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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1920
Page
8
Classified rental note offers a neatly furnished room for men at 604 South Main Street with contact 427. Another ad lists a close-in furnished room for rent with phone 7268. An additional line advertises three or four rooms for rent at Fergie with phone 2181, 16-2.
Daily package calls show rising client demand for expedited freight. The report notes steady client activity across carriers with higher volume in express services and sustained load factors at major hubs.
Des Moines reports the American Burlesque association bans bare leg performances in theaters under the American wheel. The order states this applies to principals and chorus, signaling a crackdown on burlesque acts.
New Orleans reports star pitcher Red Henninggeon of the Pelicans has retired from baseball to become a film salesman, saying there is no future in the sport. He cites prospects and pursues a new career path in film.
Walter Royal commissioner announces sale of two parcels in High Point Township Guilford County North Carolina. First lot is Lot No 6 in section 20 of High Point Development Company's plot containing one fourth acre more or less. Second lot measures 150 by 50 feet totaling 7 400 square feet more or less with boundaries along Tate Street P L Payne and J F Barrier and others. Sale subject to court confirmation. October 6 1920.
Berlin motorists report a sharp drop in taxi demand as prices soar and living costs rise after the war. Many drivers stand idle at curbside, with only a few fares earned in days, crowds of droshkies and taxicabs idly lining Unter den Linden as hotels dispatch occasional long trips.
The improvement program at Welch field resumes after a week of inactivity caused by firm soil from no rain. Completion is expected in about two weeks if no additional amendments are needed.
Moscow dispatch reports an imperial style appeal by the soviet government to compel overtime labor under the banner war with loafers. It claims the republic will not tolerate idlers and cites a village that resisted the order where 75 cows were confiscated until tasks are finished.
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