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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1922
Page
5
The program calls for extending the city limits in all directions to 20,000 residents, a larger city government, parks and playgrounds, a new passenger station and elevated tracks, a city planning system, more homes, paved streets, and expanded sewer and water systems with hard surfaced roads.
A dated verse on patience and self control inviting readers to endure and manage boreal long talking without losing poise. It praises the bore as a useful character study and ends with a playful blessing for relief from dull conversation.
A patchwork of phrases references familiar figures and issues of the time. The pieces touch on labor, tariffs, railroads, baseball, and politics with wry commentary about public attention and policy shaping daily life.
An unsigned communication criticizes the city council for accepting a $1 000 gift to rename a street. It questions the enforcement of laws and a school change in the primary grades. The letter, unreadable for a signature, is dismissed as unsigned and sent to the waste basket.
A citizen’s gift of $1,000 prompts a proposal to set aside a special park fund rather than place the money in the general fund. The aim is to create a modest park and playground system benefiting both children and adults, using the city sites to establish initial recreation fields. The suggestion is politely offered to the mayor and city council.
The Carriage Builders NationalAssociation secretary George W Huston says U S carriage making is upgrading as autos crowd streets. In rural areas buggies remain favored when roads are poor and farmers keep horses for use with cars. Saddle making holds steady and horseback riding regains popularity in cities and the South.
High Point ministers and interviews express strong support for the Rotary club drive to keep city youth in school. They contend staying in school improves future earnings, noting that local schools are expanding with new buildings, more teachers, and a raised levy to meet larger needs.
Ministers and citizens urged High Point to maintain schooling advantages lost, stressing that parental crime harms youth and cannot be regained. The call emphasizes continued moral leadership to keep firearms out of schools.
The Lexington Dispatch notes progress across Davidson County eliminating the idea of a back country. It credits good roads and strong schools for uniform advancement, claiming highways and consolidated schools lift every nook and corner to city-like prosperity and erase old regional distinctions.
Oswald Anderson, a 31 year old Norwegian immigrant who arrived penniless, earned a stock exchange seat worth 88000 dollars from his New York brokers. The piece notes rising respect for women in business and highlights cafeteria pricing disparities. it also mentions a failed proxy marriage due to immigration law following Antonia Martina’s arrival.
A man and his sweetheart honeymooned on Ellis Island but friends grew worried by his disappearance. The Italian Consul was involved as the law barred stay there and even a proxy bridegroom offered to be arrested to stay with his loved one.
Mme. Maria Kousnezoff of Moscow and Petrograd’s imperial theatre and Leon Bakst, famed color artist, visit at the invitation of Elizabeth Marbury and the Shuberts to present Mme. Rousenoff’s repertoire. The premiere is planned for Booth theater in early October.
Thomas J. Denney, a West Forty-eighth Street riding instructor, was attacked by two men who targeted him for an easy victim with his slinged right arm. He fought them with his left hand and held them until police arrived.
The text describes a shift from ticket takers to nickel-in-the-slot machines on subway lines and the later introduction of detectors. Detectors are projecting devices that scan coins dropped in the box and cast enlarged images on walls or ceilings to prevent coin substitution and lead slug tampering.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers announced the purchase of a sixteen story bank building in Cleveland and plans to erect a twenty one story structure to serve as the permanent and temporary quarters of the Cooperative National Bank. The release notes initial paid in assets of about 17.5 million and describes banking rooms offices vaults and related facilities as part of the expansion.
Representatives from nearly all sections of the country will attend a two day meeting October 21 and 22 at Unit Farm near here. A national convention in Detroit in 1923 is planned to complete the federation. Preliminary plans will be discussed at the October gathering as clubs push to adopt Christian principles in daily business life.
A Kansas report notes the idea to form a nation wide federation of Christian clubs. The article outlines early steps and the organization aims to unite local clubs under a common mission.
A Paris dispatch notes an epidemic of baby stealing with victims under 16. Details are sparse but police warn the public as authorities investigate. A newly named dancer called Windislau appears in chatter but is rarely cited in official notices.
Chapel Hill news reports the university will open with about 700 first year students and total registration near 1800. Four new dormitories provide room for 480, addressing prior congestion while early arrivals inquire about football prospects as recruits train at Emerson field under Coach Fetzer.
A report notes the arrest of a person implicated in selling liquor illegally. Police identified the suspect and confirmed confiscation of suspected alcohol during the operation conducted in the city.
Germany announces new limits on beer production as prior attempts to curb consumption prove ineffective. Authorities aim to reduce supply to control drinking levels amid public health concerns.
An ad from Wagger's touts American leadership in standardizing watch repair parts and urges customers to use only genuine factory parts for repairs to maintain quality and value.
A banker observer argues advertising builds a firm reputation and credit trust, as a national advertiser shapes loan decisions. He notes how ads can make banks favor big, well known concerns and how new entrants may be shut out when lenders fear excessive ad spending. Published by the High Point Enterprise with The American Association of Advertising Agencies.
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