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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1919
Page
4
The Enterprise invites short letters on current topics from readers. Writers must sign their name, though it will not be published if the writer wishes anonymity. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves republication rights.
The piece reflects on aging with gentle humor and compassion for the elderly. It contrasts youth’s vigor with time’s swift approach, urging kindness toward old parents and highlighting North Carolina’s High Point as a thriving center with ongoing construction and publicity for furniture industry growth.
The Enterprise reports Oakwood Cemetery is neglected with weeds and grass overgrowing graves and headpieces failing. Citizens urge immediate funding and upkeep to restore the site as a beauty and source of city pride rather than a blight.
The United States vows stern action as outrages against Americans in Mexico continue. Two American aviators seized by Mexican bandits are held for ransom while the State Department threatens a radical policy shift if incidents persist. Public release of diplomatic notes is expected to show the government’s teeth.
Southern buyers once decried Guilford makers as inferior but sentiment shifted over the past decade. High Point’s manufacturers have improved, boosting factories and skilled work. Dealers now proudly feature southern source, drawing myriad buyers to High Point. A joint fund of 600,000 plans a grand exposition building for public use.
Denver and Leadville mine owner J J Brown faces a $100000 heart balm suit from Sabra Simpson of Texas after he offered a $1 million wardrobe to launch her movie career and then urged her to quit acting when he said he had fallen in love. She testifies of travels with Brown to Los Angeles Denver Glenwood Springs and Wichita Falls as the case moves toward trial in Glenwood Springs.
The Dog Hill church leaders formed a committee to fix a leaking swinging lamp and proposed moving it a few feet. Sile Kilden works on a collapsible patent hat rack in seclusion this week. The Gander Creek bridge cracks are repaired as Slim Pickens plans to cross. Mr and Mrs. Lawrence J. Bitter and Miss Christine Taplay with Dr. Arthur Bowman noted. Worcester outfielder Karl Potteiger leads the Eastern league in hitting.
In Los Angeles on August 18 Miss Margarite Bitter and Gound Romandy wed an hour before guests gathered, then confessed they had lost courage. Reverend Francis J. Conaty of the Chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe witnessed the privately performed marriage.
Rheumatism attacks all ages and statuses and is worsened by damp cold. Drink four ounces of Jad Salts daily for a week to flush uric acid from blood, stimulate kidneys, and ease joints.
Mrs. John O’Connor of 338 East Oldham Street Knoxville says Tanlac cured years of weakness dizziness and nervous headaches. She reports eight pound gain in ten days improved appetite and sleep and plans to continue Tanlac as the finest medicine on earth sold locally by Hart Drug Co and Guilford County druggists.
After thirty five years of service at the leper colony on Molokai Island sister of the Franciscan order Mary Leopoldoni is on a vacation trip to the United States.
Veteran SO player Joe Hornung is now employed as a bank messenger in New York City, marking a career transition from professional sports to financial sector work. He brings long experience and public recognition to the role as of this year.
A local Tombigbee rooster auction in Demopolis Alabama drew a syndicate of citizens who bid 55000 for a rooster named and donated by President Woodrow Wilson. The sale included three other roosters named Clemenceau Orlando and Lloyd George. Proceeds totaled about 106000 to fund a Tombigbee river bridge project near Demopolis.
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