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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1921
Page
4
A mosaic of quirky lines and sensational notes including a “Burglar Swallows Jewels” tease, jokes on weddings and housekeeping, a missing stenographer with $10,000, and musings on wars and politics. The items mix humor, crime mentions, and world events in a single page fragment.
A large Douglas fir in British Columbia was felled after 420 years of growth. The article notes the tree’s age, connects it to historic timelines, and juxtaposes fragile human effort with monumental natural forces. It also cites mining dangers in Nevada and a futuristic idea of harnessing Earth heat. It ends with a question about a newborn boy.
The sermon on What Makes an Educated Man argues education builds self control and courage. It praises Christian training shaping ambition and passions citing Jesus Alexander the Great Aristotle and Plato to stress preparation before active service.
High Point reports record school attendance signaling population growth and rising educational interest. Demand for new facilities grows including a new negro school building nearing completion. The Methodist Protestant church college plans ground plotting this fall with funds secured for spring construction of main buildings.
At the American Chemical Society annual gathering in New York, scientists announced a process to extract nitrogen from air enabling cheaper fertilizers dyes and explosives and reducing reliance on Chilean nitrate. They foresee progress toward synthetic rubber and even self-sufficient coffee and tea production.
New York City harvests broom corn and vegetables in Union Square where a small patch of earth near the Fourteenth Street subway stations showcases urban gardening. The garden inspires Manhattanites to consider cultivating crops and serves as a notable example of urban agriculture.
The passage notes the oldest city cemetery located in New Bowery between James and Oliver streets. It was the first Jewish cemetery in the United States, consecrated in 1656. It lay outside early New York and was fortified during the Revolutionary War as a city defense.
Mme Josephine Jacoby, famed Metropolitan contralto, adopts a motherless kitten named Josie at a drug store on Fifty second Street. The prima donna visits almost every evening to feed the kitten with a medicine dropper after its mother died five weeks ago.
Readers meet Mlle Gade 22, a Danish swimmer and instructor at the Central Branch, praised as a leading woman champion across Ohio and around Manhattan. She swam 808 yards in 15 minutes to set a new world distance mark, attributing her rapid rise to breathing technique and steady practice.
New York area police in Orange County New Jersey protested depictions of officers in films. The annual meeting condemned how “cops” are portrayed and sought representation on the state censorship board to remove misrepresented police from pictures.
In Waynesboro Pennsylvania weatherwise observers note an early southward bird migration. Since Monday nightly bird chirps have been heard as flocks head southward. It is believed the varied notes indicate many species migrating together signaling cooler weather and an early autumn.
Nashville dispatch reports Southern Baptists urged by the conservation commission to cut luxuries this fall and wear patched clothes or old shoes to meet pledges for the $75,000,000 campaign, challenging southern Baptists to personal sacrifices for denominational interests.
Southern Railway development service and the Mobile and Ohio railroad push sour cream dairying to help Southern farmers diversify beyond a single crop, improve soil, and feed skim milk to poultry and hogs. Cremeries already operate in several spots, including Ashburn Georgia set to open October 1, with plans to expand milk cow herds and create Southern butter markets.
John H. Sumrell fatally injured in an automobile crash near Fitzgerald Georgia when avoiding a dog caused his car to overturn. A resident of Atlanta he was en route to visit his wife and two children and was the son of the late Rev Samuel W Sumrell, well known in the area.
EDMONSTON Ala Sept LI Indians in the near north face extinction unless safeguards against contagious diseases are taken health inspector Dr W W Well says Overcrowding in tepee rooms used by multiple families should be stopped He attacks the government ration issue noting many Indians use rations as gambling stakes for prunes and raisins to brew hooch
In Elkins West Virginia a pickpocket, Arnold White of Job, was relieved of 80 dollars and a 409 dollar gold watch at Roe Dove's annex. The thief climbed to the second story window with a ladder, using a long bean pole with nails to reach White's trousers pockets after he went to bed.
Measurements suggest Africa’s coast, if uncurled into a straight line, would encircle the globe. The finding highlights Africa’s extensive shoreline features and diverse geography as a counterpoint to a curved map representation.
In Guilford County North Carolina the Superior Court appoints a receiver to sell partnership property of plaintiff J Kivett and defendant W W Jones including groceries fixtures book accounts auto track at 108 East Washington Street High Point on Monday September 26 1921 at 12 noon for cash. The sale is by order of Judge James L Webb dated September 5 1921.
The survey shows an asphalt road fronting the property beside a national highway near a good school and church, located one mile from Trinity station. Executor R. A. Jordan notes the will’s dates Aug 15 16 17 1S Sept 9 10 12.
By order of Judge James L. Webb a sale will occur at 113 W N Niein St High Point NC on September 13 1921 at 11 00 am to settle the stock fixtures and lease of the Liberty Candy Kitchen also Louis Ganelos and Christ Polezos announce dissolution of Louis Ganelos Royal Cafe partnership with Louis to assume debts prior to August 31 1921 and Polezos not responsible for post dissolution obligations as of September 1 1921.
Notice of dissolution of the partnership between Christ Polezos and Louis Ganelos. The notice states that Christ Polezos and Louis Ganelos are ending their business partnership and pending actions or legal steps may follow as required by law. The document records the dissolution date and parties involved.
A 666 remedy is promoted to relieve constipation biliousness and loss of appetite caused by torpid liver. The claim describes rapid action on digestive and headache symptoms.
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