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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1920
Page
2
An advertisement touts Euro-Phosphate as a remedy for thinness and nervous fatigue. It claims Bitro-Phosphate nourishes nerves and cells, increases body weight, improves heart function, and restores energy, with cautions to avoid fat-producing foods for those not seeking weight gain.
Philadelphia mayor May or J Hampton Moore, formerly a sought after after dinner speaker and organizer of the Five O Clock Club, says public business now consumes so much time he must decline nearly all invitations to speak at night after recently attending five banquets in one evening.
London reports a new body named the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland formed to speak for British surgery. Sir John Bland-Sutton is named its first president, and the group aims to link British surgery with American French and Italian counterparts.
Mexico City reports Luis Mendez, rebel commander active in Michoacan, was killed in a clash with federal troops near Zamora. In line with tradition, his severed head was displayed publicly to deter dissent. Berlin and London dispatches note other global items including library purges in Germany, oil storage plans in Liverpool, new German stamps, and urban air concerns in London.
New York reporter Vera Bloom recounts her 10 day visit to Fiume. She describes meeting Gabriele d Anunzio and receiving a captain’s badge in the Italian arditi. Bloom says Fiume is orderly and the dictator is calm and respected by locals and visitors.
A high pointer releases a leap year letter filled with playful romance as evidence that women take the leap year idea seriously. The note, from a Charleston sender, mixes flirtation with questions about engagement and future prospects, amid other wartime era notices.
A letter from General Pershing voices hearty approval of a plan to enlist Indian regiments. The report notes 17 000 plus Indians served in WWI, mainly in the 99th Texas Oklahoma division, the 36th division, and the 165th infantry. It details praise from officers for Indian troops and proposes a permanent Indian military structure and citizenship measures.
In Shanghai a safety first club formed by St. Luke's Hospital seeks to protect foreigners by periodic medical exams for Chinese servants for fixed fees. With 20,000+ foreigners amid 2,000,000 residents and no sewers, leprosy tuberculosis and typhoid are pressing concerns. Vaccination and health safeguards emerge as a domestic priority amid low wages and cross cultural service gaps. The note adds a separate line on the secretary of war opposing Indian regiments racial segregation in 1917.
London observers report on a bay horse at the world’s fair showing a cloven foot. Offspring of a shire stallion and a Welsh mare, its two toes spark theories of a prehistoric reversion. Ancient horses like Phenacodus had five toes per foot in early records.
Simple glycerine and buckthorn bark mix in Adlerika relieves gas on stomach and sour stomach. It acts on both upper and lower bowel removing foul matter and often cures constipation. Instant pleasant action surprises doctors and patients. One dose helped a five year indigestion case. Mann Drug Co.
A medical-sounding advertisement urges drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate every morning before breakfast. It claims cleansing the stomach and bowels improves digestion, appetite, skin, and overall health, touting low cost and dramatic personality change.
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