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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1916
Page
9
Kin Hubbard laments modern racket from phonographs to streetcars and tractors. He notes every facet of urban life is defined by noise from cholers of commerce to chautauqua stages, calling the era a bustle of progress louder than ever. He contrasts quiet Sundays with a cacophonous present.
The debate on Is the World Gittin Better? featured Miss Pop Angel negating progress and Miss Pearline Moots arguing the world has improved. Moots cited modernization, culture, and civil liberties while praising enduring values, with Miss Billie Pine electrifying the audience.
The article traces how July gained the stress on the second syllable, once pronounced to rhyme with duly. It notes Julius Caesar as origin, cites Spenser and Johnson showing earlier Ju syllable stress, and comments on modern pronunciation surprising our ancestors.
Wilmington hosts the North Carolina Good Roads Convention in Wilmington and Wrightsville June 20 to 22 under the state association. New Hanover County officials and Wilmington Chamber arrange a “Governor's Day” with special trains from Goldsboro and Fayetteville and an invitation to use the Tidewater Power auditorium.
Buncombe County commissioners returning from site visits praised concrete paving. Chairman Johnson announced the Asheville to Ridgecrest road, a 16 mile stretch, will be built in concrete.
News notes from North Carolina cover Winston Salem turning waste into bale fiber, a medical officer appointment in Charlotte, a Fayetteville high school division meeting, Extension Service staff touring counties to form beef cattle clubs, Charlotte bread production exceeding ten thousand loaves daily, and an expected 25 to 50 percent drop in Irish potato crops across the state.
A Bible lesson on Acts 12 recounts Herod's plot against Peter, the church's fervent prayer, and Peter's miraculous release by an angel. It contrasts human schemes with divine power and notes the astonishment of believers at God's answered prayers.
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