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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1931
Page
5
Poem describes a mourning Lincoln walking through a town at night, a somber vision of the late president wandering near courthouses and homes. It contrasts his sleepless burden with the world’s war and political turmoil, ending with a hope for a dawn of peace across Europe.
Several area residents are ill with influenza including Miss Doris Tope at Willow Brook Street and Miss Elizabeth Clinard who has recovered enough to go out. Mrs. C. W. Misenheimer and Edith visit Mr. H. N. Brock in Rockwell, while Mrs. Frank Wineskie returns from Statesville with her mother ill. B. A. Woodell remains in bed with influenza and visitors report other local social movements and concerts. Aviation prodigy Joseph Sheehan Jr., age 12, flies a soap box plane and drives a car, showcasing early aviation talent in Suffern, New York.
More than half a million farms in the United States receive electricity for light and power from service companies. The detail emphasizes rural electrification progress and the reach of utility providers across farming communities.
High Point Rotary at Sheraton hotel hosted Miss Eva Edgerton of the city night schools with 8S. L. Davis Sr. and four night school pupils. Luther Hodges of Leaksville Spray chairs the committee with Maynard Fletcher and J Walter Lambeth as distinguished guests. Ralph Erskine joined as a new member.
Nevada motorists paid an average fee of 33.88 dollars in 1930 to operate automobiles.
An advertisement offers a home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises. Mix 1 oz Parmint double strength with 1-4 pint hot water and sugar, take a tablespoon four times daily. Claims relief as nostrils unclog and mucous stops dripping, cheap and pleasant to take.
Mrs Robert Rapp entertaining the Tuesday Afternoon Book club on its name day at Fisher Ferry street marked Washington birthday with a story of George and Martha Custis Washington. Members, guests and refreshments followed the literary program reflecting a Valentine motif.
Mrs H W Maier chaired a meeting on gardening colors with delegate Boyles and Mrs Sam Welborn as alternate. Refreshments followed served by Mrs Boyles.
A description notes that Chinese fishermen use trained cormorants to dive and fish for them, with birds tethered to keep them from swallowing the catch. The practice allows diversions of labor between birds and people in traditional fishing methods.
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