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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1918
Page
2
A 1918 calendar details 84 working days when business runs without holidays or Sundays. It notes how wartime schedules and government protocols shaped commerce, labor and productivity across regions.
Garret Smith surveys how holidays shape banking and trade, noting 84 non Sundays in a year and detailing how nations like Brazil United States France Italy Germany Great Britain Japan and Russia observe varying numbers of holidays. He explains US lack of a national holiday and outlines key local observances and dates such as Independence Days in Texas and North Carolina Patriots Day in Maine and Old Defender's Day in Baltimore.
The passage notes no universal national holiday in the United States and that states like Massachusetts do not observe New Year’s Day as a legal holiday. It highlights varied Christmas observances, multiple New Year dates internationally, and counts holidays by month and country, including Brazil with 84 holidays and the United States with 54.
The note contrasts travel plans from Bohemia in New York to Paris in Europe, highlighting the relative appeal of destinations and routes. The fragment hints at preferences for distant locales over familiar ones.
Readers urged to donate canceled postage stamps to the Belgian Relief fund. Stamps packed in thousands will be sold to raise money for food for Belgian children, with Allen's Store and Barbee Marble Works as collection points in High Point. Call 2391 to arrange pickup and include donor name on each 1000-stamp package.
A High Point man, F M York of Shelton Street, reports lasting relief from back pain and kidney issues after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He repeats his recommendation, saying there has been no recurrence for over three years. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Shareholders of the eighth series of High Point Perpetual Building and Loan were notified that the series matured February 1 with interest paid to loan recipients. Total value reached $89,200 with 892 shares in force. loans cancelled totaling $60,850 and non-borrowing shareholders to receive $28,850. Checks ready upon endorsement. Notes and mortgages will be canceled and returned. the twentieth series opens April 1.
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