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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1921
Page
5
In Cork the deck workers hold firm, keeping the town bottled up as Labor Day passes without any straw hat bonfire. The coy reference to West Virginia recruiting and a humorous note on Plymouth Rock tied to fried chicken underscore local mood and satire in the piece.
Citizens protest a tax on entertainment claiming the levy unfairly targets certain shows. Proponents argue the tax funds public services, while critics call for exemptions or repeal. Local officials schedule a hearing to discuss possible changes.
A collage of phrases referencing wealth oil labor and weather with mentions of Shackleton bootleggers and Ford. Notes on New York Labor Day parade shortages and war era topics imply a reflective snapshot of public mood and economic signals of the era.
The article notes Zbyszcho, over 45, as the world wrestling champion while contrasting a 44 year old newsboy who ran 160 miles from Albany to New York in 28 hours, posing a question about youth being served.
Despite a nationwide unemployment wave the prohibition office cannot recruit men for city agent posts on the Mexican and Canadian borders. Bootlegger danger is cited as a deterrent. Meanwhile Greek hot dog vendor Michael Augustus earned 32,500 dollars in four years by selling five cent sandwiches in Beth Ishem, Pennsylvania.
A report from the First Pan Pacific Educational congress in Honolulu urges governments scientists and educators to fund scientific research into war its causes and prevention. It calls war a mental and spiritual disease and proposes tackling it like tuberculosis or typhoid with first research then education to inoculate minds against war and promote peacetime health.
A readers column critiques clock watching in government offices in Washington. It argues the civil service system encourages prompt departures and promotes inefficiency, calling for empowerments to remove underperforming staff and prevent patronage in hiring.
High Point prepares to welcome a large group of teachers for the fall term. The school board selects highly qualified young men and women and stresses discipline and cooperation with parents. Homes for teachers from distant points are sought to ease transition.
French economist Achille Viallate argues nations must cut living standards to repay war debts. He likens national debt to a mortgage and claims self denial is required, but others say increasing earning power through higher production can pay it off.
Judge Henry Neil urges President Harding to expand mothers pensions to families with more than eight children. He notes forty states already grant such pensions when the father is dead or incapacitated and cites Illinois as the pioneer.
The James J. Hines committee parade featured a large black hearse with a casket said to hold Charles F. Murphy's political remains. James J. Hines sent a note inviting Murphy to watch from the sidelines as women supporters led the way near the hearse to avoid embarrassing male city workers.
An exhibition at Cooper Union Institute presents Bertha Berres reproducing silk costumes worn by historic figures dated to 2640 B C through 300 A D. The Beaux Arts Bar will feature these outfits, stirring jokes about ancient fashion and public curiosity.
William Owen Gibson received a fifteen year parole term from Judge Rosalsky after pleading guilty to grand larceny. He must report regularly to the judge and has made partial restitution with promises to repay the remaining balance.
The season’s latest exposition features Daddy Goes a Hunting a tale of a commercial artist who travels to Paris, returns altered, seeks freedom, grants it to his wife who seeks a lover, and a failed reunion. Realism and conviction mark the production.
A reader reviews an August editorial arguing pneumonia itself cannot be cured by surgery. The letter clarifies empyema is the operable condition and rib resection is a long established treatment, noting pneumonia rarely improves from the procedure. It cites medical authorities and war-era experience to temper expectations.
In High Point on September 6, Stanton and Taylor note that for empyema the authors cannot confirm the first performance, but recommend the approach found in Bell's System of Surgery first published in Edinburgh in 178.
Sept. 7 report from Turkish Nationalist Army describes soldiers in interior colors, disciplined and loyal to officers. General Ismet Pasha says outsiders may misjudge by looks, while soldiers endure scarce food and gear with resolve. The phrase Inshallah and Mashallah reflect cultural outlook.
Soissons hosts Princeton Architectural School unit directed by Rolf W. Bauhan. Since July 1 the team has drafted plans for four new schools town halls churches along the Aisne near Berry au Bac Hill 108 and Neufchatel and Everynicourt. Members include Leyster Snyder Powell Baker Cudlipp Car me lin Stillwell and others from New York New Jersey and Virginia.
A collage of general knowledge items covers August battles rare gems a pink Mississippi pearl valued at 15000 and long lived swans. It notes whaling records 445 catches coal fueled vessels and Indian food water salinity oyster needs and other trivia spanning geology biology industry and history.
A South Atlantic resort, Ascension Island, hosts sea turtles laying eggs. In 1921 the United States produced .61 percent of global oil in the first half of the year.
An English farmer produced 596 pounds of potatoes in a year starting from eight seed tubers highlighting efficient yield. The report notes the surprising return from a small seed stock demonstrating notable productivity.
High Point seeks a second solicitor candidate after John C. Bower's resignation. T W Albertson announced his bid amid endorsement for J Allen Austin by the High Point Democratic executive committee. Albertson said he would run if voter support appears likely and noted Lexington’s O C Cox and Spruil as other possible contenders.
Notice is given by Greensboro National Bank of sale by public auction for cash of motor vehicles including one Stuart truck two six cylinder Studebaker autos four four cylinder Studebaker autos one Oldsmobile touring car one Oakland touring car and one National automobile at 2 30 pm September 12 1921 at the Sheraton Garage High Point N C. The sale is conducted under chattel mortgages and conditional sale contracts recorded in Guilford County.
Word arrives that Pope Benedict XV sent 40 pounds through Cardinal Gasparri to the Roman Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He directed a letter condemning cruel trapping and urged parish priests to warn boys against robbing bird nests and snaring birds. The gesture aims to inspire global charity for animal welfare.
In Saint Maurice France on September 7 Francois Beaujon aged 60 after a bitter quarrel with his wife set his house ablaze with 10 980 francs in bank notes as fuel and then hanged himself in his barn leaving his widow penniless and homeless.
The private swimming pool once used by the emperor in Schonbrunn Park near the summer palace has been opened to the public. The bath is 82 yards long and features white marble and mirrored surroundings in Vienna.
I, F. W. Hodges, sold my interest in the West End Motor Co. to Lawrence Smith and hereby give public notice of the dissolution of my involvement with the company. The transfer completes my personal stake and authorizes Smith to continue operations.
The defendant Ed mond Powell is named in a Guilford County Superior Court divorce action filed by the plaintiff. He must appear before the clerk in Greensboro on September 20, 1921, to answer or demur to the complaint, or the plaintiff will seek relief. Dated August 30, 1921. M. W. GANT, C. S. C.
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