as Moscovitch makes an East End theatre appearance.
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