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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
13
The piece urges updating porches with enamel or lacquer and bold upholstery. It notes modernism favors varied color schemes over matching tones, cites a blue turquoise jade orange palette, and recommends exterior enamel with a final varnish for weather protection on wicker and furniture.
Raleigh August 22 North Carolina shippers meet to form the North Carolina Traffic Association under Governor Gardner to combat rate discrimination. The group will gather data and specific rate cases to support exhibits already prepared by the State Corporation Commission for the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in October, aiming to secure higher cooperation and fairer freight rates with Virginia and other points.
Asheboro to host one of the state seven tonail and adenoid clinics from September 3 to 6 at the high school. Mrs. H B Guffy state nurse of Raleigh leads plans with T F Bulla and Dr George H Sumner guiding county health. The clinic offers free exams for children with a $12 50 overnight care fee waived if not possible. Dr W B Fassett of Durham and Dr L B Gaw of Greensboro supervise with eight graduate nurses.
London reports Mme Payling, a famed prima donna, created a wedding cake claimed to be the world’s largest. The massive confection stood over six feet tall and weighed more than 500 pounds, feeding the bridal party for weeks. The note recalls England’s 1897 Jubilee cake, ten feet six inches high and over a quarter of a ton, but that was not a wedding cake.
A London case records a husband who avoided work by staying home to do housework for his wife who earned the daily bread. The wife died, and Magistrate Platten ruled the husband’s housework to be terrible, ordering him to pay board or face imprisonment in jail.
In South American papers, comprehensive game accounts translate most team names, yet the Phillies remain untranslated. Texts emphasize game outcomes, key plays, and player names while preserving the distinct American team reference.
One ton of coal can be made to yield ten thousand cubic feet of gas, more than 1300 pounds of cake, and ten gallons of tar.
An advertisement for Hem-Roid claims quick relief from piles by reducing blood congestion in the lower bowel. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and notes Mann Drug Co. and other druggists sell the product with the guarantee.
The will of Mrs. Lilie H. Coit of San Francisco provides about 200 acres in Macon County to North Carolina’s state park forest and game refuge system. The two tracts, Wine Spring Bald and Wayah Bald, lie between Franklin and Aquone in the Nantahala mountains and are surrounded by Nantahala National Forest. The land includes a mountain trail a spring and potential forest lookout site.
An old advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a mild safe laxative and anti acid with high medical endorsement. Directions include mixing two to four tablespoons in water or lemonade with a suggested intake before breakfast. It claims over fifty years of doctor approval and urges keeping a bottle handy.
The fragment notes Mrs Coit, daughter of Dr C M Hitchcock of Murph, moved to the Pacific coast years ago and died in San Francisco on July 22. It also mentions Attorney General Brummitt being injured by the executor.
Horton Smith devised nicknames for his Ryder Cup teammates with one sticking label “Guy” as the simplest tag. The remark reflects early team humor in the golf era and the informal culture surrounding the event.
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