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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1919

Page

2

Week for Pupils Free Dental Clinic at Mechanicsville

The Guilford county health authorities plan a free dental clinic at Mechanicsville school next week. Dr. G W Holladay of Richmond will perform complimentary dental work on rural pupils aged six to 13. The program aims to reduce tooth related health barriers to studies in rural schools. City school children are not included as the effort focuses on rural institutions.

Mechanicsville G. W. Holladay Richmond Mechanicsville School Guilford

Constipation relief praised in Old Meadowsville letter

Mrs. Pearl Patrick of Meadowsville writes of relief from severe constipation after using Thedford’s Black-Draught. She describes sour stomach, weak digestion, and griping from doctor prescribed pills, then notes easy laxative action and improved bowels. The advertisement extols Black-Draught as reliable for stomach liver and bowel troubles.

Meadowsville Pearl Patrick Thedford

Railroad Schedules for Passenger Trains at High Point

High Point publishes arrival and departure figures for passenger trains as information. figures are not guaranteed. schedules list trains and times for the information of travelers.

Pas Senger High Point

Southern Ranford Lines Schedule Fragments

Train timetable snippets show arrivals and departures among stations including Washington Birmingham Charlotte Richmond and Atlanta with varied times. The fragmentary data lists multiple connections, times and route codes with no clear route sequence.

Chief and officers arrest alleged robber gang leader in Goldsboro

Goldsboro August 16 Chief of Police E J Tew with Officers Norris and Gwaltney rounded up four robbers and arrested Kenneth Croom a negro youth alleged ringleader. The other band members escaped but police pursue them and may make further arrests. Croom held without bond as raids target Mount Olive and nearby towns for recent store break-ins.

Mount Olive Chief Tew Croom

Census Man Reserve Quarters in High Point

Postmaster J. J. Farriss is asked to reserve quarters for the census taker whose identity is not yet known. A district census supervisor is named, but no local field worker has been appointed to gather data in High Point as Uncle Sam prepares to count citizens.

J. J. Farriss Uncle Sam Sam Samuel Tie

Girls Complete 3,500 Mile Journey Alone

Mel Jean Loba of Ontario National Bank and Ruth Duncan of Commercial National Bank Upland finished a 3,400 mile coast to coast trip from the Mexican border to the Canadian line. They drove solo, rejected masculine aid in all mechanical fixes, and credited California with the smoothest roads.

Ontario Cal Mel Jean Loba Ontario National Bank Ruth Duncan Commercial National Bank of Upland California

Two Divorce Wives With Whom Neither One Has Quarreled

In Los Angeles Autin March 16 two men, George Eads and John Kirkeby, were granted divorces from wives who left them without quarrel. Eads married August 5 1913. she left November 11 1917 claiming they were not mated. Kirkeby married April 29 1913. she left September 11 1916. he cited unmet dress and entertainment demands as causes.

Los Angeles Aut York Ocourt George Leroy Eads Estella Agnes Fads John N. Kirkeby Mildred F. Kirkeby Eads Kirkeby

War Hero Balks On Being Offered Medal

San Francisco’s Sergt Major James J. Herscovitz, honored by three governments for heroic acts at the Argonne and in Belgium, refused a public parade and a French Medaille Militaire. He asked to receive the Belgian Croix de Guerre and other honors by mail, later accepting the DSC and Pershing citation. He finally appeared in City Hall to acknowledge the awards.

San Francisco James J. Herscovitz Argonne Beligium West Front United States Army Presidio Rill Lynn Herscovitz John J. Pershing France

Stabbed Man Refuses To Name Attacker In Atlantic City

Andrew Lazare a 43 year old salesman from New Orleans says only the attacker can be identified and refuses to name the assailant after being stabbed on a hotel porch in Atlantic City. A second man and a stylish woman fled as guests summoned a doctor. the man who disappeared earlier also vanished. Lazare is held as a material witness while detectives hunt for the woman and the man.

Atlantic City Andrew Lazare New Orleans South Carolina Avenue Mr. Lazare

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August Price N. C. Public Service CO Health Boards The Equitable Equitable Life Assurance Society Walter Hargett Peacock-Sherrod Building Williams Williams Mfg. CO Cleveland Ohio Hart Drug Co Southern Ranford Lines Washington Birmingham Charlotte Dangilie Char Atlanta R. R Asheborn United States Railroad Administration Bandis Chitf Goldsboro Wayne E. J. Tew Ken Neth Croom Balks Young Soldier Clark Lynn Ninety-first Division Tion Er Bros Cialty Storiil Lra Dept’s Swineheart Swinehart Tires Abraham Lincoln Swinehart Tire Akron Swinehart Swinehart Cellular Swinehardt Tire & Rubber Co U.S. A M. S. Hiatt Tire Com’y North Main Street Swinehart Pneumatic Tires High Point, N. C
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