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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1920
Page
4
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The fragmentary piece riffs on fate and a genie in a jar as figures of existence and death. It mentions a fisherman sealing breath, a body with cork called Death, and questions whether the genie can escape. It also references men named Mexicans, George White, Will Hays, and a Kansas City man breaking his leg making tea.
A brief note reports Black Jack Pershing buying a Long Island home and whispers of romance, while Alyss quips that circulating money equals 51.06 dollars per person, joking about hat affordability.
Alder Hewitt of Salt Lake City cranked out 2600 ems on the linotype in six hours and 35 minutes to topple the Etaoin Shrdlu mark, earning a new speed record.
A column notes Miss Alyss discusses men mistaking her for a child by wearing very short skirts. It also reports a man dying after drinking five or six bottles of soda at Lexington, with the white mule drink deemed unrelated to the death.
Carl Wanderer ex army lieutenant who killed his wife their unborn child and an unidentified man was sentenced to 25 years by a Cook County jury. The note criticizes mercy shown to Wanderer and references political and agricultural remarks made in the same era.
France signals readiness for renewed conflict by retaining conscription and preparing a service law. All physically fit French men at 20 would join for 18 months or two years, with duration still undecided. The piece argues world powers must act now to enforce peace and prevent momentum toward war.
A New York survey by Socialist Aldermen exposes 10 000 potential tenants housed in idle mansions on Fifth Avenue Park Avenue and Riverside Drive amid a housing shortage. Health officials put improperly housed residents at 400 000 while hundreds of large Manhattan homes sit vacant. The piece questions private property use versus abuse and the political tactic of housing scarcity.
The piece notes the U S Supreme Court as a leading recess taker. It details the 1920 plan with a summer break to October followed by fall and winter recesses. It mentions reconvening on November 8 and upcoming Thanksgiving and Christmas periods.
Farmers faced financing gaps as wheat was threshed on American farms. Bankers said they did not have the money and would not lend to wheat growers of the region.
A satirical piece mocks coal shortages in the town, joking that even aviators and prominent citizens face high prices. It lampoons coal dealers guarding stock, compares coal to precious goods, and envisions households storing coal as fortune.
The text reports United States loan support to Cuba amid a near harvest for Cuban sugar. Bank decisions to extend aid suggest favorable influence, with refiners raising refined sugar to 12 cents and reentering the market. A period of price stabilization is anticipated while U S wheat remains unsupported.
A Mexican government bond surge and higher prices for railway and industrial issues signal renewed confidence. The piece notes money flows into Mexico as markets price in peace and stability, contrasting with caution during turmoil. A reflective line on money as a perceptive observer of favorable conditions.
George Dudley aged 50, a confessed pickpocket, was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary or an equal term on the county public works in general sessions court by Judge J W DeVore. He was charged with picking a fellow passenger’s pocket on a street car here a few weeks ago. The judge questioned his claim of being a family man.
SHREVEPORT La Oct 30 The federal grand jury report to Judge G W Jackk notes concentrated lye and sulphuric acid used in moonshine liquor production and records the death of one man from drinking the liquor.
In a gothic parlor at Nottadam on Worcester a masked murder mystery unfolds. Lord Cuthbert fires a revolver as lights fail. Lady Clarice screams and a silent corpse eludes sight. Scotland Yard’s Weary Wilkins pieces together clues from a pepper-sauce bottle to reveal the truth.
Wilkins exposes Baron Frothingmouth who loves Lady Clarice yet cannot marry her due to her husband. The baron schemes to kill Lord Cuthbert by swapping revolvers and uses a lights-out ruse. The plan collapses as the fake friend fires in the air and vanishes, leaving characters to face frontier justice and a New Year’s farewell.
Savannah reports Joe Jackson and Claude Williams, erstwhile White Sox stars, announce they will not travel to Chicago to answer indictments issued yesterday unless they are formally sent for.
Reports say last night in Templemore violence wrecked numerous shops. The incident follows other disturbances, with details unclear but the action noted as a public record. Separately, Guilford County files show a divorce case where the plaintiff seeks absolution on adultery grounds.
In this 1880s probate style record from Toledo Ohio, Frank J. Cheney of F J Cheney & Co swears a firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary A V Gleason witnesses sworn statements dated December.
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