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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1926
Page
8
New York January 4 AP reports motion pictures, born of necessity, drive new inventiveness. While filming Dancing Mothers Clara Bow watched four men rapidly assemble wood pieces, illustrating rapid set construction and resourcefulness in early cinema production.
A vintage advertisement assures parents that California Fig Syrup eases fever, bilious discomfort, and constipation in children with a pleasant taste. It emphasizes asking for genuine California Fig Syrup with printed directions and warns against imitation products.
Report describes prop workers draping cobwebs with glue glycerine and chalk, creating icicles from paraffin wax, and forming skating rinks. Snow on screens comes from flaked wheat, potentially edible if prepared.
Pittsburg January 4 AP President 8. S. Baker of Washington and Jefferson college says professional football is not a threat to college football though friends of the sport have dealt it blows. He cites overemphasis on individual stars and notes the danger lies with coaches managers and college administrators.
George Washington kept accurate account of his gambling losses according to findings in an archival report detailing his careful record keeping and financial habits during the period in question.
An anonymous International Book Review piece analyzes an unpublished ledger described as two thousand pages long. It cites entries under Gambling showing winnings and losses, social card games and money stakes, wine and dinners, slave-catcher payments, a Mount Vernon trip, toothbrush costs, and large buys like mules for Lafayette.
Five suspects are under arrest after a bold robbery of a $3,100 payroll at Loew's State Theatre in Broadway's theatre district. Assistant manager Kenneth Gratton was assaulted during the holdup as armed men blocked his ascent to the office, then fled via a fire exit amid a crowded performance.
The era of Henry VIII faced high street dangers as footpads loomed after dark, making outdoor movement perilous for travelers and residents.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science awards its $1,060 prize to Dr. Dayton C. Miller of Case School of Applied Science for a paper on Michelson Morley drift. Miller reports Mount Wilson experiments suggesting alterations to Einstein theory of relativity. The prize was given at the 82nd annual meeting in Kansas City.
Prepare a harmless and effective gargle by dissolving two Bayer tablets in four spoonfuls of water. Gargle throat thoroughly and repeat in two hours if necessary. Use genuine Bayer Aspirin with the Bayer Cross, available in tin boxes of twelve tablets for a few cents.
A Palmer in High Point offers readings on love courtship marriage and affairs of life. She locates lost items gives business guidance and guarantees satisfaction with readings. She has operated over 12 months and claims superior success versus other palmists, in a tent two blocks from Car Line on North Main Street.
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