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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1922
Page
7
A poetic meditation on age and love in the Forest of Arden contrasts with a string of quirky items from a newspaper page. Notes mention the Ford plant glow and bogus bonuses, Tiger of France praise, Turkish rug trade shifts, a farce about a wild son in college, and Edison cigar lighter claim among brief curiosities.
The Manufacturers Record praises North Carolina for leading U S industry and education while showing a low foreign stock presence. It cites grant era warnings on immigration and notes New York and Chicago carry high foreign stock, contrasts with the south’s 8 percent, and highlights North Carolina as the nation’s example of Anglo-Saxon leadership.
Albert Sidney Gregg records Ford as a church attendee in Detroit with family. Ford emphasizes service over wealth, prays for wisdom, and links religion to constructive industry and better living, citing Lincoln Motor Co and Muscle Shoals projects as examples. He favors currency tied to property and teaches self-reliance through farming tools.
The article argues a true leader must unite labor and capital through unselfish trust and cooperation. It notes America lacks such a figure and warns against relying on corporations or unions alone to manage wages, urging religious and civic duty to foster brotherhood in all sectors. It cites Illinois like states boosting education, highways, hydro power, and cotton mills with minimal foreign stock as proof of attainable national growth.
A letter from A F Eshelman of High Point requests publication of a full interview titled Henry Ford's Religious Views, taken from The Christian Register, as likely to interest a wide readership in your paper. He urges the editor of the Enterprise to print the piece in full.
Edwin Frane Goldman, York director, introduces a patriotic song titled Chantes ai Liberty using the Liberty Bell as its theme. The piece will debut in New York schools and then be distributed to educational institutions nationwide with endorsement from Mayor Hylan and George Gartlan.
The piece portrays Henry Ford ending Sunday trains on the Detroit to Ironton line and imposing an eight hour day with higher pay. It notes Ford avoiding Sunday travel, visiting his 5,000 acre estate, and engaging neighbors. It mentions the $5,000,000 Ford hospital, a self supporting trade school, and an educational film lab. It also references Ford's anti smoking print campaign and The Dearborn Independent's views on an industrial millennium for self development.
At Ithaca New York a Rotarians gathering proceeded with the absent president presiding remotely by radio, keeping the club's agenda on track despite his absence.
A string of quirky lines and misprints references Cleveland jurors a rolling stone and headlines that hint at a political bee and a candy store opening. It reads as a collected sample of oddities rather than a coherent news item.
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