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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1919
Page
2
A collage of jokes about brides and gift etiquette contrasted with a report that the Rhine region order banning fraternization with Germans has been revoked. It notes soldiers may recognize their wives in public in some cases, with citations from the Baltimore American and New York Telegraph.
Railroad schedules show arrivals and departures for Southern Railroad Lines at High Point with times for Washington Birmingham New York Washington Charlotte Richmond Danville and other connections. The table notes that information is not guaranteed and lists multiple station times with some OCR errors and misreads.
A newspaper man recounts a hazardous journey through Coblenz to Berlin during wartime occupation. He negotiates Reisepass and British stamps, endures billeting, delays, and rough travel to reach the German capital, describing Allied controls and improvised accommodations and the people he meets along the route.
A clipped monologue references German nationalism and shortages while a rider strikes a horse, drawing a stark wartime or travelogue mood focused on scarcity and agitation. The piece blends cultural chant with a rough, sudden action image.
Army Agricultural Committee reports the British forces cultivated 6658 acres at home with about 50 dollars profit per acre. In France soldiers grew vegetables worth 2.5 million dollars. Mesopotamia crops provided self sufficiency in vegetables and grain valued at 15 million dollars. Saloniki troops harvested crops and saved 52000 tons of shipping.
Poles who trekked from Siberia to Minsk report 200000 to 506000 former prisoners waiting in Siberia for a chance to return to Poland. Western Siberia hosts many homeless men claiming Polish nationality, straining Poland’s government and Red Cross relief as large numbers await repatriation.
Jenaro Amezcua, among several men claiming Zapata's succession, is dead after a dispute in Santa Maria Morelos led to gunfire. Reports say he was discussing a new campaign with followers when the fatalities occurred.
In Malden Massachusetts a local newspaper features a WANTED ad for a maid with a family of two on the West Side. Wages are $15 with two meals a day and specific duties including washing and ironing, no Sunday dinner, vegetarian meals, and daily care of two Pomeranians. Applicants should state nationality and experience.
A boy recalls a famed historical date between Anthony and Cleopatra as mentioned in the Boston Transcript. The brief reflects on a notable historical moment through a schoolboy’s remark.
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