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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1917
Page
5
Fragmentary prose captures a conflicted speaker amid longing and fear. The piece contrasts unspoken affection with a mundane work life and perfects a reverent view of books as deep culture. It notes how books grant access to great minds and lasting cultural culture.
Enthusiastic Woman's Club library meeting at Mrs. H. L. Davis South Main Street discussed founding a library. Two committees were formed to gather information. Music by the Junior Harmony quartet accompanied a reading on the cultural value of books.
Percival Reginald Parrish advertising representative of the Municipal theater Greensboro was a business visitor to the city this afternoon.
Charles G. Harrison, manager of the Municipal theater in Greensboro, spent the afternoon selling tickets for the spectacle Experience which will appear in Greensboro next Friday and Saturday. A large number of High Point people availed themselves of the opportunity to secure tickets.
Mrs C Henry Knowles of Mount Olive arrives to stay with Mrs J C Davis on Hamilton street for an extended visit.
R T Chapell came back from New Bern after attending the Woodmen of the World gathering held there this week.
Mrs Ruth Council a Mere dith college student from Raleigh arrived to stay a few days with her mother. Mrs T D Gilliam departed for Mount Airy for a week or ten days of visiting relatives. Mrs Hattie Sheets returned from Washington after the inauguration and then headed to New York. Miss Bertha and Blanche Cox arrive for weekend visits with the Henley sisters on Lindsay Street.
Mrs J N Wetlborm returned from Washington and New York yesterday. Mrs Rufus King is convalescent after surgery at the local hospital. T J Gold was a business visitor to Ashboro today. Jack McKay departed last night for Charlotte on business. H A Moffitt left for Ashboro on business this morning. W Brooks Marsh of Greensboro was in the city on business today. W E McNair of Rockingham also visited the city on business today.
Jeanette Rankin the first woman elected to the U S Congress will be among speakers at the Fayetteville chautauqua this spring announced by Civic association field manager O E Behymer. The program includes a local chorus and daily patriotic and classic airs before each day's program.
The letter questions housewives willingness to pay high prices for cabbage onions potatoes and turnip salad urging a boycott. It notes cabbage and onions are dispensable while potatoes cost a dollar per peck and argues price declines follow boycotts in other cities.
Garland Chappell suffers a rheumatism attack at his Johnson street home. Brooks Reitzel son of Mrs. J R Reitzel underwent an appendectomy at the local hospital this morning. Mrs C C Prince visited Greensboro yesterday afternoon. Mrs T A Hayes of Greensboro arrived yesterday and stayed with Mrs H W McCain on North Main street. Mrs C M Hauser spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro. Mrs Charles Gold and daughter Miss Margaret of Greensboro visited Mr and Mrs G W Clark in Oakwood court yesterday afternoon. Mrs Carter Dalton spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro visiting relatives.
Mrs M P Vail returned from a visit to Elon College yesterday, accompanied by Miss Winnie Vail, a student at the college, in a brief local society note highlighting their return.
An ad touts Adler-i-ka a buckthorn bark glycerine remedy that supposedly relieves constipation and gas, and claims that a few doses can relieve or prevent appendicitis. It promises instant relief and cites benefits for stomach troubles with sale through Matton Drug Co.
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