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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1937
Page
8
New York fashion notes describe lavish bouffant gowns in navy silk marquisette with halter necks and gold daisies, long waists and molded hips, metallic fabrics, luxurious silks, and sparkling wraps. Accessories include veil bands, rhinestone clips, and jeweled necklaces. Shoes feature metal brocades and black jersey designs.
Seven prominent women including Dorothy Thompson Fannie Hurst and Caroline Woodruff back the Christmas Seal drive to support tuberculosis fight efforts across the country. They praise the campaign as effective and nonintrusive while urging national cooperation.
In Murray Kentucky Mrs Virel Rogers 35 became a mother and grandmother on the same day. A few minutes later her step daughter Mrs Inez Cooper 21 gave birth to a daughter. All four are doing nicely.
State Geologist H. J. Bryson estimates NC mineral and mineral product value above 11 million dollars annually. 1936 figures show about 8.39 million from listed minerals, with brick, cement and other materials adding at least 3 million more. Potential deposits include prophylate, kaolin clay, feldspar, and granite in vast quantities.
No Man's Land in Salem Missouri is remembered as a parcel set aside for capital punishment. The reference ties Dent County history to an early murky practice and a notable location once earmarked for executions.
Attorney George F. Addison sought to satisfy a judgment tied to a land parcel but has been unable to find any ownership record in public filings. The missing record leaves the property's status uncertain and ongoing efforts continue.
In New Albany Indiana Kenneth A Miller gathered funds for Christmas by picking straw berries hunting walnuts selling novelties and doing odd jobs between nightclub shifts He has drawn fifty Christmas savings checks of 25 from nine banks to cover gifts and expenses.
The article notes Philadelphia becoming the first American city to install street lights illuminating streets and marking a shift in urban infrastructure and public safety.
A Bloomington man reportedly dropped his lunch on a downtown street and had his false teeth wrap around the meal, prompting police to intervene and recover the denture from the scene.
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