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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1929
Page
14
One fourth off on pure silk crepe de chine gowns and pajamas in pastel shades. Bead like mesh bags in all colors available. Party bags reduced to 2.95 and compact bags to 5.00. Adorable styles and colors featured.
Announcement of births for John Lynden Brockman Doris Ruth Cashwell and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Vick Cecil at home on December 16 and December 22. Also illness of Buddie Packer, wedding of Miss Kirkman to Wilton McLean, and leadership changes at local schools.
An American architect William A. Delano urges British architects in London not to build skyscrapers. He says Americans are being crushed by such monsters and warns against adopting this phase of American civilization.
BERWIN P What the Thanksgiving turkey is to Americans the Christmas goose is to Germans. The German goose is prepped weeks in advance with a fattening regimen. Macaroni or noodles dipped in buttermilk are fed daily until the bird reaches a festive size for Christmas dinners with red or green cabbage potatoes and Brussels sprouts sides.
In Spotsylvania county circuit court, Hugh Mullen Sr. was granted a divorce from his wife on desertion grounds, and Ruth Dempsey Mullen, wife of Hugh Mullen Jr., was granted a divorce from her husband on desertion grounds. Lawyers recalled no prior case of a father and son being divorced the same day in the same court.
A Paris edict proposes a twelve hour window with short skirts from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and long skirts afterward, based on a logic of daytime practicality and nighttime glamour. The piece notes American men favor short skirts and women favor long ones, urging a unified stance to ease social dynamics and fashion trends.
In Stamboul Turkish police report women jail birds enrolled in national alphabet schools for illiterates as a ruse. Investigations yielded more than four arrests in a month as suspected thieves targeted fellow students, stealing purses pencils and hats.
A blaze that burned for two hours Saturday night damaged the Morgan Furniture company stock building and equipment in Albemarle with an estimated loss of 30000 dollars.
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