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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
7
Atlantic City on August 11 drew thousands as beachgoers watched police intervene with a blanket sweep at a beach fair featuring women described as “professional beauties.” Shapely maids from an advertised show wore one piece costumes similar to California beach attire. Police covered the bathers with blankets as spectators cheered the action.
Walter Dent assistant attorney general of Mississippi and Governor Theodore Bilbo fought in the secretary of state office. Dent says he resented an insult from a newspaper statement quoted as the governor. Bilbo says he was struck without warning. Arrests were made.
Mrs. Julia D. Garriott sues for divorce from John C. Garriott, Chicago attorney, in a case tied to a college romance that began at a Chicago university. She is a Danville native, grandniece of the late Senator Dan Vorhees, and heiress in her own right.
E Stanley, a Chicago Marshall Field & Co. millionaire, marries Miss Bessie Pond a waitress from Malone New York after a three week courtship. The wedding followed his stay as a guest at the Gouverneur hotel in Gouverneur New York where Pond worked as a waitress at Paul Smiths summer camp in the Adirondacks.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit motorman John Mechumisky resigned after pickets urged him to strike. his wife, a conductor, stayed on duty and later left on a run with another motorman. The event occurred in New York on August 11.
Administrators Settee. As administrator of the estate of Willie L Underwood of Guilford county North Carolina this notice asks all creditors to file claims by August 11 1920 or be barred. Dated August 11 1919 F J Underwood Administrator of Millie L Underwood Deceased.
The cotton market opened steady in New York with active months up 8 to 14 points. October at 22.20 and January at 32.80 followed firmer cables and optimism from strong stock market gains.
An extraordinary variety of orchard id grows in Jave with flowers that all open at once like magic and then all wither together, creating a synchronized bloom and fade.
Piles remedy for sale by Hart and other druggists. Williams Manufacturing Company Cleveland Ohio markets its product as a treatment for blind, bleeding and itching piles at one dollar.
For Rent good corner blog suitable for storage. Phone 28. American Seed Company at 311 East Trade St Charlotte offers recleaned field seed clovers vetch wheat oats and rye with tested guaranteed termination. Mail orders prompt attention.
Greensboro reports three notorious NC criminals from Randolph and Guilford counties escaped Deputies Rowan and officers as they were being brought from Asheville to Greensboro. Two were chained together and all fled through a Bridgewater window. Police recaptured them after a foot chase and bloodhounds joined the pursuit. Witnesses tie the trio to robberies at a Climax mercantile, a post office break in, and a Ford car theft in Guilford County. The group later reportedly moved toward Ohio before capture in Asheville.
In Alexandria Virginia D Worth Stanton testifies in court that he shot Jesse Rolph claiming the victim stole his wife Martha V Stanton. The wife testified she eloped with Rolph after an infatuation, left her two children, and traced to Washington. Susie Grigsby testified Rolph tried to choke Mrs Stanton in a Washington hotel.
Mexico City reports a nine year surge in living costs with average increases of 212 percent. Lard up 525 percent, sugar 263 percent, eggs 266 percent. Woolen fabrics 471 percent higher, cotton goods 800 percent, shoes 166 percent. Rents up 140 percent, trolley fares 66 percent, railroad fares 20 percent. Native shoes rise from 4.50 to 12 dollars per pair.
Mexico City August 11 the federal department of health announced a vigorous nationwide campaign to curb the use of habit forming drugs in the republic amid reports by several newspapers that the practice is widespread.
In a villa near Stockholm the alleged Bolshevik agent Ardasjeff was executed after a 24 hour deprivation of food and water. Wanda Gyster, 11, the daughter of General Gyster, attended the council and urged hanging as Ardasjeff watched the death struggle from a beam.
Mexico City reports the reopening of postal connections with Germany, aligning with the resumption of relations between the United States and Germany.
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