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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1921
Page
4
A collage of aphorisms and humorous quips on war, politics, and daily life. Notable lines reference Lenine recognition, divorce fashion, a two year old Hindi child’s vocabulary, and calls for disarmament among the people.
Washington observers urge delegates to blend sentiment and intellect at the arms limits talks. They caution against letting human tendencies override rational aims, arguing that disarmament hinges on both courage and compassion.
Richard Ulram of New York promotes a Perpetual Motion Power company offering stock as a perpetual motion patent case draws skepticism from patent officials who note the impossibility of motion without external aid. The piece recalls historic follies and sketches a Birmingham wedding where an airplane-turned-church ceremony unfolds with a reporter minister officiating after the groom arrives late.
The Enterprise records complaints about drivers using high powered searchlights at night to blind oncoming motorists on Greensboro road. This cruel practice endangers serious or fatal accidents and violates traffic etiquette and safety.
War veterans and other unemployed men are sold at auction in Boston to the highest bid for their services. One veteran is bid at 2 dollars a week plus board yet accepts it. The auctioneer Mr Zero uses shame to critique American ingratitude toward returning soldiers. The note recalls Beecher selling a slave girl before the Civil War and suggests a few like Mr Zero could influence 1921 joblessness.
New York reports Dr. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler argues able-bodied blind individuals can earn their own living through electrical work. As president of Crocker Wheeler, he demonstrates that sightless persons need not be a charge on their communities and can contribute to the electrical industry.
The article describes sightless workers at a plant successfully making dynamos and motors. They carry out over 20 operations and prove they can earn living, attracting wide interest as plans grow to extend the activities of the Double Duty Finger Guild, a union of blind electrical workers.
Alphonse Gomez Mena a wealthy Havana banker has leased a winter residence in New York City for a several months retreat. The move follows weariness at constant contact with nearby Americans and aims to provide a quieter climate and social distance.
The piece notes ongoing growth in costly housing with new apartment blocks planned along Fifth Avenue and 73rd Street. One project values at 750000 dollars in construction beside a finished building offering a whole floor for 30000 dollars yearly. The tone underscores rising rents amid prosperity.
The city sees a surge of prohibition officers while the Ku Klux Klan begins advertising for members. The atmosphere is described as increasingly tense for ordinary residents and those with innocent intentions.
Japanese publicists urge revisiting earlier imperial acts tied to the Pacific as the Washington conference looms. They argue for international control of the Panama Canal and for compensation to nonwhite regions while warning Japan could be pressed to evacuate South Manchuria and Korea.
The Shoffner Pierson Electric company will open a new storefront at 118 South Main Street this Saturday. The Greensboro based firm operates stores in Greensboro and Concord and will feature electrical contracting plus lighting fixtures. KK Shipwash of High Point will lead contracting and G G Chapman will manage the store and office.
Lincoln city officials ruled that pitching horseshoes on Sunday does not violate Sunday observance laws which ban quoits. The discussion revealed some officials confused quoits with horseshoes while City Commissioner John Wright boasted of his prowess as a top horseshoe pitcher.
Singing insects are among Japan's natural curiosities and Spanish peasants use cork bark to light homes at night.
Raleigh September 14 United States internal revenue collector J W Bailey warns North Carolina farmers face ruin if Texas cotton returns to normal. He notes current 20 cent prices and tobacco gains ease the crisis for now, but a future drop could trigger disaster. He cites half a million bales on hand and a potential ninety million dollar value at nine dollars per bale, with relief for merchants and banks but renewed hardship if markets fall.
The Elks band will present its regular weekly concert Friday at 7 30 PM. The program aims to please all music lovers and the band thanks supporters of the concert fund asking for further contributions to finance the organization.
Tokyo reports Viscount Takahashi finance minister supports a profit sharing plan for joint stock firms, dividing profits equally among management shareholders and workers. He blames foreign ideas for labor capital strains and urges managers to consider workers and reduce production costs.
High Point shippers plan to attend a September 19 conference in Washington, called by the Interstate Commerce Commission, to seek removal of discriminatory rail rates between East and North Carolina and Virginia cities. The session follows a North Carolina Corporation Commission finding rate discrimination in favor of Virginia cities and the railroads’ method of applying uniform percentage across freight classes.
Atlantic City faces gouging in boardwalk lobster prices and profiteering concerns. Philadelphia advertising expert Karl Bloomingdale told the Atlantic City Advertising Club that cover charges and inflated drink prices drive visitors away and harm the resort's reputation nationwide.
A report notes that about two thirds of the funds allocated for building a modern battleship are spent on the ship’s machinery. The emphasis is on the heavy cost of engines boilers and related equipment.
Rochester announces a fall program to provide half a pint of milk to every pupil who is under standard weight and height. Milk will be sold at cost in most cases, with subsidized supply from a community chest fund for those unable to pay.
A severe blizzard sweeps the Orange Free State Natal Cape Colony and Transvaal with rail telegraph and telephone cutoffs. In parts of the Transvaal snowfall lasts fifteen hours, an unprecedented event. A 3700-pound bull was shown at a Sydney cattle event.
Educators at the University of Pennsylvania report that the words recommend and alleged are hardest to spell after studying 1.4 million spellings in 84 cities. The piece also notes that in China certain offenses carry death by stabbing as punishment.
R D Bodenhammer administrator of Clemmons Bodenhammer deceased Guilford County North Carolina invites claims from creditors and requires exhibit by August 19 1922 or the claim will be barred. Creditors must also settle debts immediately. Notice dated August 18 1921.
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