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 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
5
The passage describes cooks busy with roasting and boiling for plum pudding goose capon mince pies and roast beef, with wine and beer provisions. It notes travelers invited to gentlemen's halls, charity stockings for Red Cross seen as essential, and a community effort to ensure all dine and receive relief.
Miss Edna Wall from Pandleman returns to spend the holidays with her parents in Thomasville. Miss Helen Long, student at Salem College Winston-Salem, also arrives to share Christmas with Mr and Mrs Charles Kr Long.
Mrs. G. W. Denny is rapidly recovering from the effects of an operation she underwent at the local hospital a few days ago.
Berne reports authorities have ordered schools to surrender old wall maps mounted on linen to recover linen for clothing and linings. The process aims to separate cloth from maps, with mineral wool suggested as a substitute for cotton in decorations. Store promos encourage Christmas shopping with coupons and bond offers.
The Beauty Shop arrives for an engagement starting Wednesday December 26 at the Municipal Theater. Channing Pollock and Ronald Wolf wrote the book and lyrics with Charles Gebert contributing music. The comedy follows Dr. Arbutus Budd a beauty specialist pressed by creditors as he tries to keep up with fashionable patrons. The production features new scenery and lavish costumes, with a cast of well known musical comedy singers and comic actors.
Gail Kane, star of Southern Pride, refused to film a prayer scene until given a real gold rosary. Director Henry Wing and producer King sourced a gold bead rosary, costing $25, and King paid the expense to satisfy the star’s requirement for authenticity.
The Red Cross Christmas seal campaign aims for five million seals to fund tuberculosis relief. state totals show 3,000,000 seals as the minimum with progress toward the maximum. Dr. L B McBrayer confirms the minimum reached and expects drive momentum to push toward the higher target in the final days. Governor Bickett urges generosity as towns repeatedly reorder seals and retailers promote savings coupons with holiday purchases.
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.