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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1916
Page
2
East Durham resident Mrs R P Lynch explains she was hospital bound with blood poisoning in her right hand, then rheumatism and kidney issues. After three Tanlac bottles she regained use of her hand, slept better, Appetite improved, gained weight, and felt overall improvement. Hart Drug Co promotes the tonic.
Ashboro’s week includes May 7 graduation events led by Rev. W. D. Moss and Rev. Bradshaw. Thomas Finley visits for Congress bid while county Dems prepare for a state convention and delegate elections. Sheriff Burkhead plans farm and mill focus as elections draw near. County board forms, appoints judges and registrars for June primaries. Electric light bracket invention noted and the use of powdered animal horn in Chinese remedies also mentioned.
An Old Style ad touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready to use hair dye. It promises gray hair disappears with a sponge or brush and one or two applications make hair darker, glossy and luxuriant. The product is sold for 50 cents and not a medicine.
New York April 21 Engineers and scientists discuss an artificial eye concept by Prof L Zehnder of Berlin. The device would use a sunspot and skin sensitivity to light and heat to convey shapes and letters to the brain, progressing from lines to words.
Rev Higgins led a service on Prayer with Luke Ilsi’s guidance urging the congregation to seek prayer. Two young men responded to the call, one fully converted. Services continue tonight, no Saturday night service, members to be received Sunday morning, and the final service Sunday night.
A health note links backache and kidney distress to high meat intake and uric acid. It recommends Jad Salts, four ounces daily in water before breakfast, to stimulate sluggish kidneys and ease bladder irritation. The piece also reports ongoing revival services at Fast End led by Rev. Higgins and Pastor Barker, with a farewell sermon for Mr. Virgins.
J H Carroll filed a damages suit against the Southern alleging fractures crushed limbs scalp wounds and total incapacity from the March 19 Jamestown wreck when train No 45 derailed after a passing freight. Carroll, an elderly from Greensboro, is hospitalized and represented by Col Barringer of Greensboro.
Tests by the United States Bureau of Standards show concrete roads swell most in winter and shrink most in summer due to moisture changes.
The Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad announces schedules in effect October 1 1915 showing expected arrival and departure times at listed stations. Timings are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
A Pennsylvania inventor markets a folding combination billiard and pool table with a rubber bed instead of slate. In Ecuador flat wetlands yield a Vime plant whose dried fruit forms a sponge some consider superior to animal sponges.
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