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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1922
Page
4
A proposal outlines immediate city growth with larger boundaries, new parks and playgrounds, a passenger station, elevated tracks, a city planning system, more homes, paved streets, extended sewer and water lines, hard surfaced roads and a 20 000 population target as city limits expand.
The poem by Berton Braley extols indoors games like checkers dominoes and poker over outdoor sport noting a slick swing in golf and a fondness for warm room leisure. It also touches on current events including detour signs removal and regional sports hopes with North Carolina teams Guilford and Catawba visiting High Point.
The article notes soft coal production around 290 million tons by Oct 16, 1922, with a 24 million ton shortfall from 1921. Exports run 7 million tons below 1921 and 14 million below 1920, while a 30 million ton carryover is not expected. Anthracite remains scarce and the Northwest faces a Lakes route deficit, risking price spikes and limited reserves.
In football the amateur game blends skill and sentiment, where fate and heart drive outcomes. A Carolina State game shows how errors, not prowess, thrill a 14 000 crowd as youth chase the stars, with luck and nerves shaping the score and fate.
Ten venders appear on the streets offering chrysanthemums, a sign of growing commercial interest in the fall flower. Once a weed, the chrysanthemum has become a cultivated commodity with high selling price, as buyers and sellers rush to acquire blossoms. A separate note discusses how business favors typed signatures over neat handwriting, implying reduced value of skilled penmanship in hiring.
The text notes the chrysanthemum’s rise in imperial and American fashion during October. It highlights scientific cultivation expanding the flower from a single old weed to about 150 distinct species, showcasing its enhanced variety and appeal.
In New York on October 20 a trend in winemaking emerges where customers order wines by nationality. Citizens buy grapes and ingredients then source quarters for production, paying per gallon. Foreign sellers thrive with variable prices, yet finished wine typically costs one to two dollars per gallon.
Mrs Oliver Harriman leads the Nassau Bahamas club plan to admit both genders on equal terms. The $2.5 million project covers 300 acres at Nassau with a clubhouse, 18 hole golf course, two beaches, a fishing lodge and many tennis courts, offering exclusive facilities for resident and non resident members.
A man watching a companion on the 26th floor elevator to descend alerted the other elevator operator. The operator used the phone and operated the car to relay that the man should wait in the corridor below.
A man refused a hotel and chose Grand Central Station as a private retreat. On a north side balcony above the upper level, philosophers observe the bustling concourse where travelers, families, salesmen, performers, beggars, and workers mingle in a perpetual, cinematic parade of city life.
Posters in various colors circulate along Broadway asking if the street should be renamed Easy Street. The Progressive Civic League is credited on them listing twelve reasons for the change. The posters argue that everything on that street is made easy, with the speaker noting that the easy ones often end up there.
The piece notes a new ban on paradise feathers under the tariff act and describes smugglers moving plumes clandestinely. It mentions whispers of available stock in town and jokes about using music talents as job qualifications for cooks, hinting at broader social trends.
The author asserts that meals, already essential to sustain life, will soon be experienced as artistic moments to anticipate three times daily. The statement frames dining as a structured, meaningful ritual beyond mere sustenance.
The Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, newly consecrated bishop coadjutor of the North Carolina diocese, will visit St. Mary’s church on Sunday October 29. He will preach at the evening service and oversee the class for confirmation. The event is expected to attract a large crowd.
The Register of Deeds R. H. Wharton reports 41 marriage certificates issued since October 1, with all but eight granted to white couples. Licenses yesterday went to Mary Louise White of Scotland Neck and M. L. Parsons of Roanoke, Va., and Ida Sefe and C. L. Hawn of High Point. On October 7, seven couples received licenses in a single day.
Chicago October 21 Increased enrollment this year over 1921 in 40 Methodist colleges and universities reports the board of education of the Methodist Episcopal church. Fall registration 55,570 with expected growth. last year 51,200. Boston University lists 9,500 students and Northwestern 9,000 as the largest schools.
Carl H Milam, secretary of the American Library Association, told Illinois Library association trustees yesterday that the public library must provide more personal service to fulfill its duty to Americans who have left schools.
Louisville set to host a meeting with Judge Robert Bingham on Monday and Tuesday. A committee of leading cooperative marketing associations will discuss plans for a nation wide conference in Washington to promote rural marketing on a cooperative basis. Members include Aaron Sapiro Carl Williams and B W Kilgore with Senator Arthur Capper rallying the idea.
A memorial service will be held Sunday night at Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church for Belle Bennett longtime president of the Woman's Missionary council. Special music is planned as a feature of the service. Mrs. Wade presides.
Marsh and a quartette will render solos. Mrs. T A Kearns will read a life sketch of Miss Bennett, and Mrs. Fred Eshelman a paper on the deceased as a church woman and missionary leader. A poem by Mrs. J W Chandler will close. Service at 7 30.
Elmer Dover former assistant secretary of the United States treasury arrives in Mexico City after years of delivering messages between President Harding and President Obregon. He traveled here yesterday for undisclosed meetings and discussions on financial matters.
In Chicago a wealthy candy maker, Joseph Friedman, was severely beaten by a mysterious attacker. Diamonds valued at thousands were worn by Friedman, but no robbery occurred, suggesting a personal motive rather than financial gain.
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