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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1921
Page
5
A jumble of opinions and snippets covers costs in court, disarmament talk, criminal and medical debates, and a notice regarding an August 24 editorial. It references a New York marriage, Ku Klux concerns, measles outbreaks, and a dispute over a pneumonia and surgery article in The Enterprise.
The High Point baseball club and manager Bill Pierre earn praise for a disciplined season. Players shown as high-quality representatives of the city, with sportsmanship praised amid a strong second-half push for the Piedmont league title.
The Citizen voices support for a city school nurse and health education in schools. The piece argues that teaching children about nutrition ventilation and disease prevention raises overall health awareness and leads to a healthier citizenship, noting past gains against typhoid and flies and urging ongoing public education and action. City Physician High Point Sept. 8.
In High Point on September 8, the Elks Band led by Doec Tosh impresses Bud with precise timing and lively instrument work. The piece lauds the cornets clarion call saxophones trombone and drums as the ensemble fuels a strong crowd response at eleven chime.
In 1921 Americans smoke 81 346 000 000 cigarettes, about 513 per person yearly, roughly a package every two weeks. Cigar smoking declines while cigarette use grows, raising concerns about widespread addiction among men and women and the burden on anti cigarette groups.
The body of Frederick Walbraith national commander of the American Legion at the time of his accidental death in Indianapolis in June will not be interred at Arlington National Cemetery. Burial will take place at Spring Grove Cemetery Cincinnati where the body was placed in a temporary vault after the largest military funeral in America since the Civil War.
Birmingham sources report a city election could be delayed at the request of a local American Legion post to allow war veterans to vote. Veterans claim they were disqualified when a poll tax exemption was struck down, affecting about thirty thousand state veterans.
Armand T. Gaudreau, a University of Maine alumnus, went to the American region employment bureau in Boston seeking any employment. Previously Gaudreau, in cap and gown, was seen in the banking district selling newspapers to earn money.
The German widow of an American soldier with five battle clasps is being aided by an American widow in New York raising 250 dollars. The veteran met his bride during the occupation and died recently leaving her penniless after illness.
Josephus Daniels former secretary of the navy and Charles R Forbes national director of the bureau of war risk insurance addressed the state convention of the American region of North Carolina on a shared platform in Chicago plans call for the Grand Pacific hotel to be taken over by the American legion for homeless and jobless servicemen with accommodations for 1000 men
In October the president will tour Birmingham Alabama with an honor guard of 1000 members from 80 state organizations. The event includes contingents arriving from various locations, with representatives seen in Paris.
New York reports Mrs. Fannie Zimet of Yonkers arrested for tossing dust from a handbag into three men’s faces. She claimed the men were handsome and her dislike of attractive men influenced the incident. The judge ordered mental examination. The case ended in a draw as a robber escaped with one leg, while the rightful owner kept the other. A real detail notes a leg with $50 in a pocket was taken.
The open-air stadium in New York, used for weekly symphony performances with crowds averaging over 7,000, will be enlarged and beautified for next season. Plans call for 2,000 chairs and fewer crowded grounds. Arthur Judson, the manager, promises bolder, better programs and enduring appeal of serious music.
A note reports a green love-bird escaped from 323 East Eighty Eighth Street. The owner pleads for its return as the mate cannot live without it.
Travelers report Spain's fashion and dance adopting American styles as flappers and jazz steps influence senoritas. They note shorter straighter skirts and choppy bobbed hair replacing traditional long curls, with the fandango fading amid New York dance trends.
Mr Belasco plans three of his top stars to be in town at once this season an unusual move Frances Starr in Kiki Le nore Ulric in The Easiest Way and David Warfield in The Return of Peter Grimm will headline revived productions in a shared season setting.
A Memphis couple faces a divorce amid spiritualist guidance from spirits named Red Feather and Little Flower. The husband obeys spirit orders about chores, tensions rise, and Judge Waseervogel is asked to hear the separation suit while unrelated burglary details intrude.
Sydney reports letters from mariners describe palaces built in the sixteenth century on Banda Neira, Banda Sea islands. They offer rent at 2 pounds 10 shillings a month about 10 dollars, funded by historic spice plantations. An English novelist touring Australia seeks a forgotten romance island.
In Woodbury New Jersey residents report a hard winter as squirrels gather large quantities of nuts and bury them deeply This old timer sign suggests a cold extended season into March with many nuts hidden in wooded sections by numerous squirrels.
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on September 8 local weather prophets forecast an early fall based on unusually bare leaves. They warn that northeastern Pennsylvania may not see a mild winter according to their prognostications.
Cape May residents note large migrations of meadow birds southward in recent nights. Veteran gunners say the bird cries signify an early fall arrival for the shore, drawing interest from visitors new to the area.
A three week series of prayer meetings held in members homes near Southside Baptist church has aided the congregation. Rev J F Fletcher reports forty to fifty have professed Christianity and thirteen joined last night. Otto F Barnes leads meetings, with some services also at Highland Cotton mill.
Samuel B Hassen, 36, president of the Baltimore branch of the Cigar Makers' Union and a labor movement pioneer, died at a city hospital after being struck by a car while attempting to cross a street in a heavy rainstorm.
Nancy R. Lay, former St Marys School graduate and Greenville music teacher, announces a piano class opening Thursday September 15 1921. Pupils register for lessons at the Ep Parish house on Fridays Saturdays and Mondays from 12 30 p m with morning sessions at the High School.
Shanghai officials report a surge in piracy on waterways near Shanghai with reports of junks stopped near Wenchow and a captive held for ransom. The Shanghai Lumber Merchants Guild urged warship patrols and gunboats to Dien Sun Ho Sunkiang Jaho and Whangpoo districts to secure the area.
The World Press Congress convicts sessions October 11 to 25 in Honolulu with representatives from many nations. Each country will present an address titled The Rise of Journalism in its homeland. James Schermerhorn of the Detroit Times is chosen to speak on The Rise of Journalism in the United States.
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