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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1920
Page
5
A verse recalling bygone days of low prices and simple service in a nostalgic tone. The speaker contrasts past cheap comforts with current slow service and higher costs, lamenting changing times and the loss of easy help for household needs.
A cerise straw hat with a rounded crown and tumbling folds under the brim is highlighted as a festive accessory for a debutante. The note suggests it pairs well with Valentine Day calls and afternoon tea, offering a bright springtime style.
A 1920 Valentine column contrasts Cupid and Milady with a heart sick Society. The piece notes Cupid’s triumphs in amour while Society endures a flu season and a bleak engagement book, yet friends urge cheer and brighter days ahead.
Among the sick are Miss Jessie Clodfelter and her mother. Harry Nasser remains at home with influenza. Mr and Mrs J H Parsons and two children have been confined for a week but are now able to go out. Baltimore reports E S Hutchinson ill in a hospital for a week and slowly improving. The Hutchinsons expect to remain there until late next week before returning home.
R C Soyars is confined to his Gatewood avenue home due to an attack of influenza.
A Confederate veteran J B Little confined by illness shows considerable improvement. Miss Viola Foust suffers from diphtheria at her home in the area.
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Derrick have returned from a visit to Atlanta Georgia. George Lowe left last night for a ten days business trip to Detroit.
John Campbell, visiting High Point as a guest of J. M. Rickers, plans to depart this evening for Knoxville.
Local High Point residents and visitors from Langleyfield Atlanta Chicago Greensboro and Wilmington spend time in the city on business or social visits. An interview in the London Times blames American whiskey for Prohibition in the United States and suggests circulation of the same whiskey to spur prohibition in Britain.
M F Crook manager of Efird's department store is reported to have recovered from influenza and returned to his duties at the store this morning, bringing relief to friends and staff.
Mrs. J. Greer is confined to her South Main street home due to an influenza attack.
The notice reports Miss Mae Snyder and Miss Millie Snyder are now ill with influenza, with the information released this morning.
An allied official notes Constantinople appears less picturesque yet the east remains, with 75 percent of passers dressed as Europeans on the Golden Horn bridge. A businesslike air hits main streets due to allied and neutral traders. Prices rise, but goods arrive signaling eventual declines. The article also cites 1,043,492 men aged 31 registering under the selective service law.
A man was robbed and a standoff resulted with a fatality in a battle held there without bail while awaiting the coroner's inquiry. Police captured Kent Greer after a late night pursuit and he was detained as the sheriff decides on bond. Greer, son of A N Greer of High Point, claims he was shot at while fleeing and his car was damaged. Also quoted is R W Babson on labor economics and a Japan water power estimate of 8,500,000 horsepower.
The article details Secretary Lansing’s resignation from the cabinet amid deep policy disputes with President Wilson. It notes cabinet meetings without the president’s participation, tensions over Mexican policy, and friction with Tumulty and other officials. It also references Lansing’s diplomacy and prior notes to Germany.
The article surveys women’s progress: Georgia opens all university departments to women. Norway enforces equal pay in civil service and teaching. Belgium trains girls in lace making from age five. English fisher wives keep a black cat for safety beliefs. Herbert Hoover’s mother a Quaker preacher. Eastern women’s courtship beliefs. women prompters’ voices are clearer on stage than men’s in auditoriums.
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