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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1921
Page
4
A concise geopolitical remark notes how the United States has increasingly become a conduit or intermediary for Russian interests and activities in global affairs. The statement highlights perceived shifts in influence and strategic roles amid tense relations.
A collage of quips on marriage money reformers music film and prohibition. It notes Mary Carr entering films and liquor seizures under internal revenue agents while questioning public tastes and supply sources across states in a brisk, humorous newspaper column style.
North Carolina cities report loose leaf markets opening for the spring, with Raleigh leading as a market begins after fifteen years. Farmers crowd streets, tobacco prices improve and merchants forecast a strong season, while High Point eyes a leaf market in its tobacco district. A Boston chemist cites solar energy as vastly greater than coal.
The article recalls a familiar beggar nicknamed French Sal, whose funeral revealed a hidden $100,000 in her attic. A Montana police operator visiting Detroit slept in a hotel chair wearing dark glasses, mistaken for a blind beggar, waking with 40 cents in his hat. The piece muses on universal human nature and kindness.
After a seven year ban on French Berlin permits famed tenor Chippera to perform the star role in Faust in French. War time hatreds fade slowly and Europe hopes for lasting peace. The piece cites Crile the surgeon’s view that war is not man’s natural state.
Italian crime figure Tomasso de Angeli, reputed Camorra ring leader with a long police record, dies impoverished in a cave within a cemetery. Detectives note that no major criminal dies rich, reflecting the law of compensation.
In Big Rapids Justice Presehher condemns mothers at a theater meeting and reads the riot act. A frightened Dressech er notes many secret marriages, blaming mothers for rising immorality. The neglect of children and urban dances from Buenos Ayres influence home life in American cities.
Max Straus, an ocean steamship man, laments heavy taxation and charges from income tax super tax excess profits tax loans war bonds and other levies. He argues disarmament should ease national financial strain and notes shared citizen concerns across nations.
New York letter notes 1713 girls from across the country ran away to New York City in the past year. City authorities returned nearly all of them home, though some were pleased by the notoriety. The piece mentions the city’s lone woman gardener in a related aside.
Miss Sally Palmer of Serasdale, New York, tends flowers from first bulb to last rose, promoting gardening as a healthful vocation for women with patience. She notes old-fashioned and wild flowers are returning as she transplant s wild varieties into tidy yards this summer.
New York shines cautious praise on F F H LaGuardia as aldermanic leader and runner up in the Republican mayoralty contest. Vincent E Glory, the successful rival for LaGuardia’s seat, was backed by the same group that opposed LaGuardia. The vanquished candidate offered to appoint Glory as assistant to help him learn the job before January 1.
Mrs. Beatrice Andina, 70, seeks a legal separation from her husband of the same age, alleging neglect due to his constantgoing to movie theaters after work. She claims the once-happy marriage has suffered as he stays at films every evening, leaving her forgotten.
At beaches around New York, surfers thrill to tossing six inch dice into the sea and letting waves wash them ashore. The game has grown popular enough that police are watching several spots for safety and disturbance.
Private Guy Envin, a blinded French soldier with eight bravery citations, arrived in New York after Ellis Island screening. He will study law at Harvard, joining the Committee for Men Plighted in Battle program, and praised American reception of veterans returning from World War I fronts.
Secretary Weeks told the American Legion that over 30,000 Americans will rest in France with 42,670 total bodies returned to the United States. About 20,162 killed or died in France will be buried in six French cemeteries and one in Ireland, including Meuse-Argonne Belleau Wood Somme Oise-Aisne St Mihiel and Suresnes, with a Brookwood cemetery planned near London.
New York reports that October 9 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Mrs. OLearys cow starting the Chicago fire. The National Fire Protective Association designates the day as International Fire Prevention Day to urge prevention. Fire losses now average 350 million dollars annually with about 15 000 deaths. The observance aims to stress that fires are preventable through ordinary care.
Part of the equipment of the German submarine U-111, a gasoline engine, is used at the local navy yard to charge batteries for American submersibles. The engine is noted as one of the few souvenirs from German underwater craft found usable in the United States.
In Milwaukee on September 20 the Rev. Matthew J. Judge described a new diocesan social service bureau guiding Catholic child placements. The bureau operates eight full time visitors plus volunteers who assess homes, inform local bureaus, and supervise placements with county and state involvement.
Governor John M. Parker, once a Progressive candidate, channels a symbolic "monkey wrench" into Louisiana governance. Within 18 months he launches major state building efforts funded by severance taxes on natural resources, including oil and gas, timber, salt, and sulfur, without raising state taxes. Parker urges other states to follow his lead as he promotes the 2 percent production tax to fund education and state institutions.
New York reports a rising vogue for knickers among women in sports. Manufacturers and stylists say they may fit driving cars and walking workouts, especially around the Central Park reservoir, though businesswomen and shopping trips remain unlikely.
Ed Gray, described as a negro, convicted in High Point municipal court for reckless driving and fined 50 dollars plus costs, with a 100 dollar bond set after his appeal. Fred Brooks, a Winston-Salem white man, convicted of assaulting Jessie Ball and fined 25 dollars plus costs. his brother Connie also convicted and fined 10 dollars plus costs but dismissed after payment. Jeff Townsend had a suspended judgment for speeding with cost payment. Edna Mae Herron of Salisbury and R D Penny of Guilford county wed in Statesville, then left for a bridal tour.
A local notice from High Point invites residents to a forthcoming event, promising community engagement and key details to follow. The message highlights friendship and neighborhood involvement, urging attendance and participation from area residents.
A deputy says warrants will be served on twenty seven Guilford county citizens charged with speeding on the High Point Greensboro road yesterday. Most of the accused reportedly came to town to witness the baseball game.
A note on how ancient Greeks and Romans used shorthand systems to convey messages quickly and discreetly. The practice facilitated rapid writing and coded communication, reflecting cultural needs for efficiency and privacy in public and private affairs.
An 1890s style claim offers 666 cures for malaria fever bilious fever colds and la grippe with money refunded if not effective. The notice emphasizes a broad remedy guarantee and money back reassurance.
A testimonial notes severe stomach pain ten years ago eased by Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. It claims the product clears catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and reduces inflammation, promising one dose proves its value with a money back guarantee. Sold by Hart Drug Co in High Point and Randleman Drug Co in Randleman, North Carolina.
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