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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1925
Page
1
A Southbend report says all obstacles to a Dempsey Wills fight under Fitzsimmons are gone as local businessmen raise a million dollars to finance the bout. Jack Kearns may contest signing rights, and courts could decide who signs for the champion.
Johnny Dundee, returning from retirement, prepares to face Babe Herman for the world featherweight crown on October fifth. Herman recently defeated Kid Kaplan in Connecticut, while Dundee expresses strong conditioning, high stamina, and a love for competition, insisting he will fight on until retirement is forced by defeat.
The editor explains that no specific rule covers the exact jumping action on the green. If disputed in a match, opponents could claim the hole and the committee would likely uphold it. In fourball, any player may have a ball lifted or played if it may interfere or help, so opponents could have had the questioned player lift or play his ball. Innis Brown answers via the sports editor.
In St Louis on September 28 AP reports women golfers prepared for today's qualifying round in the women's national championship. Only 80 players with handicaps eight or better enter to earn 12 match play spots. Edith Cummings, former champion from Chicago, shot a 78 in Sunday practice.
Two cast offs from New York clubs Harold Muddy Ruel and Earl Oil Smith will handle the bat for the approaching world series. Ruel moved from the Yankees to the Red Sox then Washington, while Smith was traded to the Boston Braves.
The article compares Ruel and Smith as backstops, noting Ruel's steady, consistent defense and(. ) at bat averages over .300, with Smith as the talkative, aggressive counterpart. It details Ruel's World Series records and catching in multiple series, plus Severeid and Gooch as supporting players. Also a World dispatch notes a planned Jones Hagen golf match in Florida, sparked by mutual confidence.
An advertisement asserts that Dr Leonhardt's Hemroid remedy removes the cause of piles to provide fast relief, claiming ointments and operations fail. It promises refunds if not satisfied through Randall's Pharmacy and druggists nationwide.
On October 3, 1925, at 10 00 a m on premises 410 Willow brook street High Point North Carolina we will sell at public auction to the last and highest bid der for cash one black saddle horse saddle and bridle to collect board and keep of horse left with us under contract by Mr Molor W E Linthicum and Sons 9 22 24 26 28 30.
A High Point woman suffers backache and weakness from kidney trouble. After using Dean's Pills from Greene Drug Co. her back aches subsided and kidneys regulated. Price 60 cents. request Donn’s Pills from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
Washington Sept 28 Acting War Secretary Davis and Secretary Wilbur assure Army and Navy witnesses unhampered testimony as ten Army Air Service officers testify before the president's Air Board. Col William Mitchell, a key critic, is among the witnesses, with testimony delayed to tomorrow per rank order.
J F Best of Locke Cotton Mills Concord North Carolina credits Herb Juice with curing indigestion kidney trouble and chronic gas pains after weeks of weakness. He reports improved appetite sleep weight gain and regular bowels and endorses Herb Juice for home use with Matton Drug Co as its point of sale in High Point and other druggists nationwide.
The secretary of the chamber of commerce faces relentless requests to endorse unauthorized ad campaigns. Frank Sizemore campaigns against fake advertising and warns that schemes promising profits without returns drain money from High Point. He cites several local swindles. One man collected $350 for advertising space on
An advertisement touts McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Compound Tablets claiming a woman gained ten pounds in twenty days. It markets sugar coated tasteless tablets, easy to swallow and stomach friendly, selling sixty tablets for sixty cents through Hart Drug Co Randall's Pharmacy Mann Drug Co and other druggists with directions on each box.
A report discusses attempts to print restaurant calling cards and blotters for the Sheraton hotel misfires. Involvement of three hundred cards printed, only seventy five distributed, with thousands more printed but mismanaged. Sizemore urges residents to advertise themselves via reliable channels to avoid waste and security concerns.
In Clarksburg West Virginia on September 28 AP reports a speaker arguing that today’s youth misbehavior is driven by adults who exploit their tendencies. He says the young generation is more sinned against than sinning, detailing social and cultural pressures shaping conduct.
In an address for the West Virginia conference, Dr Pickett, research secretary of the Methodist Episcopal church board, warned that young people are exploited for profit and to overturn traditions. He said erotic dances are created by mature dancing masters and erotic plays and salacious literature are not products of youth.
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