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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1919
Page
4
The articles note Gaby Deslys has returned to America and that most European princes are now in the United States, highlighting a surge of continental royalty and celebrity on American soil.
A column threads together quirky gossip and local issues. A tabby named Rum my is sought, New York hacks face hunger, Palmer visits Philadelphia, and Wilmington debates Cen tennial avenue paving and city council meetings. The piece laments politics, progress, and science while noting Bolshevik fears and a miner strike backdrop.
Henry P. Fletcher, longtime diplomat and 1916 ambassador to Mexico, is viewed as the leading candidate for the post in Italy. A Pennsylvanian native and lawyer by training, he served in Cuba, China, Portugal and Chile before Mexico.
Chicago hosts the National Implement and Vehicle association event while Columbus hosts the Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance union. St Louis hosts the Missouri Equal Suffrage association. Georgia chapters of the Daughters of the Confederacy and the American Legion meet in Valdosta Atlanta Worcester and Providence. Charleston West Virginia also hosts an American Legion chapter event.
The piece claims all males in soviet Russia have been summoned to the colors for military duty. It asserts bolshevik killings and chaos have decimated the population, starved cities, and halted factory output while peasants abandon crops.
City council took official notice of Main Street crossing condition and sent a letter to the director general of railroads asking for permanent corrective work. If the railroad administration neglects the crossing, the council will pursue legal action to compel repair.
A digest notes 1869 Nesmith death and 1793 birth, 1883 Brussels court opening, 1890 Carmelite centennial in America, 1912 peace treaty Sanctioned, 1915 Dvinsk defense, 1916 Allied seizure of Athens and Greek assets, 1917 Mata Hari’s execution. Today lists racing meets Yonkers Latonia Laurel, tennis Boston Providence Providence Hoboken, and Atlanta Kennel Club exhibit.
Stafford Springs observes the 200th anniversary of its settlement. The Methodist Woman's Home Missionary Society opens its Detroit sessions. The Mississippi River Scenic Highway association meets in Memphis to plan a Lake Itasca to New Orleans tourist route. Mount Holyoke marks Founder's Day with Dr. William Allan Neilson speaking. Colorado legislature session on the federal suffrage amendment postponed to next month. The International Exposition of Municipal Equipment opens today at Grand Central Palace in New York City.
Vice Admiral William Sims born in Ottawa age 62. French General Robert Nivelle born in Tulle age 61. Actress Ficlen Ware born in San Francisco age 42. Dr. William Guth born in Nashville age 48. Ben Olcott born in Mercer County Illinois age 47. Individual birthdays listed with locations and ages.
United States troops transport at Hoboken pier as a hallmark of wartime logistics. German counterattacks failed to halt the Allied push on the western front. Martial law was proclaimed in Bohemia after the Prague revolt by Czechs.
American Red Cross relief workers recount Budapest during the Bolshevik and Romanian advance when staple foods vanished. Civilians from the suburbs rushed battlefields to seize meat, tearing chunks from carcasses with pocket knives and cleavers and carrying them away in old newspapers.
The Spanish harbor of Corunna is reputed to house the oldest lighthouse in the world, said to date from the Roman period during Trajan’s reign, built between A. D. 98 and 117.
Plymouth Iowa October 15 Mrs M E Kinney wife of the farmer saved Robert Frederick from a charging bull at the Kinney farm one mile west of Plymouth. While leading the animal in the yard the bull turned and charged Frederick Mr Kinney called for help and Mrs Kinney seized a pitchfork to drive the bull away, saving his life.
C Y R R timetable shows daily and Sunday departures with listed arrival and departure times from Ly High Point Thomasville Gordontown and Cecatkenesh. The schedule notes no guarantees on exact arrivals or departures despite stated times.
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