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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1919
Page
4
A collage of city notes and quips touches on hotel roof gardens in Greensboro, freeway repairs on Main Street, shifting gossip in Graham and Creensboro, and rail station moves in Burlington. It critiques journalism, street changes, and public notices with wry humor and small-town perspective.
A community wide appeal emphasizes preparedness and Red Cross relief to protect and save lives. It argues disasters can strike any city and urges giving to the Third Red Cross Roll Call to ensure local protection and rapid aid at one’s own doorstep.
The author criticizes U S Congress for debating Irish independence while Texas secession questions loom, arguing it would provoke outrage in Washington and noting no English legislator would discuss U S affairs in Parliament. Ireland's status is likened to Texas to England, and the piece denounces perceived meddling and calls for focusing on domestic matters.
A collective note on the Cre tan question to the Porte by French Russian Prussian and Italian ministers appears in 1867. Other entries mark Honore Mercier’s Quebec death in 1894, Tsar Nicholas II’s 1905 manifesto, Moisant’s Statue of Liberty flight in 1910, and multiple political or military milestones through 1917.
The reader laments renewed enforcement of prohibition, noting surprise that the nation was not truly dry and suggesting earlier compliance was assumed. The remark hints at broader public sentiment about alcohol legality and enforcement.
Rt Rev John A Richardson Bishop of Fredericton born in Warwick England 51 years ago today. Sir William Mackenzie railroad builder born Kirkfield Ont 70 years ago today. Rt Rev Corthandt Whitehead Episcopal bishop of Pittsburgh born New York 77 years ago today.
A letter urges county commissioners to repair the road to Archdale at the upcoming meeting. It argues neglect shifts road costs onto users through vehicle wear and tear and stresses statewide interest in road upkeep.
Centenary of Wisconsin governor James T. Lewis born during Civil War era observed. Canadians’ Boer War intake began twenty years ago at Quebec. Edward P. Ripley of the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway turns 75. Southern States college and secondary schools association opens its annual convention in New Orleans. North Carolina American Legion branch formation planned at Raleigh convention. Wyoming good roads association to be formed in Cheyenne with statewide representation.
The day marks the seventieth birthday of Sir William Mackenzie a Scotch Canadian who rose from poverty to become a leading railroad builder and magnate in the Dominion. He formed a lifelong partnership with Sir Donald Mann with whom he shared early Ontario roots and westward ventures beginning in Manitoba.
Berlin memorial honors Erich Mueh man who led the Munich uprising and was executed for related crimes. Independents Spartacists and communists held the festival praising him as a poet and fighter while reading from his Diary from Jail. Also notes ancient dice use dating back fifteen centuries before Christ.
Johnson, a Black man, was arrested on Washington Street at 4 am for acting like a crazy man. Once respected, his mind reportedly deteriorated after last week. he told police he represented God and could say all the curses he wished. Authorities plan to send him to the state hospital for the insane at Goldsboro.
Major David Davies, MP, will move at the Brussels league of nations conference to establish Constantinople as the league’s headquarters. He argues the Turkish capital’s strategic position and historical ties make it ideal, while noting ownership should not rest with one nation.
Seattle reports say the government will auction more than 25 000 sealskins from the Pribilof islands near Alaska at the St Louis fur market this winter. Last year skins averaged about 47 each. 22 027 were taken from St Paul Island and 3 354 from St George this year.
A new protective finish for airplane propellers uses a waterproof coating that includes a thin aluminum leaf in the outer layer, enhancing durability against moisture and corrosion. The final polish yields a bright metallic sheen.
The calendar lists the Kentucky Jockey Club fall meeting in Louisville Maryland State Fair Association fall meeting in Laurel international swimming carnival in Honolulu the Western Beagle Club annual show in Bass Lake Indiana boxing card Frank Moran versus George Ashe in 19 rounds in Pittsburgh and Mickey Russell versus Battling Mack in Atlantic City.
Milwaukee hosts the Northern and Hardwood Manufacturers Hemlock producers meeting while Enosville welcomes the Appalachian Logging Congress. Gulfport hosts the Mississippi Parent Teachers Association and Boston and Cincinnati list regional health and Mothers Congress events. Milwaukee also features the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis Association gathering.
Gold seekers depart Nome en route to rumored rich deposits across the Bering Sea in Siberia. Local residents recently acquired the trading schooner Perseverance and are outfitting it for a treasure expedition to the opposite continent from Nome.
Berlin reports a surge at the national emigration bureau as Germans seek to leave for America or other lands. Industrial workers unable to find work here flood the agency, with Arrentine, Brazil, Paraguay and Patagonia named as options. North America is blocked and Mexico is viewed unfavorably due to political conditions.
One year ago today in the war United States troops occupied Ain ereville north of Verdun Turkish force of 7000 on the Ti gris surrendered to the British Austrian delegation applied to Gen. Diaz Italian commander for an armistice
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