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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1917
Page
8
The High Point schools will observe George Washington’s birthday with patriotic songs recitations and a flag presentation by the Junior Order. The Boy Scouts donate a flag pole. The program includes multiple songs devotional exercises a flag drill and speeches. Parents and friends are invited to attend.
A High Point citizen warns that since 1917 over 3 000 US filmshows failed and 800 to 1 200 vaudeville houses closed due to rising costs. Biocarbons and film service prices have surged, while taxes and wage boosts burden managers. Property owners lose value as interiors are torn out and many stock promoters bind owners under unincorporated contracts.
Oliver of the Gilmer Brothers' Specialty Store says preparations are underway for one of the greatest bargain-giving carnivals in the region. The large Gilmer Brothers store promises easy trading with a large staff ready to handle expected crowds.
Lois Weber presents Saving the Family Name at the Rose tomorrow with Mary MacLaren as the distressed heroine and Phillips Smalley as the leading man. The Bluebird film questions whether an actress can be a wife and shows the clash between stage life and family opinion, ending with victory over prejudice.
Notices warn corporations of income tax returns due by March 1 1917 with a 50 percent penalty and specific penalties. City council also announces new election registration books and appoints ward registrars and judges with polling places and dates in February and March 1917.
Blackhe Sweet stars at the Broadway theater in The Evil Eye a drama by Hector Turnbull and screen prepared by George D Proctor. She portrays Katherine Torrance a young woman doctor aiding amid a diphtheria outbreak at Leonard Sheldon's winery in California with her brother Clifford.
Mrs Vernon Castle, famed worldwide, will headline the film Patria at the Piedmont theater Greensboro this Thursday. Manager Daniel touts her as the best known American woman and a charming, feminine star whose appearance promises a rare opportunity for patrons to see her act on screen.
An advertisement touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a cure for gray hair. It promises natural darkening, thickness, and shine, claiming dandruff relief and stopped scalp itching with a ready to use 50 cent bottle.
Numa F Reid Lodge 344 A F and A M calls a Thursday 1 pm attendance at the funeral of Bro A W L Armstrong by request of Glen Cove Lodge 580 Glen Cove NY. Knights Templar in full uniform will escort. S F Wall W M P V Kirkman Secy.
City Council meets February 6 1917 calls an election on March 13 1917 to submit Amendment No 1 to the city charter to the qualified voters. Ballot instructions specify yes for adoption and no for rejection.
The amendment allows voters to elect a mayor and four council members at the next city election and calls for a nonpartisan primary and election.
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