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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1919
Page
3
Postmaster J. Farriss urged High Point residents to mail Christmas parcels early due to reduced train service from a coal strike. He said parcels need extra time to reach destinations and urged patrons to start mailing immediately.
The article notes that fifty years ago women preachers were more numerous in the United States compared to the present relative to population. It discusses historical trends in religious leadership and gender representation in clergy.
Bulgarian premier in Geneva expressed intention to bring former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria to trial. A Geneva dispatch said Ferdinand was in Bunich and planned to travel to Switzerland.
New York reports twelve deaths from whiskey containing wood alcohol within two weeks. The City Medical Examiner notes widespread sales by saloonkeepers who have not been arrested and warns the public that most such liquor is heavily diluted with wood alcohol, a deadly poison.
A retired merchant gave his wife a glycerine mixture with buckhorn bark as part of Adler-i-ka. One bottle produced great results by cleansing both upper and lower bowels, removing foul matter, easing sour stomach and gas, and often curing constipation. Matton’s Drug Co.
In Washington on December 10 the senate debated the McNary bill to extend the sugar equalization board for another year prompting broad accusations of responsibility. Senator McNary charged President Wilson with failing to act on board recommendations to purchase Cuban sugar last summer.
A humorous exchange notes that single men are stronger in debate while a married man cannot argue, reflecting social humor about marriage and persuasion in a Minneapolis Tribune snippet.
A well known authority warns rheumatism stems from eating too much meat and rich foods that raise uric acid in blood. Stay warm, drink water, and use four ounces of rad Salts daily for a week to stimulate kidneys and purge impurities. Jad Salts touted as cheap and harmless lithia drink aiding kidney function.
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