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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1926
Page
4
The Human Seasons by John Keats
The poem outlines four seasons in a man’s mind. Spring awakens beauty with clear fancy. Summer engenders dreamy contemplation of youth. Autumn brings contented stillness and unhurried view of passing wonders. Winter, the mortal phase, closes the cycle and tempers desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Keats
Commendable Spirit Apology by Four Lads Published
The Enterprise prints a public apology from four young men for disturbances at an A D C theater event. Signers’ names are withheld to protect their privacy while noting their leadership among peers and the community’s shift toward self restraint and sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Elections Then and Now
A retrospective note contrasts old election days with today, recounting saloon polling houses, rowdy crowds, and combat as common in the past. It praises modern polling places as quiet orderly spaces suitable for ladies, highlighting a shift in voter culture over time.
Prohibition Clash: Business Support Taxes Liquor Market
The passage argues that while industry supports prohibition for worker welfare, it profits from expense accounts used for entertainment drinks. General Andrews notes big manufacturers foster liquor through convention parties, sustaining the liquor market and the organized traffic. The piece calls on business leaders via the Citizens' Committee of One Thousand to back enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Facturers
General Andrews
Citizens’ Committee of One Thousand
Prohibition
Booze and Business in Sales Tactics at Conventions
General Andrews endorses whiskey as a remedy for sales resistance. The article notes expenditures on liquor for entertaining prospective customers at state and national conventions are being approved by many firms and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Andrews
The Fair Election and Secret Ballot Reform
The article argues for the Australian ballot system in North Carolina. It states secret ballots protect voters from penalty and coercion, ensuring free choice. It notes current practices deny voters access to their preferred tickets and urge voters to declare affiliation openly without compulsion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Letting Moribund Railroads Die A Bold Economic Debate
The piece discusses L F Loree’s proposal to let unprofitable rail lines expire rather than prop them up. It weighs community impact, potential shifts to auto buses and motor trucks, and regulatory questions facing the Interstate Commerce Commission amid a changing transport landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Loree
Interstate Commerce Commission
Loree
Costly Names in Autographs Show Signature Value
The article notes Button Gwinnett’s rare Declaration signature valued around 50000 dollars while Shakespeare’s scarce six authentic autographs fetch about 500000. By contrast Washington Napoleon Lincoln and other royals sign often, making their autographs worth about 50 dollars due to quantity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Tlondon
Button Gwinnet
Gwinnet
Washington
Napoleon
Lincoln
Safer Maternity Endorsed by Global Medical Convention
Leaders of the medical profession declare that modern maternity is safer and more successful, citing statistics on maternal deaths and healthy births. The convention welcomes stronger babies and a robust citizenry as vital to national wealth, with no sentimentality but measured data. The piece notes a London zoo pink elephant as a quirky afterthought.
Red cheeks from more than kitchen stove work noted
A speaker dismisses the idea that all the facial redness comes from cooking, arguing that modern life or other factors cause the flushed appearance. The remark shifts focus from domestic labor to broader influences on health and physiology.
Famous last lines How did we spend so much
A reflective note quotes a famous last line lamenting overspending and cultural excess. The line questions financial choices and the cost of grandeur. No further context or attribution is provided in the fragment.
Asheville Sees Steady Influx of Home Seekers Boosting Growth
The Asheville area reports strong business and building activity as new dwellings rise and occupancy rises. Home-seekers from colder northern regions and hotter southern areas travel by car, attracted by good roads and steady demand, signaling long term population growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashevile
Asheville
Apology from Four Local Boys for Theater Disruption
Four young men apologize to the public and the American theater A D C sponsors for Tuesday night disturbance of audience and actors on October 26. They say the act was mischievous, regretful, and hope the public accepts their remorse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
American Theater
Utilities Folk to Convene State Meeting in Asheville
North Carolina utilities regulators will host the thirty-eighth annual convention of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners in Asheville November 9 to 12. Sessions at Battery Park Hotel will feature talks by experts including John J. Esch and C. C. McChord with a focus on water power and interstate motor vehicle operations. A tour and social program for members and their guests are planned, highlighting North Carolina’s rapid commercial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Corporation Commission of North
Interstate State Commerce Commission
Cc. C. McChord
H. A. Mce-Keown
Board of Railway Commissions of Canada
North Carolina
Highlanders Band Arrives for Two City Concerts
Roy D. Smith, conductor of the Royal Scotch Highlanders' Band, arrives with the group for two concerts at the American. An American of Scotch heritage, Smith leads the band after Lieut. Malcolm McGregor's death and has built a notable career in Europe and North America. The program features works by the old masters and encores of popular numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Smith
Royal Scotch Highlanders
Europe
Mr. Smith
Malcolm McGregor
United States
Canada
Fred Weldon
Gould Wins Republican Nomination in Maine Senate Vacancy
Arthur R. Gould secures the Republican nomination in a Maine special primary for the United States Senate seat. President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge travel to Massachusetts to vote in the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur R. Gould
Maine
United States Senate
The Greatest Job On Earth The Making And Rearing The Man
The piece argues the central duty is mothering, urging better education and recognition of motherhood. It notes current neglect in domestic life education, praises Vassar's Division of Euthenics for parenthood studies, and calls for high schools to offer similar curricula to prepare women for motherhood in a modern civilization.
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Collee
Milady
Vassar College
Euthenics
Vassar
Fini Features Syndicate, Inc
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