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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement promotes Aspironal as a new elixir for colds and flu claiming European and American army surgeons endorse it. It promises relief within two minutes with a refund if not effective and urges universal purchase at drug stores with a bold claim of safety for infants and children.
Paris salons unveil a new hairdressing style featuring a large soft chignon at the nape with hair brushed into soft waves framing the temples and brow. It moves away from the short bobbed looks of the prior two seasons.
A Midwestern essay urges readers to pass smiles despite pain, suggesting even a small grin can lift spirits and reduce gloom. The message emphasizes resilience and community kindness during hardship.
Sergeant William F Murphy and Sergeant Bert Stevens arrive in High Point and open offices in the post office building to stimulate interest in joining Uncle Sam's army. They urge men to enlist for one year in engineer and field artillery branches with promotions seen as favorable. Those with prior service may sign for one year. new recruits face three summers unless later orders change terms.
Brigadier A W Crawford announces that every Salvation Army corps in the southern territory will organize a fully equipped brass band. Atlanta hosts the first twenty two piece band directed by Captain A J H Nicel. Bands serve public events and religious occasions as non profit entertainment. Also notice calls High Point township Republicans to meeting February 27 1920 at City Hall to elect delegates for Greenboro convention.
London reports a New York dispatch claiming William Fitzherbert, who died in Brooklyn, asserted descent from George IV via Mrs Fitzherbert and rights to estates. The Daily News notes Mrs Fitzherbert believed herself lawfully married to George IV and that she died childless.
The Santa Clara county humane society received a letter of thanks from President Carranza of Mexico for commendation of his stance against bullfighting. A separate note mentions sending moose, spider webs, and other items in a mixture of unrelated statements.
The government of Czecho-Slovakia closes the German university in Prague and transforms it into a Czech college as part of de Germanization efforts. A court concession allows German language use in districts with German populations over twenty percent.
Jaurez Mexico February 25 The value of imports from the United States into Mexico for ten months in 1819 reached 96438 98 dollars, marking a 324 percent rise from the same period last year. Main goods include shoes textiles silks furs notions and luxury items.
C G C Woodell blacksmith of High Point says kidney troubles and back pain kept him from work. After one box of Doan's Kidney Pills relief came and a second box fully removed pains and normalized his kidneys. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Mfrs Buffalo NY
A federal council decree in Berne permits free serial air traffic over Swiss territory in peacetime. Transport by air of money, munitions, and explosives remains forbidden.
An Iowa inventor obtained a patent for a vehicle driven by an electric motor and stabilized by gyroscopic fly wheels to prevent falling. Industrial alcohol is produced from Sweden's sulphite pulp mill waste formerly deemed worthless. A speedometer invention can set limits to regulate car speed and travel distance. Sailors on an ice-locked Lake Michigan steamer walked 20 miles for tobacco, with food delivered by airplane.
An advertisement promotes Pepsated Aspirin as the best form for neuralgia and rheumatism. It claims the tablets combine aspirin with pepsin so they can be taken freely without upsetting the stomach and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
A quirky exchange between a wife and husband centers on choosing a hat design. The wife asks about bird motifs while the husband jokes to feature a wad hilt. The fragment includes a misspelled or garbled title The Squirrrel Cdge suggesting a local humor note.
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