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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1936
Page
4
A reflective note contrasts upright paths with denying rights to others. It cautions against double standards, urging consistency in applying fair treatment to all under similar circumstances. The fragment echoes moral debate on equity and self-interest.
The piece honors Thanksgiving as a national moment to give thanks for past harvests and enduring peace. It notes America’s economic recovery, renewed industry, and employment as the nation reunites families and supports generosity amid cautious optimism.
Booth Tarkington writes for the Wall Street Journal urging support for the United Hospital Fund of New York. He argues hospitals must be built and improved so no child or family faces unnecessary suffering from lack of care. He warns that closing even one great hospital increases misery beyond bearing for civilized people with dollars to spare.
Max Iiman, stadical editor of the en Masses before the war, notes the Gilbert and Sullivan centennial celebration in Philadelphia as he reflects on laughter's role in shaping nations. The piece contrasts human laughter with animal displays and muses on how attitude alters humor.
This surviving use for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is questioned as its lease authority ends. The paper argues RFC was an external administrative expansion during the Depression and has served its usefulness, suggesting it may gracefully retire from the scene.
Fragmentary passage discusses protecting assets and business decisions during emergencies. It argues overstaying influence harms private enterprise and diminishes achievements.
The piece lists grateful sentiments for economic gains and public good including rising wages and dividends, New Deal programs, Social Security, and civic progress. It notes relief from conflicts and notable names, events, and households enjoying a holiday meal amid charitable acts and community support.
A local coroner race in Illinois saw the candidate win, lose, then win again in a tight election cycle. The quip hints his opponent might have handled the autopsy if the race shifted further.
The poem recalls Thanksgiving Day customs centered on turkey as a symbol of gratitude. It links the feast to ancestors and Puritan heritage, praising the turkey’s festive role in prompting reflection and acknowledgment of divine generosity.
New York feels a palpable detente as nerves fray in shops subways and streets. Citizens mutter of com munist agitators and scrawled inflammatory signs while ordinary conversation drags like a freight train. In a quieter moment Kyrle Bellew appears amid the city’s restless mood.
The piece criticizes booksellers who pounce on browsers with canned offers of help, noting patrons want space to browse. It likens overbearing sales talk to stilted piano phrasing and mocks the overly polished diction of a figure named Lawrence Rogers.
Letters of thanks and appreciation from Arkansas delegates thanking the local chamber of commerce for the reception and entertainment during their visit in November 1926 are received by the chamber.
Posters window cards and other display material for the Christmas sale of seals have been received by Mrs Owen Smith chair of the local Christmas seal committee.
The High Point Garden club presented the public library with a handsome flower stand matching the library fixtures. Miss Marianne Martin, librarian, confirms the presentation and ongoing fixture harmony.
Mrs. A. R. Myatt has returned from visiting her son Paul J. Myatt in Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Pollock and children plan a trip to Fort Myers Florida next week to see Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Pollock. Mrs. C. E. Kearns and three others spend the day in Charlotte. Miss Mabel Andrews, Meredith College student, spent Thanksgiving with her parents Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Andrews.
Ninety to seventy people are killed and more than a hundred injured as tornadoes swept into Arkansas from the northwest late yesterday. The mass casualty event prompted early and widespread emergency response across affected towns.
A summary of High Point's diversified economy in 1916 notes 81 factories producing hosiery furniture silk and more. Daily carload shipments of hosiery and building materials, 66 trains, 115 new telephone subscribers, organ shipments at two per day, weekly streetcar activity, and banking totals with $350 000 capital and $2 415 599 27 deposits as of September 15 1916.
The item notes about 300 hogs entered in Thomasville last Tuesday, averaging 200 pounds each, with roughly 500 hogs raised yearly. It urges charity for North Carolina orphans and cites a language shift from aeroplane to air plane. A Baltimore Sun swap proposal jokes about trading eggs for potatoes.
A reader praises Gerald Stanley Hall and his language choices, noting curiosity about terms like Intellection Mentation Catabasis and Vicerate. The critic mentions difficulty locating items like pig mold or placeboes in standard dictionaries.
A neighborhood theater offers ten cent screenings with Katharine Hepburn in Mary of Scotland. The reviewer mocks her mushy delivery and notes medieval armor and stage spectacle, calling the production grand despite limited verity and talent.
Chauncey Depew who passed his 90th year suffered from long term breathlessness for decades. Louis Cohn Broadway's top ticket speculator was illiterate according to the notes.
Edigraphics Tradition recalls ironic thanks from various eras and figures. Robert M. Hanes praises North Carolina leaders Morrison McLean Gardner and Ehringhaus for progress and honest leadership in a Rotarians speech urging broader belief in the state’s future.
Washington nov 26 big business expected to seek new posts in the Roosevelt administration as movie chief Jim Farley is rumored for a 150000 a year job and J Edgar Hoover may head a duPont police unit while Joseph Kennedy and Rex Tugwell shift to industry roles amid utility regulation debates.
The piece notes Sinclair Lewis was fired from a San Francisco newspaper with the remark Youll never learn to write. The report is relayed by Louis Sobol and mentions Theodor the head waiter and discussions with art patrons Jules Bache. Irene Castle is described as cleaning up in millinery designing.
A Binghamton man revived after several minutes without breath comments that government costs are noted with every inhale, offering a satirical take on public expense.
The famous straw poll proved unreliable as candidates clung to its results, with drownings of effort and confusion over its meaning highlighting the poll’s flaws.
A humorous suggestion lists phonograph records of historic political speeches among possible insomnia remedies. It notes such records as a potential sleep aid option alongside other remedies.
A Belgrade resident reportedly ate two morning papers, possibly testing a serial reading habit. The odd incident drew attention to a curious appetite for newspaper content.
Text urges dentists to use remove instead of extract when describing tooth procedures while noting getting Sonny to a dentist can feel like pulling teeth.
The county expects a quiet spell as door knocking and campaign efforts wind down. Local residents anticipate a calmer period with fewer campaign visits and street level outreach.
Springfield Ohio closes schools as districts cite financial stability and public funds. The remark notes childhood memories of robust finances and contrasts with current fund conditions.
A Fort Worth Texas woman aged 39 is noted for bearing eighteen children drawing attention from Toronto mothers.
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