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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1919
Page
6
A health note promotes drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims rapid boosts to appetite and complexion and says a small amount of phosphate offers relief from biliousness constipation stomach trouble and rheumatism.
Ruth Bertha Hitchens was granted one of seven absolute divorces in Baltimore courts after alleging her husband James Leon Hitchens a white adopted son of the late James L. Hitchens pursued relations with Miss Ethel Marie Carrico. She testified they were together at the Waldorf Astoria in New York and noted the elder Hitchens died in 1916 leaving an estate valued at about $100,000 mainly to the adopted son.
In Cincinnati on August 18 Charles Gruener aged 42 shot and killed his wife Flora, fatally wounded his 22 year old stepson Noble Thieman, and then killed himself at the family home. Mrs Gruener had filed for divorce.
In Los Angeles a former prisoner named Gabrielle D Arley, once branded for killing Leonard Topp after a fatal wineshop incident, returns as a married woman. She tells Policewoman Barton she is now happy and true, living in a vine clad bungalow with her husband, and hopes Barton may someday be a godmother to their child.
Providence reports Leo F. Myers, a noted sportsman, has adopted six orphans in response to Col. Anthony Dyer's appeal. Mrs Myers cares for them at home while local wealthy residents plan to place additional children in institutions. Myers says he enjoys buying for the children and hopes others will follow suit.
Santa Barbara August 19 Roger Sullivan of Chicago arrived with Cornelius K G Billings and said neither bought new shoes for two years. He explained wartime patriotism and high prices deter purchases. Sullivan, a nationally prominent Democrat and biscuit maker, is reputed a millionaire. Billings, reportedly worth millions, owns Uhlan the world’s fastest trotting stallion.
Miss D. H. Furman has been elected assistant secretary of a New York City trust company, becoming the first woman to hold an officer position at a major banking institution in the metropolis.
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