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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1919
Page
4
A column comments on price rises in America and the Salvation Army aiding doughboys in France. It reports a December liberal conference in St Louis led by the Forty-Eight Committee urging citizens to reclaim political and economic life and questions involvement of Elizabeth City publisher W O Saunders with potential radical motives.
An early aviation feature describes the Lawson airliner carrying 26 passengers on a nationwide tour to test weather performance. It predicts a future fleet of 100 ships reshaping travel, with dreams of rapid cross country and ocean voyages, tracing progress from Wright brothers to transatlantic flight.
The Civil War veteran born September 29 1829 in East Bloomfield New York reaches his 90th birthday. He joined the Third Michigan in 1861 rising to command, became brigadier general in 1864, later led the Michigan Soldiers Home from 1858 to 1891 and headed state G A R and Loyal Legion roles.
A wartime poem honors fallen servicemen with star of gold imagery and solemn devotion. It recalls memory and grief, the ocean between, and the living keeping faith with those lost at sea. The piece names Kate Arnette Deligmy and honors silent heroes who rest abroad. Today’s sports calendar follows with horse racing, trotting, auto racing, track and field, baseball, and civic plans for Main Street crossing repairs.
The piece traces a character who initially seeks to feel the thrill of soaring above the earth and now applies his flight toy to war, commerce, and leisure, highlighting a shift from curiosity to utility and broader use.
Today marks a national holiday in celebration of Garibaldi's troops entering Rome in 1870. General Byron Root Pierce of Grand Rapids is 90 today, while President Wilson tours the West with a Los Angeles stop. The Prince of Wales travels Canada to the Pacific Coast and will spend theater time at Revelstoke. Senator Johnson of California headlines talks in Minneapolis and St Paul opposing the league. A monument unveiling in Quebec honors Sir George Etienne Cartier. The Tri-State Fair opens in Memphis and the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City, continuing through the week.
A condensed chronicle lists notable events and figures: Gordon Saltonstall, Connecticut’s colonial governor and printer starter, dies in New London in 1666. Harry Innes, Kentucky judge, dies near Frankfort in 179?. the Alma battle in 1854. Boston garment workers strike in 1894. a 1901 statue unveiling in Winchester. Canadian volunteers depart Halifax in 1914. 1915 Russian front claims. 1916 Bulgarian offensives in northern Greece. and 1917 British breakthrough east of Peres.
Gen Byron Root Pierce born in East Bloomfield New York eighty years ago today. Ex Princess Cecelia wife of the former German crown prince born in Mecklenburg thirty three years ago today. Dr Charlee A Prosser born in New Albany Indiana forty eight years ago today. Dr L Clark Seelye born in Beth el Connecticut twenty two years ago today. Pierre Maupome born in Vera Cruz Mexico thirty nine years ago today.
Advancing Serbians freed 16 villages in Central Macedonia. Allied airmen bombed Mannheim Karlsruhe and other German targets. The American steamer Ticonderoga was sunk by a submarine without warning in mid ocean.
London reports brighter city streets as smoke declines after the war. Fewer coal fires plus more gas and electricity lead to lighter paint schemes in office and mercantile buildings.
Three houses offered by J. M. Fritz at 400 West Green St sale as a package. Two five room houses and one three room house on West Green and Tomlinson streets. Advertisement lists price and contact details for Willy Fritz.
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