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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1919
Page
2
In this installment, the narrator plots to access a locked trunk by gum impression, contemplates Everett’s keys, and plans a New York trip. Everett unexpectedly cancels, leaving the narrator distraught as the chapter ends with “To Be Continued.”
Broadway Theatre presents D. W. Griffiths Hearts of the World featuring places visited by President Wilson in Europe and battlefields of France. The program, with scenes from Ham and London, runs twice daily September 17 and 18 with dialogue noting Lloyd George praise and a traveling orchestra. Seats are at Matton Drug Store.
CHICAGO Sept. 8 The National Retail Jewelers association ended the long standing practice of engraving wedding rings watches and other jewelry for free due to rising engraver wages and a shortage of skilled help.
Ronald Lindsay of the British Embassy answers Montgomery Advertiser questions about Egyptian troops in the war. He explains Egyptians served under the Egyptian flag, with no Egyptian soldiers joining the British colors, except a 1915 Suez defense battery with two killed and six wounded. Labor and transport corps included 80 000 to 90 000 enlistments, with about 150 casualties overall.
A Washington court filing reports Bernard Cramewaite seeks a divorce from his wife who urged him to marry someone he loves and to leave the country. He seeks custody of their four minor children claiming the mother is unfit.
San Francisco detectives charged Henry KFeldt, an ex convict released from custody days earlier, with burglary in Rabbi Martin A. Meyer’s home at 3198 Jackson Street. On August 2 burglars broke in, stealing articles valued at $1000. many items were later recovered from pawn shops.
In Wanse Wales on September 8 a new prosperity tale emerges with miners and steel workers earning far more than prewar levels. Colliers reach about 40 dollars weekly, steel workers 90, dock coal trimmers clear 100, and cargo foremen up to 150 a week, marking a dramatic shift from old poverty in South Wales.
At Para Port in Brazil on September 8 twelve steamers crowd the docks, with four British and seven Brazilian ships against a single American. The lone American vessel is the disabled Shipping Board steamer Topocaxi, provoking questions about American pace in postwar shipbuilding and trade.
Lexington report on "Uncle Johnny" Shell believed the world's oldest man turning 121 sought a life insurance policy. The agent found rates only cover up to 105 years and searches to insure the centenarian. A Japan fashion note states women's styles unchanged for two thousand five hundred years.
In Modesto California on September 8 the Loud family clash plays out in the Superior Court with A C Loud, a local meat dealer, filing a replevin suit amid ongoing family quarrels. The case centers on disputed goods and property, highlighting intra family strife spilling into the courtroom.
Description of a unique breed of black oxen historically kept for the exclusive service of the Japanese imperial family. The animals drew funeral ears for centuries, marking a distinctive ceremonial role tied to the monarchy.
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