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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1919
Page
4
The article discusses a wartime to peacetime shift, urging readers to focus on personal conduct and national readjustment. It notes unrest, strikes, and false utopian prophecies, but remains optimistic that the world will recover with heroic treatment and a strong come-back. It emphasizes individual responsibility and avoiding others' troubles.
Today marks Gen Thomas Jordan birth centenary and Cyrus Northrop birthday. President Wilson returns to Washington from a transcontinental trip. Pittsburgh hosts a national first aid and mine rescue contest. Alabama holds special election in the Seventh district. American Bankers Association opens in St Louis. US bids on Nirto city project expected. Peace Union Congress opens at The Hague with US delegation.
A column of clipped observations notes that fair price lists stir distrust toward committees accused of selling out, cites seven safes burglaries totaling $15,000, a cafe hold up with $1,400, and a woman robbed in her apartments. It laments railway crossings and editor tweaks to movie titles reflecting urban chaos.
A Washington lobby advocates Philippine self government under US protection amid fears of Japanese influence. The piece notes there is a US fortress at Corregidor and that the islands’ status affects broader policy, with comparisons to Irish independence and a call to focus on domestic issues.
The American delegation to the International Congress of the Church of Peace Union will begin a two year interruption due to the war, led by Rev. Nehemiah Boynton of Brooklyn. Born in Bedford Massachusetts in 1856 he earned an A B from Amherst in 1879 and studied at Andover Theological Seminary before ordination in 1882. He preached in Boston and Detroit and since 1906 has led Clinton Avenue Church in Brooklyn. From 1919 to 1913 he was moderator of the Congregational National Council.
A health article extols internal sanitation through morning hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels. It claims benefits include improved appetite, elimination of toxins, and relief from constipation bilious spells and various ailments prompting readers to obtain a quarter pound of limestone phosphate.
A list of notable dates and events from 1823 to 1917 includes Matthew S. Quay’s era in Dillsburg, Wiseman’s cardinal nomination in 1852, Admiral Farragut’s funeral in 1870, a 1894 universal suffrage demonstration in Siena, the 1901 royal visit to Vancouver, Sir Michael Herbert’s death in 1903, a 1914 Italian torpedo mine incident, 1915 wartime measures in Macedonia, 1916 British losses, and a 1917 German air raid on London.
Dr Cyrus Northrop 85 born Rodgefield Conn Pierre B Mignault 65 Worcester Mass Thomas W Lamont 49 Claverack N Y Wilton Lackaye 55 Loudon County Va Dr John Henry MacCracken 44 Rochester Vt Rt Rev Joseph G Anderson 54 Boston born on this date spanning education law finance acting religion and nobility
Wichita Kans Indian Fighters of America Albany N Y New England Waterworks Association Lusk Wyo Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs Wahpeton N D North Dakota Congregational Churches Gabe D Annunzio is enjoying immense attention among poets as headlines note his prominence.
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