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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1920
Page
3
Advice promotes daily hot water with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims daily internal washing prevents constipation bilious attacks and nervous days, urging a quarter pound dose as a cheap demonstrable remedy.
A Daily Herald investigation finds London's shirt making as a near household industry with rampant exploitation. Workers, mostly women, sew shirts for six cents each while costs rise. some earn only twelve cents for a dozen shirts. Many rely on installment sewing machines, pay for thread, and face hunger and ill health. Workers say they are unorganized and fear starvation if they strike. The harsh balance sheet shows shirts seamed six dollars fifty cents revenue versus high thread costs and unknown seller profits.
Mason B. Sterling president of the United Railroads Investment Company says no petition for a rate increase has been filed with the California Railroad Commission and jitney street car fares will continue.
Joffre writes in Lectures pour Tous of a Verdun spring 1916 memory. A regiment vet recalls a brother killed by a ricochet bullet, then the survivor kissed his dead sibling, took his cartridges, and went to avenge him, earning the military medal.
Washington notes potential rise in coffee consumption as prohibition could revive coffee houses. Brazil plans a four year US ad campaign. 1919 US coffee receipts reached 1,061, $29,910 pounds valued at $144 million, with Brazil’s share dropping to 52.3 percent while Central America and the West Indies rise. Exports and re-exports show strong gains from 1918 and 1914 figures. Japan ships nearly 8 million pounds.
George E. Melton a 27 year old married man from 167 Fisher St. in High Point recounts a dramatic health recovery after using Laxated Iron. Once weighing 30 pounds and plagued by stomach trouble and insomnia, he gained 27 pounds in two bottles, sleeps well, eats freely, and feels restored. Hart Drug Co. advertises this remedy at $1 per bottle with a money back guarantee and exclusive local sale.
New York report cites Dress Association of America official C. H. D. Robbins stating spring and summer apparel will cost 25 to 40 percent more. Materials have risen 50 to 75 percent since last season, and women are likely to have far fewer unused dresses hats and slippers.
After nine years of stomach suffering, the writer reports full recovery following four doses of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. The product claims to remove intestinal mucus and reduce inflammation causing stomach and liver ailments, including appendicitis, with a money-back guarantee. Hart Drug Co. of High Point and Randleman Drug Co. of Randleman, N C are listed as distributors.
Marion Federation of Women's Clubs to campaign for bottle recovery. A local milk firm lost 3,500 bottles in a year and will pay one cent per bottle recovered, with proceeds going to the public health general fund.
The Jim street school Parent-Teachers Association held a 7:30 PM meeting in the high school auditorium. Officers were elected including Mrs. J. J. Farriss as president and plans for a unity driving year were outlined by the temporary officers and guests.
Enid Oklahoma January 6 Plans are under way by Garfield county farmers to build a gigantic incubator and brooder to boost chicken production. The hatch machine will hold 100000 eggs and the brooder will house a full hatch. Farmers will supply eggs and care for chicks until they are ready to scratch. They will raise birds to market size.
The Evening Standard in London argues Admiral Siniin's refusal of a naval decoration reveals a systemic flaw in how honors are awarded. The paper suggests appointing someone in a similar high position to influence the process and notes the Victoria Cross remains the sole decoration the army deems beyond dispute, while wrangle denotes pushing for desired rewards.
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