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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1920
Page
4
A jumble of reflections touches on Jay Rial, Sylvia Pankhurst, Liverpool, cotton markets, bats, Cuba’s moratorium, China’s consortium, and gas taxes. It credits public service costs, golf, Barbary coast haircuts, Italy’s tax fortunes, algebra, coal shortages, and road fatalities from speeding.
Methodists chose High Point as the site for their forthcoming conference and the city expresses pride in hosting the distinguished gathering of church members.
Editorial argues Mexico could join the league by government recognition, debt solutions, and adherence to arbitration. It notes the benefits of removing wartime burdens, paying foreign debts sooner, and securing frontiers with world support, while dismissing Monroe Doctrine obstacles.
Analysis suggests four possible transition periods after Bolshevik fall. Options include coalition government with anti Bolsheviks, orderly evolution, or immediate transfer to opposition control. A driven populace or systemic collapse could produce local administrations until a new democracy emerges.
The piece argues that women have entered the workforce and the traditional social code is dissolving. It notes hats off etiquette in stores and elevators and warns that younger business leaders are eroding formalities. Women executives, while polite, aim to reestablish a shared code to preserve chivalry for life’s greatest gift.
The article discusses debates over King George V pardon power and whether Catholic clergy could administer sacraments to hunger strikers in the MacSwiney case. It notes factional splits, public editorials, and the moral weight of MacSwiney’s death for the Irish republic cause, with family and supporters urging release and critics citing law and sovereignty.
MacSwiney began a hunger strike August 12 after being arrested with ten associates in Cork during Sinn Fein court proceedings. He was court martialed under the defence of the realm act, found guilty of sedition, and sentenced to two years in Brixton prison. He had become Cork lord mayor on March 30.
A rowdy column by Os Coffin skewers a misprint slip and celebrates Randolph’s famed places and people. It riffs on Ashboro pride, cites Mitchfield deer hunting, Jack Presnell’s family, Randleman cotton, Archdale shoes, Trinity college’s past site, and Gray's Chapel, Flag Springs gatherings.
County report notes J A Hughes of Spero cited for speeding marking Spero’s rare press moment. The piece quips about local notoriety linking Jess Ruben Eldridge the Duke of Spero and Charlie Brown of High Point Enterprise, while clarifying Rube Eldridge hails from Glenola.
The town of Spero enjoys notable local renown, though the community largely avoided public notice until Mr. Hughes shifted attention with his highway incident near Raleigh and the fair, drawing wider media coverage.
The fragment recounts Glenoa’s legacy through a colonial era tale. It mentions Andrew Hunter’s perilous ride in the Revolutionary War and invites locals to recall the Bay Doe’s hoof as a marker of history in Franklinville.
In Randolph County Spero lags in promoting local value while Cicero Davis and Arch Winslow of Asheboro are noted for boasting about their Fox Hounds. The Millikan brothers once owned much of the best pack in the south, shaping local perception of prowess.
The item notes Mr Hughes being pressed by Squire Owen and reports relief that Spero finally ends the dusting period.
The notice discusses awarding a degree of V. L. L. R. to Os after praise from Houston Hiatt. Sam Davis offers a free sample of his Randolphian chair to aid in keeping history straight.
A fragmented note places a person or group described as Rube in and around Glenoa, with unclear spelling and vague residence clues. The readable text suggests local geography but lacks concrete events or dates. Further context is needed to define individuals or actions.
A new Ford car arrives Saturday afternoon at Frank Ford's and is christened Henneryeyar. The event marks a sign the city is on the up and up.
A High Point man journeyed to Virginia and was stopped by prohibition agents who found only apples in his partially filled vehicle, indicating no illicit product carried.
The court martial found Lord Mayor MacSwiney guilty of possession of a secret police cipher and he faced a hunger strike as he disputed the court’s jurisdiction. After his trial he was deported to England, imprisoned for two years, with international appeals and Sinn Fein threats surrounding his case.
Doctors advocate a liver activation approach to treat colds and influenza using Calotabs, a nausealess calomel tablet. One dose at bedtime purportedly cleanses the system by morning, with no nausea or appetite harm, available from druggists in sealed packages for thirty five cents.
A large audience is expected at a Democratic rally in the High Point high school auditorium tomorrow evening. Mrs Josephus Daniels wife of the secretary of the navy and Attorney General Manning will speak. It is their first campaign visit to High Point and boosted by their steady campaigning and sharp partisan statements the speakers are anticipated to draw many voters especially women.
An aged advertisement touts Gude's Pepto Mangan as a vital blood tonic to enrich blood, strengthen vitality, and restore energy. It claims the tonic builds red blood cells, improves nourishment, and offers liquid and tablet forms, urging readers to ask their druggist for Gude's.
A Jacksonville store manager Mr A M Howard of Whiddons on Oak Street says Re-Cu-Ma cured his three month run down condition and restored energy. He bought a bottle at J A Hart Drug Co priced at 1.20 with war tax and a satisfaction guarantee refund if no benefit after four days.
A rural physician later based in Buffalo, Dr. Pierce, popularized a tonic he called the Golden Medical Discovery. Marketed as a blood maker and health tonic, it claimed roots and other natural ingredients. The product reportedly sold more than twenty four million bottles nationwide.
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