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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1921
Page
1
A collection of humorous and editorial snippets touches on diverse topics from Russia and Marconi to divorce, safety, and local city governance. References include General Need, Babe Ruth autos, Einstein, Everest, and a city physician’s pay, duties, and adequacy in High Point.
A city council in High Point backed establishing a city physician to prevent illness and educate residents on hygiene. Advocates argued preventative care reduces disease spread, compares to police and fire services, and would yield long term public wealth and health returns with adequate compensation.
Prohibition enforcement in New York is hampered by liquor smuggling on foreign ships. Federal officers recently stopped a Greek vessel with an estimated liquor value of 50,000 dollars and narcotics worth about 75,000 dollars. Higher ups with financial stakes in the United States are implicated in profits from whiskey and wine, complicating the crackdown.
Chattanooga extends a gracious invitation for the Confederate veterans to hold an initial reunion in the city. The piece notes an past oversight in inviting last spring and emphasizes Chattanooga’s hospitality, recalling prior reunions in 1813 and the city’s loyal efforts to ensure veteran welfare during late October events.
Voice of the Phroplie criticizes the city for paying three health workers, arguing national health pamphlets and school hygiene already teach the public. The letter notes Washington distributes vast health literature free to all and suggests trimming city staff to avoid duplication.
A fragmented note indicates a hygiene lecture given publicly in Snowpark with city physician providing health instruction. The date and full details are unclear but the event occupied the High Point area on or around Sept 10.
A city physician from High Point urges sanitary drinking fountains and individual cups to prevent transmission of syphilis and other diseases. He cites cases from Camp Greene band members and factory workers who contracted infections via shared drinking vessels. The warning emphasizes cleanliness and regular washing to avoid contamination in public drinking facilities.
New York reports a bold crime as four men wearing blue and white polka dot bandanas tied across their faces robbed a craps game at No 40 Allen Street, stealing 10900 in cash and house shoe pins. The bold style drew attention as crime history notes the return of the old time getup.
The alumnae of Vassar college launch a nationwide campaign from 598 Madison Avenue to raise 3 million dollars for faculty salaries. All funds will boost pay, aiming to lift top instructors to 5000 a year and the lowest to 200, reflecting a broad, ambitious effort.
A mysterious man nicknamed Mr. Hous ton avoided discovery and vanished from a Holland American Line voyage. Gifts mailed to Mrs. Touston for the missing passenger were destined for Dutch seamen widows and orphans, but the traveler himself remains unaccounted.
A New York sidecar motorcycle is described as being used to air Pakinese pups. A traffic cop on upper Fifth Avenue mocks the device saying it heats the chickens and reports daily sightings of a man with three small dogs in the sidecar, claiming they are his boss’s pets and get their exercise this way.
Nearly 1 million dollars in rent money sits unused in Bronx Borough Municipal Court awaiting rent dispute settlements. The court is crowded with cases and canes, delaying disposal for many months while funds remain idle.
The Dutchess county fair featured a mule race between Mrs Theodora Roosevelt and Mrs J Gris wold Webb. Mrs Roosevelt claimed the championship of all mule drivers in Tidson River valley winning a coveted prize last year won by Mrs Vincent Astor.
Riga to Paris direct railway communications have been inaugurated for the first time since the war, signaling a revival of travel and commerce between the two cities.
Preparations completed for cradle roll rally at First Baptist Sunday school tomorrow. Program features stories by Mrs. R. E. B. Ranson and brief talks by older Sunday school members. Over 500 High Pointers are enrolled, with efforts to boost regular attendance and new memberships.
First Methodist Protestant on North Main Street led by Rev. George R Brown offers Sunday school at 9 45 am with R H Shaw as superintendent and a morning sermon by the pastor No night service due to union revival The missionary societies meet Monday at 2 30 pm with Mrs J B Spencer on Lindsay Street Other church activities include Sunday school 9 45 Inter mediate 6 46 evening 7 30 and mid week meetings Wednesday 7 30 Y P S Be Friday 7 30 First Reformed Church in Dallas Pastor R Krebs conducts services with morning sermon The New Birth and evening The Marks of True Maturity are on the program.
Green Street Baptist held Sunday school at 9 45 a m led by Superintendent R L Renntrey and morning worship at 11 led by Rev dna WK Tanner The evening worship was canceled as the church cooperates in a Green revival Bible school at 9 45 led by David Cauble Junior and Senior B Y P A met at 6 30 Emmanuel Lutheran under Pastor F Conrad offered morning worship at 11 with sermon Jesus and the Dead Bible school 945 David Cauble Superintendent Vespers 730 with sermon Hypocrisy
Sunday school begins at 9 30 am with W H Davis as superintendent. Morning preaching at 11 am expected to be with Rev Jim Green. No service in the evening due to union meeting on West Green and Willowbrook streets.
St Mary's Episcopal Church offers services at 11 p m and 7 30 p m led by Rev Thomas Trott. Sunday school is at 9 30 a m on Sunday morning.
Wesley Memorial Methodist outlines Sunday activities led by Pastor W A Lambeth with Sunday school at 9 30 a m supervised by BC Harmon. Morning worship at 11 includes special music by Miss Vera Idol and an Anthem The Silent Sea. Evening service canceled for Willowbrook street tent meeting attendance.
Virst Presbyterian church at South Main Street announces Sunday services at 9: a.m. and 7:35 p.m. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Robert Branson is superintendent. In the pastor’s absence Rev Dr BD I Craig of Reidsville will conduct tomorrow’s services.
Tokyo dated dispatch reports Metro Film Co of America suing Nippon Katsudo Shashin Kaisha over alleged unauthorized exhibition of a moving picture. The article notes no international copyright protections exist and foreign film makers complain. Vera Paschal travels to Virginia for a concert on Monday, September 12.
Indianapolis will host the Grand Army of the Republic encampment from September 25 to 29, the fourth time in the city’s history. Past commanders and national officers will address services, with events at the state house, a veterans reception, and sessions through Thursday, ending with a car trip to Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Tahiti’s shores teem with film people as actresses directors and cameramen flock to the isle. Native observers watch civilization’s splendors unfold including fashionably dressed women in American movie bathing wear. Papette police ban such attire along the waterfront in this South Seas island outpost.
Paris on September 10 reports the body of Essad Pasha, former Turkish general and Albanian dictator, remains unclaimed in the municipal mortuary after 14 months. No party shows interest in the coffin, and if unclaimed within eight months, Paris will transfer the remains to a municipal cemetery or Potter's field.
Softa Sept 10 The Bulgarian Government has accepted in principle the proposal of the British river syndicate on the Danube to form an Anglo Bulgarian company to run boats on that river. The move aligns with England policy on the Danube and aims to secure a preponderant position in international river traffic.
London report states six year old Mary Abrahamson died from shock after a cup of hot coffee fell on her head.
London dispatch reports a large run of salmon along the Severn this season, described as more plentiful than in any year since 1887, with notable abundance reported compared with other years.
A tropical storm of Brent violence struck Trinidad Thursday causing two deaths and about 150000 dollars in shipping damage. The storm, moving west by northwest, mainly damaged the harbor area and was described as the worst storm in living memory by local residents.
A tornado struck near West Sioux Falls last night killing two men and destroying many farm buildings. Curtiss Hartford and East Sioux Falls suffered heavy damage while communications were disrupted.
Tahiti colonies will not open pearl tagoons for diving this year due to an excess pearl shell stock with no market. An estimated four to five million francs worth of Paumotu pearl shell from 1920 remains in first hands at Tahiti. Mrs. TL OW. Stoner returns to High Point after visiting Salisbury and staying with sister Mrs. S. P. Vail.
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