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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1917
Page
5
A reflective poem about memory and longing for home and forgotten days. It notes how imagination guides us back to familiar places and loved ones, offering a gentle critique of life’s hurry and the wish to dream and reconnect. The piece ends by citing John D. Wells in Buffalo Evening News.
Miss Annie Cora Jerome becomes bride of Eugene Scott Bowers of Jackson at Kenly North Carolina church. Ceremony featured violin and piano music, Lohengrin march, and Mendelssohn recessional. After a Canada trip the couple will reside in Jackson where Bowers works in the mercantile business.
The ladies of South Main Street Methodist Episcopal church will repeat the play The Old Peabody Pew tomorrow evening. The quaint New England church life tale drew a large audience when first presented several weeks ago and met with strong approval.
The evening will feature a repeat performance of the play along with a musical program and several recitations. The public is cordially invited to attend.
Red Cross Headquarters in the Sternberger Building on North Main Street Greensboro is ready for occupancy. Tomorrow women members will assist through welcoming new volunteers and helping prepare supplies. The room was donated by Sternberger, owner of the building.
A series of short items records visits and travel. William F. Clegg and daughter Sarah Burton Clegg visited the city for several hours. W. C. Jones and J. P. Rawley with colleagues were in Greensboro on business. Dr. O. D. Bonner of Baltimore joined guests at Miss Allie Gray Strickland’s visit to Wenly. Rev. C. P. Coble will assist in Lexington installation. William Underwood of Asheboro spent time in the city on business en route to Salisbury.
An active liberty bond campaign starts in Wilson with Col Johnny F Bruton addressing a large Osasis theater crowd. Judge S G Mewborne of Branchs Bank and later bank presidents plan speeches urging citizens to send dollars to the firing line as part of the drive. An eight hour day for women workers in Montana is proposed and other local notes follow.
A Mississippi reader from Boghe Chitto writes of arthritis rheumatism and kidney and bladder trouble. Foley Kidney helps relieve the constant pains back soreness and tiredness experienced, per Mann Drug Co imprint.
Old Scrooge the bitter miser becomes kind through Dickens works as Bluebird Photoplays screens A Christmas Carol lesson. The Right to Be Happy will be shown at the Rose theatre tomorrow with the transformation depicted on film.
Marie Doro stars in the Paramount picture as a peasant girl on St Anne's Island off the southern coast of France. The film features beautiful scenery shot in Jacksonville Florida and will be shown at the Broadway theater Friday.
Jack Pickford stars in The Girl at Home at Broadway today supporting Viv ian Martin. The actor, recently in The Dummy, misread a line and spelled it with his fingers, forgetting he could speak, confusing the photographer during filming.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana promised Senator Overman he would address the State Bar association gathering in Asheville next month. Walsh, a renowned lawyer and national speaker, campaigned for Woodrow Wilson and led Democratic forces in Chicago. His daughter married Asheville Paymaster Gudger, son of former Congressman Gudger.
Five German sailing ships seized on the Pacific coast and used by the Shipping Board have been renamed after famed American clippers. The vessels Steinbek Kurt Dalbek Winner and Ottawa are now North Light Dreadnaught Red Jack et Game Cock and Flying Cloud.
Tesse Tannehli loses umpiring post in the International League. Browns show strong club batting but weak fielding. American League batting lacks 300 hitters from Yankees and Senators. Johny Rawlings of the Braves quickly proves himself as a regular. Dodgers led the NL pennant race last year while Cardinals excel in fielding but lag in batting. Washington celebrates Shanks day in Monaca, Pennsylvania, honoring Howard Shanks. Detroit pitching would improve 50 percent if batting revived to former form.
More than 106 degrees were awarded at the 103 convocation of the University of Chicago. Dean Charles A. Huston of Stanford University delivered the convocation address.
At a mass meeting of negro people in Richmond Virginia last night $16 000 was subscribed for liberty bonds.
Claiming peace in 24 hours for stomach sufferers, the ad warns of cancer and ulcers as possible causes and promotes Mayr's Wonderful Remedy as a fast over the counter cure. It asserts millions have been restored and urges one dose to prove help, sold by Hart Drug.
The Dry Goods Economist notes continued advance in fabric costs due to government demand and scarce raw materials. Cotton, wool, and silk supply pressures raise prices on garments, carpets, and droughts, with mills cutting lines to save costs while retailers stay cautiously optimistic for fall.
A reader from Rocky Mount North Carolina says Foler Kidney Pills gave wonderful benefit after overwork strained her kidneys. She notes the pills helped and praises their effect. The message appears from Mann Drug Co. guidance.
Chicago reports fourth victim in Jaros Havelka Jaros crime saga. Wealthy contractor John Jaros and wife Mamie aged two are dead from a gunshot and gas asphyxiation. Police tied a Riverside affair to the case and found Josie Havyelak dead by suicide at her sister’s home.
New York notes that banker Henry P. Davidson reaches his fiftieth birthday while his career at J. P. Morgan and Co. is highlighted. He is praised as a top young financier and named by President Wilson to head the Red Cross war council guiding relief work in Europe.
Portland Oregon June 13 The Rose Festival begins under favorable conditions as the city dedicates the week to parades pageants and outdoor entertainment. Notable displays will emphasize patriotic floats while thousands of Northwest visitors arrive and hotels fill. Conventions over the next three days will boost attendance.
Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Mass held its eightieth commencement on June 13 with graduating exercises. President McCracken of Vassar College delivered the address to the graduating class.
Harry Hooper, the Red Sox gardener, has struggled to connect with safe blows this season. Once he finds the range Hoop can be counted on to contribute his share of the Sox bingles.
The Central league note hints Richmond as a new entry still inexperienced. The Texas league shrank to six clubs as Galveston and Beaufort quit. Anniston led the Georgia Alabama league at 13 wins in 15 games before the league folded. The Western association boasts a hot pennant chase with eight teams within a hundred points. Northwestern league standings show about 400 points between first and last. Spokane, near the bottom, may see Tacoma move ahead in 1919.
Hal Chase continues to display his usual sparkling play for Cincinnati but struggles at bat. Clyde Milan of the Senators, once among Chase’s top stealers, has failed to reach the elite theft group this season.
Short classified ad seeks a reliable office girl for steady work. Respond to care Enterprise in care of Z.
City license taxes are due and payable to the city tax collector. All persons firms and corporations should secure licenses at once for the current year. T J Murphy City Manager.
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