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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1919
Page
2
The Hohoaco Hotel in Chicago announces a price relief move with food and room reductions following government cost of living notes. Prices drop from 25 to 30 percent on rooms and dining room items, the hotel manager says the move aims to swing public sentiment toward lower charges.
German carrier pigeons prisoners are in Boston after capture at St Mihiel. They are very tame and will eat only pretzels, says Lieutenant Robert Milne, a pigeon expert who has just reached army headquarters after extensive service in France.
The Sheepshead May Speedway two mile track used for metropolitan car races since 1915 is being demolished. After the death of Harry S. Harkness upkeep for occasional events proved impracticable. Land will likely be cut into building lots. the stands held 40 000 and the plank track with steel substructure covered 436 acres, famed as the fastest two mile oval.
J J Farriss reports Senator Overman is pressing for better High Point rail facilities. Max Thelan writes that Southern Railway issues delays and that only time will allow expenditures. Local chamber aims to change train passenger discharge and may send a Washington representative to negotiate with railroad officials.
An advertisement promotes Pepto Mangan as a tonic for pale and listless children. It claims the product restores strength with daily use and that genuine Pepto Mangan bears the name Gude’s on the package. Physicians have used it for nearly thirty years.
Chicago report shows Judge Sheridan E Fry of the Court Domestic Relations proposes a public whipping post to curb wife beating. He cites a letter from Mrs E B Green describing Baltimore's ordinance and urges trial in Chicago. The piece notes Toronto elects women to all offices in the municipal race.
Meehansville school building hosts a gathering Wednesday night at 8 to boost support for consolidating high schools in the township. County Superintendent Thomas R. Foust of Greensboro will attend as educators endorse the plan, aiming for a modern building with vocational and domestic science facilities.
Arthur Stewart of Merrimac was struck by an car driven by George E. Tozier of Bradford while awaiting a trolley on White Street. He suffered a leg injury and his overcoat was torn. Tozier then offered to replace the damaged coat, and Stewart accepted.
The church army runs personally conducted trips from Charing Cross and Victoria to French graves for relatives of fallen soldiers. Widows fathers and mothers travel with floral tributes to honor the glorious dead, with free tickets provided for those unable to meet trip expenses.
Davis Tracy Wilcox, president of a firm worth $25,000, bragged he would fool Dr. R J Gubbins who saved him four times after poison attempts. In a fifth act he hanged himself in the basement, ending his life.
In Strassburg the street language is Alsatian, a patois between German and French. Locals aim to expunge German. at a hotel dining room a head-waiter chastised staff, insisting no German be spoken and French must prevail.
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