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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
5
Poem fragment and social notices from a early 20th century paper recount a romantic tale of a rose’s severed stem and a return to a shared garden. It blends poetic lines with a long list of names and a birthday party, engagement announcement, scout dinner, and children's gatherings at homes on Johnson Street and local clubs.
New York reports a sharp focus on fall and winter fashion with fuller coats and skimpy muffs, a craze for moles and furs, and new fabrics like Edorella and ursine. Colors trend subdued browns blues and violets as skirts lengthen and hoops fade. Local notes list visitors and arrivals including families from Kernersville Mooreville and Wilson with several guests on Broad and Main streets.
A Broad Street home hosted a lively progressive conversation party for Ruth Owen and Clarence Smith Jr. The lawn and porch glowed with Japanese lanterns while roses and ferns adorned the house. Hosts and guests greeted at the door and cloakroom, with punch served by a selected group. Attendees included Eva English Mary Ring Pauline Simmons Odelle Peacock Richie Johnson of Trinity and others from Thomasville Greensboro and nearby areas.
A London World dispatch notes Holland as the only European country officially recognizing birth control by the state. The British commission on birth rates highlights Holland's stance and surveys Britain and Ireland, with incidental reference to other European nations and limited data from the United States and the Orient.
Major General Shen, director of the Hanyang powder works, and four assistants were killed when a mysterious box exploded at the powder works in Hankow. General Wang in Wuchang had received the box and sent it for examination, amid fears of political enemies. The explosion demolished the director’s office and left all occupants in fragments.
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