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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
5
City Manager Murphy spoke to the Woman's club on City Cleanliness and methods of garbage disposal. He argued for incineration as ideal, urged a publicity campaign before Clean-up Week, and suggested households burn combustibles to reduce waste while city ownership of an incinerator is hoped for.
The Jewish Progres sive club of Greensboro High Point and Winston Salem expresses gratitude to Jews and Gentiles for a successful ball. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations total several hundred dollars to fund worship space for Jewish men in the U S Army.
The Christian Endeavor society of the North Main Street Methodist Protestant church holds a Valentine social this evening at 7 30. A unique program has been arranged.
Mr and Mrs Frank Wineskie and their children relocate from Hamilton street to a recently completed residence on North Main Street. The new Wineskie home is described as one of the prettiest in a town known for handsome houses.
Mrs Ralph Parker will entertain the Philamathean club at her Johnson street home at 3 o clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs T A Kearns acts as hostess for the Alexander Martin chapter of the D A R this afternoon at her residence on South Main Street. The event gathers chapter members for a local meeting in a private home setting.
Superintendent W. M Marr returns from Raleigh after attending the war savings and thrift staff institute called by Governor Bickett. Salisbury’s Jh Walter Tatum, Charlotte’s Rh J Webb, Statesville’s J B Glover, and others business visitors were seen in Greensboro. Jessie Brooks leaves for Wake Forest as the college marks its 83rd anniversary. Mrs Luthern Kennedy recovers from a serious operation.
Mrs. Lacy Sharpe of Burlington recovers from a sanatorium operation. Miss Ocie Price, operated on for appendicitis, rapidly improves. Julius C. Smith visits Mrs. Wriddle after her operation. Miss Hallie Williams returns home after city visit. Rector Thomas L. Trott travels to Monroe for a short visit. Rev. J. M. Hilliard returns after absence. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Woodard of Raleigh visit relatives on Lindsay street. I. B. Powell of Greensboro spends the afternoon on business. C. C. Sewell stays home with a slight indisposition. Carter Delton to spend tomorrow in Greensboro on professional business.
Reports from Amsterdam state that horse cards authorize limited ownership amid wartime rationing. Farmers and tradesmen may obtain a signed tested card from military authorities, but available horses are scarce and many will be auctioned or rented briefly.
An advertisement touts Hambur Breast Tea, or Hamburger Brust Thee, as a simple cold cure. A tablespoon of tea mixed with boiling water and consumed as tea is claimed to relieve congestion by opening pores and loosening bowels, described as inexpensive and entirely vegetable.
A petition signed by 575 young North Carolina women from the State Normal college will go to Senators Overman and Simmons urging support for the suffrage amendment. The signatures were collected Tuesday and total 575.
A group of thirty eight neighbors gathered at 7:50 PM at Mrs Sidney A Stone’s Grimes Street home to bring groceries and share prayers and songs in a social hour. They offered sympathy for her loss, marked by the recent death of her husband three weeks prior, and left feeling blessed by the act of helping a friend and neighbor.
Advertises St Jacobs Oil as a harmless cure for rheumatism and related pains. Claims rubbing the oil on tender spots quickly removes pain stiffness and soreness in joints muscles and bones and promises rapid relief without internal treatment or skin burning. Encourages buying a 25 cent bottle at drug stores.
The Spanish steamer Ceferino was sunk by a submarine near Ferro island in the Canary group. All crew members were saved and towed to the port of La Estaca in the Canaries by the submarine.
Fire that started in the vulcanizing room of the McFadden Motor company on Penland street yesterday afternoon practically destroyed 25 automobiles and ruined a large stock of tubes and casings before being extinguished.
Danville Virginia February 14 W T Jones aged 54 is in hospital with a broken rib and facial injuries after being struck multiple times with a hammer by J G Jennings. The assault followed civil action over an alleged debt and occurred in Jones home on Cabell Street. Police later picked up Jennings as he waited for a freight train southward.
Ladies are urged to use Triumph Pills regularly for dependable relief. The firm claims no drugstore sales and offers free information via mail from the National Medical Institute in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
A narrator grapples with jealousy after spotting Landry with Mrs Hyde in public. Flowers from Homer Carleton trigger a resolve to reclaim Landry’s devotion, while she battles rage, doubt, and fear of losing him to deceit. She confronts Landry in a tense exchange, seeking explanation.
D B Anderson administrator notes claims against Caleb Barker deceased of Guilford County North Carolina must be presented at High Point N C before January 1 1919 or they will be barred. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Date January 11 1918.
An old time remedy Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound darkens gray hair and adds a youthful lustre. Sold in drug stores as a ready to use product, it is applied with a comb or brush to strands, becoming undetectable and not claimed to cure disease.
An interrogation scene unfolds as accusations fly about clandestine meetings and spying. The speaker admits wrongdoing and resents mistaken accusations from a husband who suspects infidelity and interference, pressing for truth amid mounting tension.
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