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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1919
Page
4
The Hickory Record raves about a brand new fire engine for the town promising strong fire protection and hoping it remains unused. A casual note contrasts editorials and welfare pleas, while broader talk covers politics and coal priorities touching Garfield and U.S. government stance.
A compact, period tone note reflects on freedom of the seas and the aim to make the world safe for democracy. The phrase links to classic wartime rhetoric and collective security themes.
A rapid-fire list highlights era worries and consumer costs from beverages to clothing. Items touch on Prohibition speeches, steel and coal strikes, sugar shortages, price points for apparel, groceries, and services, plus cultural references and political topics of the period.
A column denounces coal miners for defying a federal strike order and threatens government action to resume coal production. It warns of a shrinking national supply, potential factory closures, and widespread unemployment if the strike continues, urging protection of the public.
A New York piece reports Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the late writer and spiritualism advocate, sent back a posthumous message from the spirit world claiming happiness with her departed husband. A friend of Wilcox, also a writer and spiritualist, said the first communication arrived two days after her death, though no illness preceded it. The friend asserts union with her husband and notes the death appeared without a clear illness. The piece reflects on spiritualism’s and the afterlife, ending with questions about faith and existence.
The Detroit meeting of the YMCA opens with John R. Mott, longtime international YMCA leader and war work head, as a dominant figure. Mott has traveled the globe for the organization, advised foreign affairs, and was offered the post of U.S. minister to China by Wilson.
A chronology of figures born in 1752 to 1917 and events dated 1903 to 1917. Highlights include Col George B Clark pioneer born in Albemarle Virginia died near Louisville 1818 James Garfield born 1831 later US president died 1881 Cotter first bishop Winona 1844 Johnson vice president elected by Senate 1850 and wartime incidents from 1915 1917.
Today marks anniversaries for Rev. William A Sun day evangelist born Ames Iowa 56 years ago Gabriel Hanotaux French statesman born Beaurevoir France 66 years ago Princess Mafaida daughter of Italian royalty born Rome 17 years ago Ralph Peters longtime head of Long Island Rail road born Atlanta Ga 66 years ago Dr David Snedden educator born California 51 years ago J M Hannaford Northern Pacific executive born Claremont NH 69 years ago Centenary of Dayton S Morgan mowing and reaping machine pioneer North Dakota legislature thirty years old Georgia Products Day dinners statewide Inter national Y M C A convention opens in Detroit with 5 000 delegates Women school teachers in Copenhagen gain equal pay.
Atlantic City American Specialty Manufacturers association and Jacksonville Southern Cy press Manufacturers association open today. Raleigh North Carolina Library Association and Covington Kentucky host the Kentucky Society Conference of the M. E. Church South. Dublin Georgia hosts South Georgia Conference of the M. E. Church South. Wilson North Carolina listed.
The City of High Point passes an ordinance requiring septic privies as the standard and allows other privies only by special permission. It offers sanisep at cost to comply with the privy law and invites applications to city management, including residents outside the corporate limits.
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