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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1919
Page
3
Vienna maintained order during the eight day general railway strike and curb of streetcar service. Apartments and eateries closed early to save power. food shortages grew, drivers charged high fares, and taxi service was nearly gone. Coal famine loomed, peasants hoarded grain and potatoes, and eggs vanished with only two weeks of grain and potato reserves left.
A government committee in London is to report on adopting the 24 hour time system. The method, used in western Canada and by railway and postal services on the continent, starts at midnight as 0 and runs to 23, replacing 1 to 12 with 13 to 23.
The article notes Paderewski earned fifteen dollars a minute at the peak of his concert career, highlighting a vast contrast with his later salary as Poland’s prime minister.
A cited remark notes that a Chinaman who wears spectacles before a guest is seen as rude, likening it to the custom in this country where a man should remove his hat when meeting women he knows.
In a drama of jealousy and class tension Sandra confronts a married rival Rose who writes of a troubled marriage to Walter Kemp. Rose fears desertion and aging, while Sandra learns Kemp’s dishonor and contemplates how gossip shapes her social circle and marriage prospects.
Tokyo dispatch reports Japan will launch the 40,000 ton battleship Nagato from Kure dockyard on November 9. It notes American dreadnoughts may surpass Nagato in size, with 16 inch guns, 25 knot speed, airplanes, and six anti aircraft guns.
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