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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1930
Page
2
A health ad touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a mild safe laxative and anti acid with wide use across all ages. It claims quick relief for digestive troubles and recommends dosing before breakfast with lemonade or water. Trade mark details note its long U S history since 1875 with 25c and 30c sizes.
North Carolina Democratic chairman Odus M. Mull accused the GOP and the Hoover administration of broken promises on farm relief poverty jobs and economy. He cited tariff failures and retaliatory measures and noted low turnout in the statewide Republican primary as evidence of party dissatisfaction.
Oxford Public Ledger reports Granville County farmers saying they will quit tobacco due to rising production costs and prices below cost of production. Growers cite water hauling, hail, drought and low leaf value as reasons for abandoning the crop.
Dr Morris Fishbein discusses obesity treatment stressing willpower, gradual weight reduction, and safe medical supervision. He notes eating slower, bulky foods, small desserts, and tight belts as aids, warns against unsupervised thyroid use, and cites heredity as a factor in weight management.
James Geddes, a lifelong friend and former Dumfries academy and Edinburgh University classmate of Sir James Barrie, died recently in Dumfries Scotland. Geddes, an attorney, hosted Barrie when he returned to receive the freedom of the burgh, the two sharing a long friendship.
The 1769 steam-powered vehicle crafted by Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot remains exhibited at a Paris museum, illustrating early automotive engineering.
Hollywood actor Frederick Burton calls his foundling Irish terrier Boysie in Norwalk Connecticut from New York and Los Angeles. The pet runs to the phone expecting a chat while Burton and his wife guide the daily telephonic exchanges and joke about Otache the police dog.
Greenville on August 28 reports that about fifty textile executives agreed to abolish night work in print cloth and narrow sheet cotton mills. T. M. Marchant of Greenville chaired the meeting, stating daytime operation would stabilize production and labor conditions, reducing the need for production cuts.
Thomas Terry, 28, charged with begging at Ryde Isle of Wight drew a $250 check to cover bail from his checkbook. He admitted paying $150 for a car and negotiating to buy a $2,500 home. He received a three months imprisonment sentence.
Raleigh August 28 The North Carolina board of health considers a successor to Dr. Charles Laughinghouse who died Tuesday. Three names are floated Dr. H A Taylor Deputy State Health Officer Dr G M Cooper Director of the bureau of health education and former acting state health officer and Dr A Shore Director of the state laboratory of hygiene. Cooper and Shore endorsed by medical societies. The North Carolina Medical society will make no recommendation.
In Scotland the trend of vest-pocket golf grows as a fad while Mrs. Gertrude Anderson, secretary of a supplier, recovers from stock losses. Meanwhile Ras Tafari gains U.S. locomotive insight from a personal envoy and E. E. Bayen tours Washington to Baltimore in work attire. New York notes Manhattan’s farming decline with a sale near Broadway and 213th Street.
A melon weighing 160 pounds fetched 196 dollars at auction in Hope Arkansas and will be sent with the Arkansas delegation to the American Legion convention in Boston where it likely won't be eaten until then. In New York a letter from Niagara Falls wonders if society brides are featured by mistake in the Times society pages.
Springfield resident Everett V. McGowan, formerly a speed skating record holder, completed a 146 hour and three minute rolling session. He rested or ate while on his feet for 15 minutes of each hour.
Teething Stops Teething Pains claims Teethina relieves teething pain and associated baby ailments. The ad asserts safe, nonopiates sleep aid and intestinal cleansing, promoting Dr. Moffett's Baby Book and Teethina from C. J. Moffett Co. Columbus Ga.
In Mineola New York an endurance bridge game for eight players and kibitzers collapsed after lasting 24.5 hours. A participant received a $1 000 check from a local restaurant during the event. In Bombay a climbing expedition led by Professor F Dyhrenfurth faces the Himalayas with the theory that mountains rose recently from the sea.
Elkhorn Wisconsin mourns Denny O'Keefe veteran who barked at the Germans and marched over the Rhine. He will be buried with five wound stripes and a five battle badge. Denny was a mongrel who followed the 32nd division wherever the boys went.
About 15 000 workers are employed in Klingethal Germany harmonica factories where millions of instruments are manufactured each year marking a major local industry and employment base in the region.
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