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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1930
Page
22
King Winter blanketed High Point with several inches of snow over a day, creating heavy drifts and travel difficulties. Snow began around noon and intensified overnight as winds whipped the flakes into corners and broadened the coverage.
Excess fat has been disappearing fast in recent years as doctors identify a gland weakness that turns food into fuel. Marmola prescription tablets are presented as the treatment, with millions of boxes used over 22 years. The ad claims slender results and offers a book explaining its action, priced at $1 a box.
Attendance at all city elementary schools was less than one third of normal, prompting noon closures. Junior high and senior high attendance was higher and regular classes resumed, with officials hoping for a full day tomorrow.
Nightfall brought light, fast falling flakes and by 10 AM the storm appeared to pass. Street cleaners and city inmates from the farm were mobilized to clear business streets while observers noted only minor damage and several cars frozen by the cold.
The Most Rev Charles Palmerston Anderson, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States, died in Chicago today at 8:42 am from a heart attack nine days after a prior attack. He had led the Chicago diocese for 25 years and was elevated to the church primacy two months ago. He had shown good health aside from a weak heart until January 21.
A resident of Maysville, C D Eubanks, displayed a freak double egg in New Bern. The outer egg measured eight inches in circumference and four inches in width, with a smaller egg inside the larger shell.
A Cleveland reader reports strong recovery from weakness and nervousness after ten bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She credits renewed strength and appetite and notes she continues using the remedy until fully recovered.
Snow blanketed much of North Carolina but did not stop activity at the Southern Furniture market. About 25 registered before 10 am, over 140 registered yesterday, with buying reportedly active. Names of attendees span from W. T. Stewart of Woodruff to C. Reich of Elkin and many others across North and South Carolina.
Oscar Peyton Moffitt Jr. of High Point is one of 52 national recipients of the Harmony Foundation scholarship. The High Point High School senior, junior assistant scout master of troop four Wesley Memorial, plans to attend High Point College after graduation.
Local observers expect no High Point nominee for the county board as terms expire. Republicans and Democrats from the city may refrain, favoring rural representatives. Rankin will not seek re election while Donnell and Stansbury run again.
In the Isles of Scilly the residents do not rely on police officers. They joke that they would not recognize one. Instead, farmers are annually elected as part of a form, with the local steamship company directors serving as island arbitrators.
A two day conference and institute will be held at Central Friends church February 1 and 2. Organized by Friends of the Deep River Quarterly meeting it features speakers from Salem College Guilford College Eton College and prominent local leaders. The program includes worship sermons music by the High Point High School chorus and Central Friends male quartet with a full schedule of lectures discussions and religious education talks.
In Mineral Bluff Georgia a robber confronted Rev. Manuel Henry inside a store brandishing a gun. The preacher did not move and waited outside until the thief emerged, at which point Mr. Henry restrained him and captured the suspect.
A vintage advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a remedy for seasickness morning sickness and heartburn. It explains mixing with cracked ice, dosage guidance, and its laxative and anti acidic properties. Directions and trademark details are noted, with availability in 25c and 50c bottles.
Henry R Dwire, Winston-Salem civic leader, spoke at Central Friends church annex on what makes a good citizen. The midweek supper drew about 60 due to weather and featured a four-point theme based on Van Dyke poetry, plus a musical program by Mrs. Allred and Arthur Fidler with pianist BE Stimson. Jos D Cox served as toastmaster.
Lady Simon asserts China harbors widespread slavery with over two million people affected. She cites a recent investigation indicating thousands of Chinese girls are sold into slavery each year and vanish without a trace.
A war veteran recounts using Nujol after severe injuries in World War I. He credits Nujol with easing cramps and enabling a natural cleanse, praising it as a tasteless, harmless lubricant. The ad claims Nujol improves energy and mood and urges readers to buy a bottle at the drugstore.
T Wingate Andrews the city schools superintendent explains absentee ballots for the school bond election on February 4. Eligible voters must be out of the county or ill and request a ballot by writing to Mayor C A York. A simple request with the voter name and address suffices to mail the ballot.
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