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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1930
Page
4
A compact reflection on wisdom from scripture and Rochefoucauld. The text notes that all the earth sought Solomon for wisdom and adds a parallel idea that wisdom, like wealth, is at fortune's mercy.
Razor blades are priced at 75 certs each in Russia as markets signal an imminent price adjustment. Analysts note supply demand dynamics and potential government policy impacts on consumer goods.
The piece notes another delay in tax reform via a proposed constitutional change to classify property for taxation. Voter turnout and campaigns yielded unclear results, with a presumed defeat. Experts see the change as key to broader reform, yet North Carolina stalls, complicating future legislative tax policy.
Otto Wood was released by Tulsa police after holding him for casual investigations and to photograph him. The episode is cited as evidence of flaws in the American police system and raises questions about how police authority is articulated and exercised.
President Hoover highlights gratitude for divine favor and national progress while urging substantial charity as the 1930 Thanksgiving approaches. He notes relative relief from world difficulties, civil and industrial harmony, and advances in education health and science in shaping a hopeful narrative.
A travelogue from Ober Ammergau to Switzerland recounts crowds leaving after the Passion Play, train journeys through the Tyrol and Innsbruck regions, and meetings with travelers including Australian ministers. The piece notes economic impact, scenic beauty, and cross cultural conversations on faith and evangelism.
The text notes that state police forces are separate with few contacting points and an escaped prisoner case shows limited area alerts. It argues for nationwide correlation of police activity as states guard powers not given to the central government.
Adjutant John O Beirne arrives as local commander and the Salvation Army moves from street corner work to a home base with gym, pool, and dorms. The budget for the new year tops $9,000 as 3,500 supporters contribute, yet funds remain short while community generosity grows.
The seventh district sends Walter Lambeth of Thomasville to Congress by a large majority, the biggest for his party in years. Voters praise his public service readiness and judgement, believing he aims for the general good rather than personal gain, succeeding William C. Hammer.
Welfare Commissioner F. H. Shuford releases October figures showing 19 new juvenile cases handled, including 6 white dependents, 11 white delinquents, and 2 colored delinquents. The report covers case dispositions, probation, school attendance work with absences and returns, and travel to welfare conferences and training schools.
A reflective column from High Point features sketches of local personalities Wade Renfrow John Cannon Holt McPherson and Jack Field. It recalls places such as Times Square Coney Island and the Guilford area and ends with a comic lament about men women and a dentist search amid a Greensboro dental conference.
Mrs Myrtle W Loggins age 25 wife of J H Loggins died at her home eight miles west of the city after years of illness with a sudden worsening last week. Born April 12 1905 in Davidson County she was daughter of Will and Francenie Wade. Survived by husband son Billy Joe mother Francenie Wade brother Mitchell Wade sister Nellie Wade and grandparents Mr and Mrs J C Haynes Funeral services were set for tomorrow at 11 a m at Spring Hill M P Church with burial in the church cemetery.
Ida Staley of Asheboro, visiting her daughter in High Point, fainted in front of Schulte United department store on South Main Street. Police and an ambulance responded, drawing a large crowd. she was removed to a hospital and later taken to her daughter's rooming house after recovering.
Louis Voorhees, noted local artist, won second prize in the State Fair painting contest in Raleigh this year. His entry, a landscape, was sketched from the John B. Blair farm north of the city.
The verse lists Horace Vergil Nero Caesar Louis Don Juan Columbus Jerry Cal Coolidge Hoover Mahatma Capone as archetypes of artists rulers lovers sailors leaders and criminals. It contrasts their reputations with the speaker's doubt about choosing a gangster or a bard path.
Two 14,000 ton steel halves were lowered into place to complete the structural work on the world’s largest arch bridge in Sydney Australia, marking a major milestone for the project and showcasing massive engineering scale.
The Enterprise prints a poem urging Democrats by portraying a chain of impossible hybrids and political clashes. It predicts a Democratic president if certain conditions align, ending with a note that liberty would vanish. The verse targets voters and parodies political foreshadowing with xenophobic imagery.
Readers urged to support a proposed District of Columbia bill banning experiments on living dogs. The piece notes a favorable committee report and upcoming vote in Congress next December. It invites petition letters and distribution of literature from the Investigation League, 88 Lexington Avenue, New York City. Florence C. Pellwaring, Hastings-on-Hudson, also signs.
The Jamestown Weed marks Armistice Day as a moment to contrast 1918 euphoric memory with later disillusion. It cites poems and editorials about WWI sacrifice, the vow to keep faith with veterans, and critiques the postwar fulfillment of promises as time dulls the initial fervor.
A 75 year old grandmother, a regular radio listener, attends Amos n Andy in a Broadhurst Vitaphone showing with her granddaughter. She recalls a past theater avoidance but finds the film funny and wholesome, enjoying a rare second theater experience in her long life.
A meditation on cemeteries describing the ghastly effect of piled shafts and monuments. The piece contrasts weathered gray memorials with pristine white markers and reflects on the plain pillar bearing a name and dates as a symbol of the deceased.
A person asks for the proper address to return borrowed army standard field glasses and a focus gadget. The note explains the gadget is useless without the glasses and hopes reconciliation will improve the instrument. The second snippet mentions Sinclair Lewis winning the Nobel prize and a misinterpretation of his remarks about using the prize money to aid a writer’s family.
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