Questions on How to Spend a Life Your Last Day
Essay prompts readers to imagine final moments and moral choices. The Northwestern Christian Advocate recalls social gatherings as Mrs. Carter Dalton hosts the Gamma Zeta club with Kathleen Whattz as guest, auctions, prizes, and a social circle including Miss Kathleen Petty and Mrs. Robert Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern Christian Advocate
Carter Dalton
Gamma Zeta Club
Kathleen Wlattz
Bessie Pitts
Polly Heitman
Katherine Tate
Hazel Briggs
Kathleen Petty
Marguerite Kirkman
Mary Sherrod
Dallas Zollicoffer
Tom Gilliam
C. C. Prince
W. A. J. Idol
Robert Walker
Albert Hart
R. B. Terry
Harry Raymond
Kathleen Whluttz
Social Calendar Highlights From Past Week
Woman's club at Friends' church hosts Miss Leatherman talk at 2 p m on Thursday. Tea at Mrs A D Brocket’s at 10 a m. Reception at Mrs Cox 5 6 p m Friday. W C T U notes from New Jersey and a heartfelt letter about a dying tuberculosis patient. Sorosis meeting, library decor, and a nurses’ matinee for Ruth Balsam with Vera Idol leading camp fire Girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Friends
Miss Leatherman
Sorosis Club
Wen
J. Elwood Cox
Green Street
Toggia
Minces
Clara
Effie Cox
Mesdames EK
A. Bereini
J. W. Harrie
Ed. Kirkman
J. A. Lindsay
Arthur Lyon
George Matton, Sr
E. P. Parker
F. M. Pickett
J. H. Petty
A. M. Rankin
Ed. Steele
A. H. Sisson
L. J. Ingram
Alice Bureb
Mss
Vera Idol
Ruth Balsam
New York
Odelle Peacock
Madge Field
Ruth Owen
Lucile Pickens
Josephine Wood
Hallie Williams
Narcie White
Mary Ring
Katherine Pickett
May Kirkman
Helen Reynolds
Smiths Take Up Residence on Broad Street
Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Smith, new arrivals in High Point, are living with Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Tate on Broad Street as they settle in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Smith
High Point
A. E. Tate
Broad Street
Miss Daisy Osborne Advances to Murphy High School
Miss Daisy Osborne former High Point teacher and last year principal of Mechanicsville school accepts a position as teacher at Murphy High School. She will work under principal Prof. G. W. Strickland, with whom she taught for four years before coming to High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Osborne
High Point
Mechanicsville
Murphy High School
G. W. Strickland
Miss Osborne
Missionary Society to Meet at Mrs Hicks Home
The Woman's Missionary Society of South Main Street Methodist Church will meet tomorrow at 3 PM at the home of Mrs M T Hicks on Russell Street. A union prayer meeting follows at 4 PM at the same location, and the hostess urges prompt attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Missionary Society of the
South Main Street
M. T. Hicks
Russell Street
City Girls Aged Ten To Twenty Asked To Meet
All girls in the city between ages 10 and 20 are asked to meet at Wesley Memorial church tomorrow evening at 7 30 to march to the auditorium in a body. The invitation is presented as personal and aims to gather participants.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Mrs. Hardee to visit Atlanta and High Point
Mrs. James Hardee of Madison Florida leaves for Atlanta for a short visit then travels to High Point to be a guest of her mother Mrs. R C Charles for an unspecified stay with plans to arrive Saturday.
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James Hardee
Madison, Fla
Atlanta
High Point
R. C. Charles
Mrs Ralph Thomas Guests of Baxter Family
Mrs Ralph Thomas and her little daughter from Joplin Missouri visit Mrs Thomas' parents Mr and Mrs R D Baxter on South Main Street for a stay with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Thomas
Little Daughter
Joplin, Mo
Thomas
R. D. Baxter
South Main Street
Shepherd and Miss Shephard Visit Aunt in Winston
R. C. Shepherd and Miss Carrie Shep herd arrived from Winston to spend a few days with their aunt, Mrs. R. C. Charles.
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R. C. Shepherd
Carrie Shepherd
Winston
R. C. Charles
Trinity Notes Free Summer Travel and Visits
Bruce Craven went to Greenville today. Raleigh high school principal Guy Philips has returned home for vacation. Mrs. Benson Parker left for Durham for Trinity commencement. W F Ellis and W F Ellis Jr are on an extended northern trip. Minnie Leach has returned from visiting Thomasville. High Point residents have recently visited Trinity seeking houses.
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Trinity
Bruce Craven
Greenveille
Guy Philipps
Raleigh
W.F. Ellis
W. F. Ellis
Minnie Leach
Thomasville
High Point
Dr William Allan Visits City as Guest of Dr Hiatt
Dr William Allan of Charlotte spent a short time in the city yesterday as the guest of Dr H B Hiatt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Allan
Charlotte
City
H. B. Hiatt
A Five Pointed Star Symbol on Cham berlain’s Tablets
The article notes that Cham berlain’s Tablets carry a red five pointed star as a symbol of health dating to Pythagoreans. It claims the tablets provide quick relief from indigestion biliousness and constipation and urges readers to buy from their druggist, stating availability everywhere.
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Greece
Promote Foley's Honey and Tar Pack by mail
An advertisement invites readers to cut out the slip and send 5 cents to Foley & Co. in Chicago. It promises a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The text emphasizes comfort for stout persons and targets bronchial coughs colds and croup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Women Voters Hold Balance of Power in West
Chicago June 7 Women voters will hold the balance of power in western campaigns and push candidates of all parties to pledge equal suffrage. Miss Maud Younger led the Woman's party convention pledging suffrage through a constitutional amendment and signaling decisive voting to secure federal enfranchisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West
Woman’s Party
United States
Women Delegates Close First Woman's Party Convention
Chicago June 7 one thousand women from across the United States gathered at the Auditorium hotel for a luncheon and a session with a dozen equal suffrage speakers marking the third and final day of the Woman's Party convention. Delegates plan to march in the Illinois equal suffrage parade at 4 pm and a mass meeting tonight will feature leaders from all three parties.
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Chicago
United States
Auditorium Hotel
Woman's Party
Dora Phelps Buell
Colorado
Anne Martin
Nevada
Maude Younger
William Kent
Sarah Bard Field
California
John A. Wheating
Portland
Ore
Willam H. Sawtelle
Arizona
Florence Axtell
Bellingham
Wash
Haire
Helena
Mont
Escaped Russian POWs Reach Holland in Growing Numbers
The Hague reports a sharp rise in Russian prisoners of war escaping to Dutch soil in recent weeks with arrivals daily. Fugitives travel in groups from two to a dozen, aided by German policies using labor from occupied areas. Hundreds have reached Holland from distant parts of the Russian empire.
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Hague
Netherlands
Belgium
Holland
Russian Empire
Suffrage Parade Sets Colorful Chicago Tone
Chicago on June 7 featured a large suffrage parade with about 40,000 women in white serge coats and skirts and white canvas hoses. paraders wore tri colored cockades and carried bunting and flags. hats of white silk taffeta and straw cost five dollars.
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Chicago
Mortgage Sale Notice in High Point Bakery Assets Auction
Mortgagees J W Johnson and C C Swaim announce sale of bakery personal property including oven dough mixer steam boiler show cases bread box delivery wagon horse harness and pans. Auction set for June 14 1916 at 2 PM in front of the Sherrod building Commerce Street High Point.
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J. W. Johnson
C. Swaim
G. T. Shelton
Charlie Jovee
Grover Ferguson
Sherrod
Commerce Street
High Point
Swaim
C. C. Swaim
Jewish Pentecost and Weeks Feast Observances
The article explains the Jewish Pentecost or Feast of Weeks as seven weeks after Passover, rooted in agricultural thanksgiving from harvests to the Sinai revelation. It notes its evolution from harvest ritual to a memorial of divine law, with customs like plant decorations and Ruth readings, and mentions a second day added by post-biblical communities.
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Sinai
Ruth
Revival at Friends church in Winston led by Rev L W McFarland
Reports from Winston indicate deep interest in revival services at the Friends church. Rev L W McFarland of High Port leads the meetings and several conversions have already occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
Friends Church of
That City
L. W. McFarland
High Port
Diamond Cutters Busy in Amsterdam Trade Boom
Amsterdam reports a booming diamond cutting industry with demand from America driving growth. Dutch merchants credit prosperity in the United States and the demand for American products, including munitions, for the revival.
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Amsterdam
America
Bowel Complaints in India Promoted by Missionary
A Des Moines church lecture featured a Indian missionary who fell ill while traveling inland and credited Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with saving his life. The speaker asserted the remedy works in India as both preventive and cure for cholera and can be relied on for milder bowel complaints in the United States. Obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
India
Chamberlain
Doan’s Kidney Pills Prove Helpful Says Mrs Peebles
Mrs S O Peebles of High Point testifies in praise of Doan’s Kidney Pills for backache and kidney disorders. She notes the pills revive sluggish kidneys and relieve back pain, recommending their use at 50 cents from local dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sells the product.
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S. O. Peebles
Willowbrook Street
High Point
Doan
Indiana
Frank Moseley
Moore’s Hill
Ind
Foley
How to Get Rid of a Cold by Foley’s Honey and Tar
C. E. Summers of Holdredge Nebraska says a severe cough and cold kept him from sleep. After using Foley's Honey and Tar as directed his cough is completely cured and he credits the remedy with his speedy recovery. Foley's soothes and heals. Children love it.
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C. E. Summers
Holdredge
Foley
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