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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1919
Page
4
A verbose editorial fragment laments political delays and gossip while praising a congressional probe and criticizing labor strife. It riffs on fair officials, press bias, and wartime rhetoric, noting front pages and headlines with playful comments on word choices and typographic limits.
The piece argues against the closed shop and for open shop principles, labeling the closed shop autocratic and un-American. It asserts workers’ rights to employment without union affiliation, mocks union leaders, and condemns coercion, insisting the closed shop cannot survive in the United States.
Citizens urge High Point to pursue legal action against the Southern Railway and United States Railroad Administration for failing to fix the Main Street crossing. They accuse repeated ad hoc repairs of wasting money and leaving residents in mud and water, calling for a concrete base and durable surface.
Today marks William Penn’s 275th birth anniversary and visits by Cardinal Mercier in Torent. The Austrian national assembly debates peace treaty ratification while Winnipeg hosts Western Canada Kiwanis. Michigan women’s clubs hold a four day jubilee in Kalamazoo as Norwich University ends centennial events. Court and rail commissions meet in Indianapolis and Boston hosts a keynote banquet. Ottawa hosts a major plowing and farm machinery show under regional plowmen associations.
Property owners are ready to sign the petition for Centennial avenue resurfacing after it is drawn. The city council can order the work once presented and the street, long a disgrace to High Point, will be re-surfaced. On with the dance.
The excerpt reflects autumnal motifs and the consoling note of peace approaching after conflict. It presents imagery of withering roses sparrows lilies and war drums fading as memory and devotion persist. The piece closes naming Miss Katherine Arnette Deligny as the author.
Today’s anniversaries note birth and death dates of figures from George Grenville to Josh Billings, plus events from 1869 to 1917. Highlights include Marquis of Lorne becoming governor general of Canada, Wyoming’s first state governor Francis Warren, and WWI wartime actions in Ypres and Serbia.
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty plans an early visit to the United States after a storied wartime record. He led the British squadron at Heligoland in 1914 and Dogger Bank in 1915, and commanded during the North Sea victory of 1916. The Irish-born officer is famed as the youngest to reach each rank and is linked to Chicago's Marshall Field through marriage.
A patient recounts a dramatic relief after taking Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for chronic stomach trouble lasting eight years. The text claims the remedy clears capillary mucus and reduces inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments including appendicitis with a money back guarantee. Hart Drug Co.
Sir Edmund Walker, Canadian financier and art patron, born Ontario 71 years ago. Francis Macmillan, violinist, born Marietta Ohio 34 years ago. Martin Behrman, New Orleans mayor, born New York 55 years ago. Rt. Rev. Patrick A. McGovern, Cheyenne bishop, born Omaha 47 years ago. William H. Thompson, former Kansas senator, born Crawfordsville Indiana 48 years ago.
The automobile of Miss Cora Davis stolen from the street in front of Wilson Motor Company was found last night in a Winston Salem garage. No arrests have been made. The car was driven to Winston Salem during the day and hidden there. A $150 reward is offered for the thieves’ arrest and conviction.
One year ago today Turkey told Austria Hungary it must end its part in the war and seek a separate peace. Allied forces launched a great offensive from the Lys towards Ghent and Courtrai, driving German troops headlong in those directions.
This timetable lists approximate train arrival and departure times serving High Rock High Point Gordontown Thomasville and Denton. Northbound No 22 shows daily departures excluding Sundays with midday timings from High Rock to Denton while No 21 runs daily except Sundays with morning calls at Ly High Point Gordontown and Te vec cucu.
A promotional letter to high street druggists touts Begy's Mustarine as the quickest non blistering pain killer for aches and inflammation. It claims superior heat therapy, strong demand, and guaranteed sales from S.C. Wells & Co. with suggested retail pricing of 30 and 60 cents per box.
A list shows the Baltimore General Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches, Cincinnati American Christian Missionary Association, Bangor Maine Eastern Forest Products Association, Troy New York New York State Sunday School Association, Portland Maine New England Conference of Club Women, Portland Maine Maine Federation of Women's Clubs, Dallas Texas City Fire Marshals Association.
Racine continues meetings at Yonkers Latonia and Laurel. Start of a 300 mile endurance race from Fort Ethan Allen to Camp De Vans. Trotting continues Grand Circuit meeting at Atlanta. Automobile Annual meeting of Associated Automobile Clubs of New Jersey at Newark.
Classified style items include Wanted men boarders at 1000 South Main, a sale or trade for Two Dunbar popcorn wagons from P McIntyre, a rent request for a 5 or 6 room cottage near High Point, and a lost Lavalier between High Point Steam Laundry and Candy Kitchen with reward offered.
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