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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1922
Page
5
An April 18 report describes the Japanese polo or dakyu game shown in honor of the Prince of Wales. Eight red and eight white players ride in native costume, using bamboo nets to capture balls and score by placing them into a cup, with the game decided when the final crossed ball disappears.
Kansas City Missouri April 27 The sixteenth International Sunday School Convention will run June 21 27 attendees include officers teachers and pupils from the United States and Canada The theme Building Together covers home church community world field and evangelism The golden anniversary of uniform lessons will be celebrated A world Sunday school association work night is planned Bishop Charles H Brent wrote the convention prayer and Dr Ralph Welles Keeler composed the hymn Speakers include Margaret Slattery Hugh McGill Wayne B Wheeler Marion Lawrence W W Charters and Governor Arthur M Hyde A convention exhibit is in preparation.
London reports British traders fear German paper carpets priced at 1.50 dollars per yard while domestic carpets sell for three dollars. Slogans urge buyers to avoid German imitations as John Bull carpetmakers claim longer wear and higher cost.
Miss Ollie Gurley and Emanuel Draughn were married Saturday afternoon at the office of the officiating justice of the peace W. G. Brown. The couple will reside in High Point.
Sidney Landon humorist and interpreter presents an impersonation lecture recital at Redpath Chautauqua featuring Mark Twain Longfellow Riley Hugo Poe Nye Tennyson Kipling and others with wigs grease paint and readings from their works.
April 17 report notes the 1922 National Hair Dressers association will meet in late July to August 2 with topics on bobbed hair curls and permanent waves. Miss Bender says American artists will set trends rather than Paris. The piece also reports on Chank Tso in and Wu Pei fu rail movements in Shantung with railways commandeered for troop movement.
London April 14 reports efforts at mediation between General Wu Pei and allied negotiators. The fragile talks aim to ease hostilities and secure a ceasefire as tensions persist across the theater.
Wood, third baseman for the Pointers, shows marked improvement after several days of treatment at Guilford General Hospital.
Thousands of women suffer kidney or bladder trouble often without realizing it. Swamp Root by Dr Kilmer and Co is promoted as a remedy restoring kidney health. A sample bottle is offered for ten cents by mail, with larger sizes available at drug stores.
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