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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1919
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise publishes daily except Sundays. Circulation and advertising office details include telephone lines and mail handling. Entry records indicate the paper is a second class matter at the post office under federal law.
A chaotic scene at a store where clerks rush about dusting and assisting customers. The narrator imagines Johnson keeping a busy front and laughs at idle labor while noting public interest in local happenings and wartime jokes about politics and hospitality.
Chairman Barnes of the United States Grain Corporation outlines a $10 per barrel flour price basis while freight and profits raise the cost to consumers. Editorials argue guarantees favor farmers, warn against profiteering, and call for stronger market control amid global demand and transport limits.
Diverse events mark the day with celebrations as Marysville Ohio turns a century old and notable figures like Isaac R Sherwood participate. Concurrent sessions include the Veterans of Foreign Wars national encampment in Providence Rhode Island and the International Poultry Association convention in Milwaukee. The Virginia legislature begins a special session for securing federal road funds while the Canadian and U S industrial leaders launch the Calgary congress.
Chicago and Milwaukee host poultry and apple trade groups while Moncton and Blacksburg host fraternal and farm assemblies. Sioux City hosts the Iowa Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias as various associations convene today.
Doan's Kidney Pills praised by Eli McDowell of High Point for backache nervous spells and irregular kidneys. He reports relief after use and urges others with kidney trouble to try Doan's. French brides married by five thousand American soldiers abroad.
C O McMichael Grand Master calls High Point readers to support the Odd Fellows orphanage in Goldsboro and to honor a pledge to aid fatherless children. He notes past War relief vows and quotes Governor Bickett while urging North Carolinians to donate to defray home costs amid rising prices.
The list recalls 1869 deaths and honors for Adolph Niel, Rubens centennial in Antwerp, rail links between Western Europe and Turkey, 1874 US Senate ratifying a China migration treaty, 1980 Norway vote on Sweden separation, 1910 Tokyo floods, 1912 Cornell President Schurmann named US Minister to Greece, 1914 Belgian repulsion at Diest, 1916 Armenian killings, 1916 Ottoman gains in Persia, 1917 passport denial for Stockholm peace delegates.
Steamer Frederick R Kellogg torpedoed off Barhegat Light. Great Britain formally recognized Czecho-Slovaks as an allied nation. Allies reported capture of thousands of prisoners since the counter offensive began July 25.
Hon Hugh Gutsie of Canada born in Guelph Ont 53 years ago. Marquis of Cambridge elder brother to Queen Mary born at Kensington Palace 51 years ago. Mary A MacArthur secretary of the British National Federation of Women Workers born 39 years ago. Brig Gen John L Clem US Army retired last Civil War veteran born Newark Ohio 68 years ago. Harry L Gandy congressman from South Dakota born Cherubusco Indiana 38 years ago. Edwin Grasse violin virtuoso born New York 66 years ago.
Gen Isaac R Sherwood, oldest member of the Sixty sixth Congress at 85, began his 85th year. He enlisted from Ohio as a private, rose to brigadier general, mustered out in 1865, and later led Ohio as Secretary of State and served on the judicial bench.
Summer meeting of Saratoga Association at Saratoga New York trots Grand Circuit in Philadelphia Great Western Circuit in Sedalia Missouri horse show opens in Charleston West Virginia national doubles championship in Boston third day of Grand American Handicap in Chicago western junior amateur golf championship opens at Flossmoor Illinois.
The TrekVille Brass Band played a concert shorthanded by four missing members last Saturday night. The bass drummer wrestled to keep tempo as the band faced a tougher performance. Sile Kilden returned this morning from the Calf Ribs neighborhood and is cited as one of our kindest citizens.
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