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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1929
Page
5
Enterprise Bureau at the Sir Walter Hotel reports that the 1929 general assembly weights and measures law, designed to provide revenue, is being interpreted amid much discussion and limited understanding in Raleigh on July 3.
After six months the attorney general and state commissioners clarified the taste of the weights and measures tax. Retail dealers face a minimum $10 overhead tax and up to $400 for wholesalers, with inspection requirements and phased stock rights.
Mrs Harris V Eastin of Kingston Missouri says she weighed 100 pounds and could not work before taking four bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports she is now well and strong and has influenced her sister-in-law to try the remedy after her last baby.
Dr Albert Solland of Los Angeles urged a new specialization in radiation therapy at the American Medical association meeting in Portland Oregon He said x ray and radium should be more widely used for treatment and diagnosis Inflammation sinus disease erysipelas asthma neuritis arthritis sciatica and trifacial neuralgia were cited as conditions benefiting from the modalities
Thomasville news notes a barber gardener J R Hamilton harvesting 12 to 15 bushels of Irish potatoes from a small garden plot on Fisher Ferry street. C S Long displays a 14½ lb white cabbage head. Penn Fuller counts 1180 cars on highway 109 south of Thomasville. Real estate moves involve C F Finch buying land on West Main for street and sidewalk access to a northern development.
The article notes that modernly constructed homes are both desirable and practical for people seeking updated living spaces. It emphasizes quality design, contemporary amenities, and value in new housing markets.
In Upper Musquodoboit Nova Scotia travelers report a blue lamb that hatched from a white wool mother ewe. The farmer dyed the lamb blue hoping for harmony but the wool stayed blue while the lamb wandered near the railway station drawing curious onlookers.
In a clipped exchange about marriage and life, a speaker questions whether the other has settled down or still flirts with fame and chorus figures. The fragment captures tension between domestic life and public romance.
Red Bank New Jersey dealer W A Burdge of Burdge and Sons credits Standard Motor Oil with keeping his fleet in top shape past 100000 miles. He notes a 375000 mile bus and says lubrication, including penetrating oil through the carburetor and spray on springs, is key to long service.
The feature urges good treatment for buses and trucks and endorses Standard Motor Oil as thoroughly refined oil that reduces friction and protects metal surfaces. It claims the oil, refined from quality crudes, provides smoother operation and is sold wherever the Standard sign appears.
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