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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1926
Page
2
City council reviews draft ordinance requiring dog vaccination within High Point with exemptions for short stays and pups under four months. Violators face fines from ten to fifty nine dollars. Mayor opposes extra officer fees, citing enforcement should rely on existing police pay.
A council member insisted he would oppose paying officers an extra fee even while remaining in the chamber. The decision was made that the police officers would not receive the additional fee.
The Vanishing American stars Richard Dix and Lois Wilson in a dramatic tale set on the Painted Desert and Navajo Mountain. Filmed on the Navajo reservation, the production features rugged outdoor scenes with ten thousand Indians, praised by press, historians, and educators. Nina Jenkinson sings an atmospheric prologue, and Harbuck conducts a period-accurate score. Matinees urged due to likely standing room only.
Final showings of Memory Lane with Eleanor Boardman Conrad Nagel and William Haines arrive in High Point as critics praise its simple real life story. The program also includes a juvenile comedy and a news reel with favorable notices for director Harbuck and the American orchestra.
Charlie Sit-on-His-Arrow and Mary Hail stones-in-Her-Stomach from the reservation secured a marriage license in Butte on February 3.
High Point officials approved a 25 dollar reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of anyone destroying city property. Mayor Moffitt noted about 900 dollars were spent on signs and many are damaged, prompting the measure.
Physicians and druggists endorse Calotabs, a refined calomel tablet, to break up a cold or grippe and ease sore throat or tonsillitis. One or two tablets at bedtime with water, no nausea, no impact on eating or work, next morning purified system and good appetite. 35 cents for a family package with directions.
City Manager Pickett will file papers and post signs announcing a $25 reward as the city moves to halt the tearing down of street signs. The mayor stated the measure aims to end the ongoing vandalism and misleading sign placements.
Washington reports the 531 member Congress faced a flood of proposals with 11 737 bills introduced since December 7. Only three measures passed all stages to become law, all involving bridges over navigable streams. The notable action for the President was a $50 000 appropriation for the Geneva arms conference, while the Senate pursued the World Court adhesion resolution.
Last week the tax bill is near passage and two major issues are cleared. The machinery of Congress will speed up as the House moves faster, while daily proposals flood in. Much will be bounced through committees and end up in waste baskets when this Congress ends.
At the Chapel Hill gathering on a Saturday evening President and Mrs. Chase and Prof. and Mrs. W. B. Bernard welcomed fifty guests for a bridge party honoring the Order of Ginghoulg. Attendees included active student members, faculty spouses, and several out-of-town couples sharing an evening of cards and socializing.
A noted skin specialist claims Mentho Sulphur can quickly cure fiery itching eczema by destroying germs. The preparation supposedly soothes, heals, and clears the skin, with rapid relief. A jar can be obtained from any good druggist by sending the coupon. Clip it now.
The listing names Miss Eilen Mellick with Byron Glenn and Miss Daisy Cooper with Henry Johnston, alongside partners James Webb, Charles Man gum Jr., George Stephens Jr., and Ites Shuford, indicating a social or dance pairing.
C W McPherson, aged 79, is noted for his long history with hunting and firearms as Port Washington residents reflect on his life and activities.
A century old muzzle loader gun, kept by McPherson for over 40 years, has been used to kill rabbits this season. The weapon, described as a musket with a powder horn and ram rod, was noted after a four-rabbit haul in a single day.
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