Intricate Mail From Statesville Reflects Office Humor
A bustling newspaper office shows advertising and subscriptions thriving while a prankish internal revenue note prompts staff chatter. The scene features Harold the office boy, Miss Steno Grapher, and a dig at income tax forms as the team muses over income and expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold
Sam
Watts
Statesville
A. D
Internal Revenue Department
Sam Lloyd
TV Am
High Point City Council Grants $100 Immediate for Company M
Captain Dallas M. Zollicoffer of Company M, First North Carolina regiment, urged the council to provide $100 now with a plan for a second $100 on September 1 to cover urgent bills. The council approved the motion unanimously, noting prior donations and war-time strains as reasons for the request. Company M, active on the border, recently highlighted its drill success and near-war strength.
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Dallas M. Zollicoffer
First
North Carolina Regiment
High Point Company
Terry
Davis
Zollicoffer
Company M
North Carolina
Concord
Southern Railway handles large inauguration crowds efficiently
Special to The Enterprise. Washington March 7. Careful pre planning by the Southern Railway system enabled smooth movement of vast post inauguration travel. On March 5 eight regular and six special trains ran from Washington with on time or near on time departures. The railway mobilized expert traffic officials and police to protect passengers and baggage, and eighteen additional special trains were operated successfully.
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
Washington
Southern
Harvard Men Know Babies
A Philadelphia Press dispatch reports Prof. Johnson of Harvard education notes his Radcliffe class of twenty girls could name only two baby creeping styles, while his Harvard class listed seven methods. He says the Harvard students showed sharper observation and memory.
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Dispatch
Philadelphia
Harvard
Johnson
Department of Education
Radcliffe
Prof. Johnson
Food Rioters Demand Price Reductions Not Charity
New York reports the Mothers Anti High Price league rejects charity food moves. They want price cuts for essentials, with distribution by city wagons or community stores, not grocers. Abraham Plotkin cites Socialist backing as talks with George Perkins continue. Potatoes and other staples fall in price as supply lines widen.
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New York
Mitchel
Mothers’ Anti-High Price League
George W. Perkins
New York City
Rachel Panken
Perkins
Union Square
League
Columbia River
Mr. Perkins
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Socialist Party
Abraham Plotkin
Mothers’ Anti
Committee of Women
Plotkin
Panken
French Picnic Image in Yale Review History
The Yale Review recounts a colonial French picnic described by Bayard with vivid detail. It notes French spellings of picnic and nicknames like Janckey Dudle and Ken tokey and contrasts French and American customs of drinking in a rustic riverbank setting. Local servants ferry punch and the loving cup, while guests savor cold meats and pastries and watch fishermen catches.
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Yale Review
Baron Closen
Janckey Dudle
Volney
Bayard
America
Teddy
Europe
Rust of Inactivity Outweighs Sweat in Adam Smith Note
Fragmentary text appears to discuss inactivity versus exertion with a nod to Adam Smith. No clear event, date, or concrete details emerge. Further readable material needed for a complete card.
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Adam Smith
Causes of backache and kidney remedy claim
High Point resident Mrs. R B Welborn describes five years of kidney trouble and back pain then credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring her health. The ad promotes 50 cent bottles through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY and urges asking for Dean's Kidney Pills.
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High Point
R. B. Welborn
E. Washington Street
Dean
Hungarian Murderer Zemar Escapes into North Carolina
Greenville March 7 Joe Zemar a Hungarian who killed his wife at Pactolus a week ago and who has eluded officers was seen Saturday afternoon between Hassell and Parmele heading toward Parmele. The heavy ground prevented an immediate search, but officers plan to resume the hunt for any trace of the fugitive.
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Greenville
Joe Zemar
Pactolus
Hassell
Parmelo
Parmele
A Good Old Fashioned Physic Promoted by Mann Drug Co
An advertisement for Poley Cathartic Tablets touts a thorough bowel cleanse and stomach comfort. It claims to relieve indigestion biliousness bad breath bloating gas and constipation without griping or nausea. The copy urges stout persons to try the product from Mann Drug Co.
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Nals
White Prise Office
Point Citizens
William Britten Mann
Vaporub
Earl Mann
E. Compton St
Brazil
Ind
Vick
North Carolina Public
Bulletin NO. XIV
United States Statistics Demon
the Public Service Company
For
Nies
the Public Service Company Urges
Chas. B. Hole
Mann Drug Co
the Enterprise
High Pot
Carier
Uncle Sam
Bell and North State—No
High Point Enterprise
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