Shape Like That All Over Town Puzzle Ends
A resident laments not finding the sought item while noting personal luck and relief at having it elsewhere. The remark highlights the odd mix of misplacement and fortune in daily life.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1920
Page
8
A resident laments not finding the sought item while noting personal luck and relief at having it elsewhere. The remark highlights the odd mix of misplacement and fortune in daily life.
Saturday deeds filed at the county courthouse in Greensboro show High Point activity with transfers between Charles E Hayworth Barnes Manufacturing company and others. One sale covers 115 530 square feet near Alma Furniture J P Redding and others for 4000 dollars. Another deed lists Barnes Manufacturing transferring to Charles E Hayworth near NC Railroad and M T Barker for 2750 dollars. A third High Point property on Commerce Street from Sarah E Jones and husband to A C Jones shows stamps around 8000 dollars though the nominal price is listed.
Sergeant A. Castle the U S Army recruiting officer stationed in High Point with post office headquarters left today for Greensboro where he will stay several days before a new territorial assignment He has signed many recruits and aided ex service men while organizing a local American Legion post He may star in a vaudeville act in February to boost recruiting efforts.
Defiance Ohio faces a push from its city solicitor after the city council requests a proposed ordinance to eliminate the town jail. Despite a rise in robberies over the prior year, officials see no likelihood of jail business returning to normal.
Colonel A V P Anderson announces a national essay contest on the benefits of enlistment in the United States Army. Prizes include gold silver and bronze medals plus a Washington trip for winners and guardians, with three silver cups for schools. Local district prizes will be donated by the North Carolina recruiting party. Further rules to follow.
The claim states that forty eight distinct diseases threaten the eye more than any other organ. It emphasizes the eye as uniquely susceptible within the human body.
The article notes that roughly three quarters of Denmark’s population is employed in farming and soil cultivation. It highlights the agricultural role in the economy and hints at rural life under prevailing conditions.
Municipal court presided by J Allen Austin in Judge Kirkman’s absence issues quick rulings. Lonnie Taylor found guilty of non support with a $50 bond. failure to pay $10 weekly to his wife for two children triggers forfeiture. Charlie Workman convicted of vagrancy and given 30 days on county roads. Munroe Barrs conviction for assault suspended on costs after threat to Emma Singles. Boyd Samuels fined $5 plus costs for language to incite breach of peace.
Physicians and druggists urge friends to take Calotabs nightly to purify the system and keep organs in order against influenza. One tablet at bedtime with water, no side effects, is claimed to curb a cold overnight and keep the liver active. The medicine costs thirty five cents per sealed package and is refundable if not satisfactory.
Guilford council No 23 Jr O U A M elected officers for the coming year at a Friday meeting on Commerce street. The report praised 1919 as a strong year and noted the group has met every time since 1895, with only business meetings during epidemics. Long Island Sound oyster issue also noted with state officials considering legislation to protect water quality. Officers elected include E T Hedrick councilor C R Pierce vice councilor W T Anderson recording secretary and others.
Hilda Canter, a Cincinnati movie box office clerk, identifies movie shoppers as fans who compare posters outside before selecting a film. She notes regular patrons, spooners who rest while waiting, and how she distinguishes those who merely spend time from true film lovers.
After Yale’s Canada visit, an international intercollegiate hockey union is being considered. Nick Banl, now coaching Queens University, proposed the idea. Yale Harvard Princeton and Dartmouth may meet to discuss a regular schedule with McGill and Toronto on the Canadian side.
A rose growing estate in Holland reports a tree bearing six thousand roses at one time, a remarkable record for rose production observed on the property.
In Platte City Missouri on January 19 a jewelry store owned by L. W. Fecht burned on Christmas Day. Firefighters recovered eight thousand dollars in gold coins and a large amount of paper money from the ruins. Fecht reportedly kept cash on site due to distrust of banks. paper money survived heat in a tin box.
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