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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1917
Page
5
The text outlines how and when the flag should be raised or lowered, how to display it with other flags, and procedures during parades or when depicted in art. It lists memorial and patriotic dates for flag flown days and provides guidelines for flag use on banners, bier, and as decoration, including positioning and respect rules.
For a record month Miss Nichols the visiting nurse logged 360 visits averaging 12 daily during the heat wave period. She served 55 different homes as she carried out her merciful errands, earning recognition from High Point residents. Mr and Mrs Willis traveled from Washington NC to visit relatives in town for several weeks.
A marriage of interest in the state will be solemnized at 7 30 this evening at the First Christian church. Miss Callie May Vincannon will wed Rh Boyd in a quiet ceremony with no attendants. They plan to travel to Atlanta and Chattanooga to attend the Southern Christian Endeavor conference.
Miss Mary Hall married George Bryant in a surprise ceremony at a Greensboro Presbyterian minister home. They traveled to Danville for a bridal tour and plan to reside in High Point later this week. The Bryant family is linked to local business Thacker's.
Miss Nellie Hyde of Buckhannon Virginia is expected to arrive today to stay with Miss Thelma Wineskie on Hamilton Street. Miss Ethel Thompson of Martinsburg West Virginia is due tomorrow morning for a several week visit with Miss Wineskie.
Mrs W G Biggs of Raleigh visits Mrs A K Tate for weeks. Miss Pauline Phillips returns home to Greensboro after a visit. Charles L Van Noppen, Greensboro, was a business visitor yesterday. W Jones travels to Asheville for North Carolina Good Roads convention. Carter Dalton goes to Greensboro then Raleigh for code commission sessions. George H Cotton returns to Lexington after a visit to Mrs John A Holmes. Miss Mary Ruth Angle and Miss Annie Fred Foushee of Greensboro attend the city as guests. Miss Helen Stedman goes to Greensboro to visit her uncle John B Clendenin. City Manager and Mrs Thomas J Murphy and Fred N Tate discussed asphalt paving with county commissioners. Mrs J B Oliver and grandson Billie Burtom Barett spend afternoon in the city, return to Greensboro. Miss Annie O Donnell, visiting relatives, returns to Asheville. Miss Mary McGuire of Asheville, en route from Washington, returns home. Dr W M Seawell of Faison spends day with Seawell family on way home from Ridgecrest. R R King Jr of Greensboro is a business visitor this morning. Frank Armfield of High Point Savings and Trust leaves for Asheville for insurance agents convention. Mrs J E Hardee goes to Winston Salem for several days with relatives. Mrs W F Laughian returns to Winston-Salem after visiting with sister Mrs R C Childs.
Miss Blanche Snyder and Miss Pearl Snyder of Pleasant Hill stay in Trinity as guests. Mrs. M. H. Alford of Greensboro returns with B. M. Ballance to visit kin. Guy Phillips and bride arrive to spend about 10 days with Mr. and Mrs. Phillips. Relatives from Greensboro visit. Frances Wood visits grandmother. W F Ellis Jr returns from a south business trip. Wood family members are in town for family ties.
Carolina and Yadkin Railway Company timetable shows expected arrival and departure times at stations with note the times are not guaranteed. Southbound No 21 lists High Point and Thomasville connections with marked morning and afternoon slots. northbound No 22 is referenced.
Twenty six clerks at the Seaboard Air Line freight office in Richmond walked off on Monday halting business. The strike, nearly the entire force, was referred to railway offices. It followed the road’s refusal to grant a reported twenty percent raise, despite a ten percent increase that took effect July 1 being deemed unsatisfactory.
In an era of high efficiency the ad asserts stomach trouble causes business failures and low vitality. It claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cures stomach liver and intestinal issues reaching the disease seat. Hart Drug Co sells the remedy to restore energy and ambition.
In a July 10 precient the National Association of Master Bakers and the Commercial Economy Board of the Council of National Defence agreed to end the wholesale bakers allowance for retailers to return unsold bread. Over 22 000 bakers across major cities will stop the practice forcing housewives to order by need and retailers to stock on actual demand, reducing waste enough to feed about 200 000 people and free workers for other tasks.
A historic advertisement touts a tonic titled Fole Hill Tonic that combines quinine with iron to combat chills fevers and malaria. It claims to purify, strengthen appetite and energy, and boost vitality, urging readers to try it.
Orson Nash faces trial for the December murder of Clyde Hicks in a shack near Robinson. Nash fled through a blizzard, wandered the prairie, and surrendered after a leg amputation en route to hospital. the case marks the county's first murder trial in memory.
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