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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1927
Page
4
A September 5 1927 excerpt presents a melancholy meditation on memory and loss. The speaker recalls friends departed and a love that has faded, reflecting on time wasted and the ache of vanished joys in a somber tone.
A Brooklyn bombing prompts commentary on Sacco-Vanzetti echoes and court loopholes. The piece critiques U S policing, calls for stricter immigrant screening, and urges Congress to address flood relief and immigration across party lines.
A High Point mother and her young son remain hospitalized after a midnight crash on Highway 70 near Asheboro. The mother is not expected to survive, and her son suffers injuries likely to affect him for life. A Black man is jailed in Asheboro charged with parking on a highway at night without lights, tied to the investigation. The piece laments danger from unlit parked cars and recalls past policy targeting late night petting parties.
The text stresses the danger of parking along a highway at night with lights out and urges courts to emphasize the law when someone is convicted. It notes improvements but calls for further enhancements to enforcement and public awareness.
The president will end his summer leave and return to Washington with a mix of advice from varied sources. He has heard many voices on the farm problem including a large delegation from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers urging scientific production and opposing price fixing. Congress may revive the McNary Haugen bill or seek an alternative.
A historical editorial cites 137,017 U S traffic deaths and 3 5 million injuries from 1919 to 1926 to argue driving is a privilege not a right. It criticizes lenient laws and urges licenses be limited to physically fit drivers and revoked for those who disregard others.
The text notes rising lettuce and grape consumption and a surge in ice cream use from 1900 to 1926. It cites 1400 cold storage warehouses with 685 million cubic feet capacity handling 1 million carloads of refrigerator freight. Per capita ice use doubled from 1917 to 1926, reaching 1040 pounds, signaling a national move from heavy starches to fruits vegetables and dairy driven by a shift to mental labor.
Washington discussions among prohibition officials and the Royal Canadian Customs Commission reveal that American liquor imports into Canada and Canada’s liquor into the United States reflect a grim paradox. Canadian officials condemn toxic industrial alcohol from the United States as deadly, urging tighter control and safer practices.
The piece notes a German method to produce gasoline by coal reduction, funded by American capitalists. It suggests that once oil supplies dwindle in about fifty years, the new process could supply gasoline to the United States.
A Parisian suggests dropping five days from the year and renaming them to create months of 30 days. The plan would leave 12 full 30 day months and requires a memorable rhyme to cue readers when the five days occur.
The Asheville Times assesses recent five trans Atlantic attempts, noting four failed flights and unknown fate of Captain Hamilton and two crew, plus the Dole Hawaii race missing seven. It honors Lindbergh but urges caution to avoid wasting lives in risky cross ocean ventures. It calls for balancing moral daring with prudent limits on aviation exploration.
Railway shipments of 16 principal perishable fruits and vegetables averaged 848,099 car loads annually from 1924 to 1926, up 77 percent in ten years. The period shows a 440 percent increase in...
Governor McLean backed the last General Assembly in enacting county government reform measures. Only 35 of 100 counties have begun using the new acts, officials say, amid disheartenment among state leaders and the public. The piece argues reforms curb mismanagement and graft seen in cases like Wilkes, urging faster adoption.
Tobacco growers in North Carolina show an eight percent rise to 421,732,000 pounds in production with prices improving from 18.7 to 26.2 per cwt. Eastern markets like Wilson and Greenville report strong warehouse totals while Raleigh era history lingers over the sale day.
Marcus Loew invested in Union Square amusements and quick profits. He expanded to Cincinnati and New York, turning stores into small movie theaters and adding vaudeville acts. After revamping Brooklyn’s Cozy Corner, he shifted from burlesque to pictures and vaudeville at 10 cents a seat, then grew into large theaters.
Lexington September 5 The Welborn Mills Inc recently organized has let a contract for a hosiery plant with a daily output of 100 pairs of men and boys novelty hose. The building will be 50 by 60 feet with ten knitting machines to begin.
Ninety three Gaston county farmers and business men toured the Coker seed farm at Hartsville South Carolina. The inspection was organized by county agent L B Altman to promote use of pure bred seed in Gaston county. Dr Coker owner guided the farms and explained farming methods and practices.
Fashion note says the up front skirt sway has shifted to the back with hems and hemlines now dipping at the rear of the newest evening gowns.
The article highlights luxurious velvets metal brocades and soft lames in new gowns suggesting romantic evenings and glamorous attire for formal events.
Paris evening gowns, afternoon frocks and capes repeat emphasis on fringe, laces and gold embroidery for trimmings.
A close fitting hat in golden brown shows a rippling brim cut out at the front. Faces of gold hold the edges, detailing a refined millinery design from the hatter's shop.
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