This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1948
Page
5
New York reports half of American women sew at least partly for themselves this year. The trend aims to offset rising clothing prices with growing interest in home sewing and gadgets. Mae Hackman of the Singer training center notes many develop strong skills, and men increasingly assist.
A survey by the American Wool Council shows about 25 million women sew part of their own clothes and 2 million more joined last year. Department store fabric sales rose 169 percent from 1941 to 1947, with pattern sales surging to 168 million units in 1947 and tools like machines, scissors, and tapes increasing in demand as women sew seriously at home.
Henry T. Rohde of 307 South Hamilton Street, an advanced math instructor at Senior High, brings a three pound five ounce tomato named Ponderosa to the Enterprise office. The fruit measures 21 inches around and comes from a plant that yielded six others, about two thirds the size. Rohde plans to use the tomato for seed rather than eat it.
Greensboro August 28 Seven people were injured when two cars collided on Winston road in front of Greensboro High Point airport. Oscar Floyd Stewart Jr of Winston-Salem Stewart Glass was one driver. Names of occupants in both cars include W O Taylor High Point Gilmer C Marsh Guilford College Rt 1 and W E Nichols Guilford College Rt 1. All admitted to Wesley Long hospital.
Reno operator B L Cleveland markets natural gold and warehouse receipts as a free gold market beyond the 1933 standard. Receipts represent ounces of gold in natural state and function as tradable, non legal tender instruments backed by gold stored in San Francisco. Cleveland envisions a broader free market if a Republican administration is elected.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.