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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1917
Page
5
A poem by W. Livingston Larned depicts Grandmother as a comforting haven for distressed children. The piece contrasts sorrow and care, highlighting Gran’muvver’s rocking chair as a shrine of solace where a boy finds relief from punishment and loneliness.
Friends learn with regret of Mrs I T Mann's painful indisposition after a grate accident hurt her right foot. She suffered a bruise on the instep, lay in bed three weeks, then an infected instep required two operations. She remains confined but hopes to rise soon.
Miss Dorothy Henley leaves tomorrow morning for Durham to enter Watts hospital for a three year nursing course. She will be greatly missed in the city social circles and may return after graduation to the area.
Mrs. A. L. Holton and Miss Lucile with Roland Holton moved from Steele street with Mrs. L. M. H. Reynolds to the Gold residence on North Main street today.
The parliamentary law department will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 30 with Mrs J E Kirkman at her home on Washington street.
The Ladies' Aid society of the First Reformed church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs J R Young at 208 White Oak street.
The ceremony announced new members to the Measley club, highlighting their qualifications and official recognition.
The executive committee of the High Point Christian Endeavor is called to meet Thursday night at 7 30 at RK C Boyd's home on Best Street. The committee includes officers and chairmen of all committees. All members are urged to attend.
The Over the Tea Cups club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 oclock with Mrs. Robert Walker at her home on North Main Street.
Mrs Muse who has been confined to her bed with grip for two weeks rose to her room yesterday for the first time, signaling a notable improvement in her health.
To Mr and Mrs Arthur Ellison a daughter named Sarah Alice Virginia was born. The birth announcement notes the new arrival and family name.
Dr. Dred Peacock a business visitor to Greensboro yesterday afternoon. W. B. Merriman of Greensboro spent a few hours in the city yesterday afternoon. Miss Lacey Hoskins of Greensboro was a guest in the city yesterday afternoon. Mesdames Oscar D. Baxter and J. W. Petty spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro.
Dr and Mrs J J Hamlin and family visited Greensboro yesterday afternoon. Mrs D A Stanton and Miss Ruth Sechrest also spent the day there. James Mellichampe, recovering from tonsillitis on Morris street, is out again. H A Moffitt left for New York on business and F M Pickett for Charlotte on an extended trip. W P Ragan was a Greensboro business visitor. Mrs A L Burns returned from a week visiting relatives in Greensboro.
Havana reports three defeats of rebels aiming to topple President Menocal. Government forces under Cols. Pujol and Collazos seize Camaguey and near Jaruco, with Bayamo in Oriente now captured under Col. Betancoa Sin. Troops landed at Manzanillo to assault Santiago.
In New Bern on February 28 a quiet ceremony united Mrs Alice Hilliard Biddle widow of James W Biddle and Col James A Bryan president of the National Bank of New Bern. The Rev B F Huske officiated at the bride’s home with a small gathering. The couple now reside on Middle Street receiving many congratulations from friends.
A home remedy advertisement touts Vick’s VapoRub Salve as relief for chest colds and bronchitis. It cites a Mrs. A. S. Nona of Altoona Pennsylvania as endorsing its rapid effect on croup and colds, urging mothers to investigate for their families.
Young people of the First Baptist Church begin four days of B Y P U training tonight at 6. Rev J D Moore and E R Carroll of Raleigh conduct the institute with separate Junior and Senior classes for under and over 16. Evening program lists devotional, class work, lunch, lectures and demonstrations through Friday.
House Peters and Myrtle Stedman headline the Oliver Morosco Photoplay company at the Broadway today in The Happiness of Three Women adapted from Albert Payson Terhune. Peters, a leading photodrama star, returns to Paramount with Stedman, famed for An American Beauty and The Soul of Kura-San.
The William Fox photodrama Hypocrisy starring Virginia Pearson screens at The Rose today. It exposes the taint of wealth driven social life, marriage for status, gambling dangers, and the pursuit of gold in high society.
A Detroit Free Press item presents a child’s hunger as a prompt for action. An adult proposes forming an investigating committee to determine why food is scarce, signaling a civic response to need.
New York Feb 28 There was a sharp advance in the cotton market with March contracts reaching 16.94, over half a cent above Monday's close due to covering by shorts. Exporters and domestic spinners were moderate buyers from local stock while south offerings were light, causing little selling in March and May for a quiet session with a net gain of 13 to 54 points at close.
A fragmentary historical extract discusses censorship and wartime press limits. It imagines a censor shaping military news, withholding details, and readers gradually adapting to dispatches that blur clarity. The piece cites imagined dates and places to illustrate shifting information control.
In Greensboro on February 28 the Bessemer high school girls defeated Jamestown 12 to 2 in a final local game. The Bessemer quint showed strong all around play as the decisive factor.
Laurie Crichton an apprentice on the British steamer Glenshiel was killed in Newport News when he fell ten feet from a boatswain chair as he was being hoisted Edmund Hoch the boatswain was struck by Crichton and had a broken leg as a result of the incident The accident occurred yesterday afternoon marking a fatal marine workman's accident in Virginia.
Detroit Free Press notes the bone-dry federal law may force liquor imports to be consumed in state after 1918 as a workaround. The piece highlights the unusual provision affecting Michigan residents and potential changes.
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