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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
5
A touching reminiscence recalls a quiet nursery now lively with mud tracks and a chorus of children. The speaker contrasts a once peaceful home with the bustling life of a growing family and the priceless bond with a single boy’s question about value.
A lively Leap Year dance at the Welen building drew many social leaders. A twelve piece local orchestra played as Misses Adelle Wineskie and Mary Ring tended punch. Prizes for costume beauty went to Miss Bessie Woodson as gypsy and Miss Valette Jones as colonial dame. The event concluded with photos, chatter, and a quiet marriage announcement for Louise Hall and G. A. Swain at the Hall home.
Mr and Mrs W P Parker traveled to Asheville and returned. Miss Connie Shepherd visited Clara Haworth and went home to Winston Salem. Mrs Dr L Paschal was summoned to Winston Salem for her grandchild’s illness. Miss Violet Johnson visited friends in Lexington and returned. Miss Louise Beeson arrived from Lexington to visit her grandfather N W Beeson. W F Ellis formerly with Allen Brothers arrived and may stay until Sunday. Ellis represents Frederick Hacker of New York after a South Carolina canvass.
London reports a growing trend of monocles among middle aged men as soldiers depart and fashion moves away from uniform influence. Opticians note increased sales despite low overall demand and emphasize that proper attire is needed to wear a monocle without clashing with baggy trousers.
Miss Mason muses on a Victorian revival invading modern homes with whatnot shelves, porcelain poodle and china cat decor, rag rugs, and antique furnishings. The piece lampoons fashion and interior trends while noting contemporary remedies and a Foley advertisement offering trial packages of cold and stomach relief products.
A Des Moines church lecture featured a Indian missionary who fell ill in India and credited Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrheal Remedy with saving his life. He said the medicine is effective in India for cholera and mild bowel complaints and can be relied on here.
A terse Baltimore item states If you doubt his, write him. The brief asks readers to direct any comments or questions to the named individual and to communicate via mail.
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