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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
3
An old advertisement highlights Bayer Tablets of Aspirin with the Bayer Cross marking to ensure authenticity. It notes physicians have prescribed it for over eighteen years and lists common uses such as colds headaches neuralgia and rheumatism with small 12 tablet tins and larger packages available.
The crudest makeshift coins used during world war include German Faust Africa pieces cast from cartridge metal. One side bears the denomination while the opposite side shows "1916 D Cc. A." referring to Deutsch Ost Afrika.
Friends in High Point and Randolph County note the illness of prominent lumber dealer Lee Briles. He contracted influenza days ago and pneumonia has developed. Physicians say there is little hope for recovery.
A film review notes Douglas Fairbanks in When the Clouds Roll By at Broadway theatre mocked superstition while criticizing belief in the supernatural. Also discussed is D. O. Griffiths Broken Blossoms at Nosa theatre with stark China imagery and a stark contrast to American attitudes toward youth.
Mary Pickford presents Heart O' the Hills adapted from John Fox Jr. at the Broadway theatre starting Thursday. Mavis Hawn, a hardworking Kentucky mountain girl, brings laughter and tears as she defends a rustic Romeo in a local dance contest before Uncle Zeke halts the gala when he loses his teeth.
The bodies of Lula Johnson and her daughter Gertrude aged three, were buried in the Johnson home after a Ha coline explosion. The mother and child died within an hour of each other, with the burial conducted in the name casket at the mother’s request.
The Orpheum introductions feature The Prince of Liars and a Spanish quartet, with a shy comedy, and audiences prefer lively dancing to music. The current bill omits off color material and the familiar daddy references. A new act may replace it tomorrow and Wednesday to satisfy crowd demand for stronger performers.
John Magill, prominent lecturer and advocate of the Smith Towner educational bill, appears at the Commercial club in High Point on Friday afternoon under the auspices of the Woman's club educational committee. He has spoken in Raleigh and Charlotte this week and will also lect ure in Greensboro. The bill is described as the most perfect educational measure and crucial for the nation, with women singled out as pivotal in Congress’ decision.
In February a famed bull elk from Scotty Phillips herd fought a barbed wire fence at Phillips ranch. The animal broke free after a long struggle but later died from wounds. The article notes global averages, stating Earth’s mean annual temperature about 59 degrees Fahrenheit with extremes in northern Africa and the Antarctic.
News reached High Point of the death of Mrs W Clement Hammond who died in New York a week ago from pneumonia she was 22 and the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert L Paylor of Birmingham Her funeral was held in New Bern her old home and she was buried there She married Lt W Clement Hammond of Griffin Ga in 1917 and had lived in New York since his return from overseas service a group of Paylor family members attended the funeral in New Bern and then passed through High Point.
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Smith were held at the family home on South Main Street at 2 45 PM conducted by Rev W A Lambeth pastor of Wesley Memorial A M E church. Interment was in Green Hill cemetery Greensboro.
A Wakulla man testifies after two years of malaria and "bad blood" that Number 40 for the Blood cured him with 3 1 2 bottles. The ad claims the remedy, made from U S Dispensary ingredients, treats glandular issues blood poison scrofula eczema skin diseases constipation stomach and liver troubles chronic rheumatism and mercurial poisoning. Sold by Hart Drug Co Cherrapongee. The piece notes the area’s heavy rainfall with annual totals around 905 inches.
A report notes France exhibits fewer extremes of wealth and poverty than many nations, highlighting reduced income disparity as a defining social feature.
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