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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1921
Page
4
A lyric meditation on enduring companionship through summer places and shorelines. The speaker doubts parting but stays hopeful, imagining the hat as a symbol of shared past summers and the gaze of onlookers branding it a “hammer.”
A collection of quips about daily life and media fuel points from humor and current events. Mentions include a mirror in a shop window, quick marriages and divorces, surgeons’ steady business, and Rockefeller Jr building schools in China. It notes Armistice Day remembrances and unidentified American soldiers buried in France.
Veliva Voliva, leader of Zion City NL, proclaims the earth is flat and rejects the globe. He argues water would not stay on a round planet and cites Noah’s flood to support his view. He challenges Columbus and scientists to disprove his theory in thirty minutes.
The school board plans to hire more teachers to reduce overflow and improve conditions. Superintendent Marr reports 72.2 percent of white children are enrolled while about 25 percent remain out of school. negro enrollment is 221 of 1,001 census figures, prompting calls to boost attendance across communities.
Rev Jim Sireen evangelist leads large High Point revival at Green and Willowbrook in a big tent. Attendance grows with each meeting and weather does not deter worshippers. Sireen impresses with heartfelt sermons and plain truth as many seek prayers and deeper faith.
A columnist notes that Japanese newspapers favor imitating armies less than naval power at the Washington conference. Japan and France reportedly would keep peacetime conscription while Japan might build battleships quickly in an emergency. Battleships would struggle to quell revolutions at home.
In Chicago, Mrs. Richard Kaufman has her husband arrested for breaking a repeated promise to wash dishes each night. The court finds the promise binding, sending Richard back to the dishpan with a $50 bond. The piece ends with a reflective prompt about promises before marriage.
A garbled発 text quotes Camille Flamarion and Lord Raleigh praising Earth's vitality and future space travel ideas. An Italian professor promises a breakthrough to escape gravity and reach the stars, prompting questions about Mars versus a deeper study of Earth as life’s cradle.
The report mentions a fire at Cone Park sparked by a home run but questions linger suggesting a Lucky Strike may be involved. Readers are urged to await forthcoming details as events unfold.
Report from New York details a cottage keeper in Bridgehampton who replaced a weekly colt with a loyal helper. A note pinned to the dresser says I’d sooner Southampton than Bridge, hinting at a secret departure. Also mentions new national education camps and trades taught at Camp Sherman.
Lorence Hauman was turned back from Ellis Island after his September immigrant quota was filled. His parents and brothers had traveled to meet him, but he could not land and was ordered deported on the next steamer. Family farewell aboard was forbidden by law.
Mary Cunningham a longtime water factory worker in Elgin Illinois left about 6000 to the YWCA in her will after dying at age sixty. The reclusive donor saved most of her wages while living at the dormitory and gave to the cause she valued for its aid to girls in the factory.
American Legion legislative committee told Col. C. Forbes the new veterans bureau that education for disabled veterans in abandoned armaments sites might be practical but the region will not commit yet. The committee wants to see how universities will be organized before pledging support.
The poem by Estes Brand blends disjointed images of bright sun and heavy rain. It traces odd scenes from a cellar sweep to distant houses, a whitewashed fence, midnight at sea, and a church fire as a preacher laments. The surreal catalog reflects shifting time frames and dreamlike contrasts.
The International anti prohibition office will coordinate wet forces worldwide and may be based in Switzerland after the September 23 24 Lausanne conference. Delegates from numerous nations discuss forming a World’s Student Federation against alcohol and set up cooperation across countries with English French and Italian as official languages.
The Missionary Voice reports the Methodist Episcopal Church South seeks twelve dozen missionaries for China Japan Korea Cuba Mexico Brazil Africa and more. Roles include preachers teachers physicians nurses deaconesses and business leaders with varied regional needs and educational standards.
In 1898 H Harris and his brother started the Pioneer clothiers in High Point, growing into a large up to date store carrying Huppenheimer Society Brand clothes Flor sheim shoes and Stetson hats. David Harris, son of H Harris, is active in business and community service, a UNC alum and former secretary of the Merchants Association. The note also mentions Mr Faulkner, whose eyesight is failing, but who recently celebrated a birthday.
David Faulkner of High Point celebrated his 103rd birthday last Friday at the Guilford county theme where he was recently given a place to live. He is described as a long time resident and community figure.
Crowds fill the store for a Lorain demonstration showing a full meal cooked inside the oven without opening the door. The device claims to set three to six hour cooking, ensuring uniform results and hands free time during the day with meals ready at supper.
Reports claim a treasure connected to a Catholic church in Peru has been discovered on a Tahitian island. The find involves archaeologists and local authorities validating the artifact's origins and noting its cultural significance.
The article notes that the true identity of Robin Hood has never been determined, leaving scholars and readers without a definitive answer.
In Cambridge Massachusetts chemists reportedly transform a unusual material into a delicate silk purse. Across Canada talc deposits are described as abundant. The note recalls the 1840 onset of the postage stamp collecting craze.
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