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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1920
Page
5
A lyrical note reflects on choosing between two diverging roads in a wood. The speaker regrets not traveling both paths and imagines telling future generations about the choice and its lasting impact.
A meeting of intense interest to business women, nurses, and teachers will be held Tuesday evening at the Friend's church. The Business and Professional Woman's club of the city will organize its committees, present the constitution, and discuss vital matters for growth. Members are urged to attend with prospective members.
Miss Mamie Moore celebrated her seventh birthday Saturday from 3 to 5 at Mrs J M Matthews home on Thurs ton street. Guests enjoyed childhood games and an ice course in a pink and white dining room with a seven candle cake and pink white favors as gifts for the honoree.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Protestant church held a Saturday white sale at Jarrett's Book Store. Alongside white sale items, cakes and candies drew visitors, and the bazaar's financial result was very encouraging.
Local Post D of the Travelers Protective association will meet at 7 30 o'clock this evening in the Elks club to elect officers for the year. A full attendance of local members is urged.
The writer William Dean Howells suffered an influenza illness during his third birthday observance on Monday March 1. The note notes the date and health during early childhood.
Mrs. R. B. Dalton of Winston-Salem spent a week in Hugh Point as guest of Mrs. C. M. Hauser on North Main Street. She returned yesterday to Winston-Salem accompanied by Mrs Hauser and Mrs. H. S. Hutchison who were visitors for the day.
Miss Ruth Plunkett spent yesterday in High Point as the guest of her sister Mrs C C Barnhardt of Johnfs 0n street.
Rev. J. W. Hughes left this morning for Henderson after conducting a seven day mission in the city at St. Marys Episcopal church. He was accompanied by W. B. Thurman who travels to Henderson as a business visitor.
Edgar Hargett brother of W L Hargett is visiting High Point as guest of his sibling on Johnson Street.
Mr and Mrs J M Coldweil of Marion are weekend guests of Mr and Mrs H C Kearns Jr on Stesie street in this city.
Miss Lillian Beck of Lexington was weekend guest of Miss Kathleen Brown at her home, sharing hospitality and social visits.
Mr and Mrs C E Brown of Greensboro visited the city yesterday while traveling to St Petersburg Florida. They were guests of their parents Mr and Mrs H M Brown during the stop.
It was announced this morning that Mrs G W Sadter, mother of Mrs H B Hiatt, has assumed occupancy of the J R Reitzel apartment at 331 North Main Street, where she will reside in the future.
W. M. Davies of Hillsboro is spending several days in High Point with his sister Mrs. C. A. Cecil on Thurston street.
Miss Lena Thornton spent the weekend in Jamestown as a guest of relatives continuing family visits and social rounds.
W. P. Keily of Statesville arrived in the city this morning and accepted a temporary position with Gilmer Brothers company of High Point.
Miss Estelle Davis and Miss Calloway were weekend visitors in East Bend, enjoying local hospitality and sightseeing.
Miss Ethel Mitchell and Miss Mil lie Snyder, with Mr and Mrs W B Vail, spent Sunday in Salisbury with friends.
Mr and Mrs M A Byerly were announced as settling permanently on South Main Street this morning.
Miss Lois Welborn returned from Linwood where she attended the funeral of Mrs Wells. Mrs W A Bass is a visitor in Greensboro today.
Miss Mary Andrews spent a weekend as a visitor in Archdale enjoying local hospitality and nearby sights during her stay.
Mr and Mrs A H Paschal and their young daughter spent Sunday in Sumnerfield as guests of relatives.
Miss Mary Tuggle and Miss Milnie Mann spent yesterday in Greensboro with Mrs. E I Neal.
Miss Davis McCain and Miss Charlotte Morgan, along with Miss va Marshall, spent Sunday in Greenshore with friends.
Jack Edwards spent yesterday afternoon in Greensboro for undisclosed reasons and activities.
Rufus Carter of Danville Virginia is spending several days in the city with friends, enjoying local visits and social gatherings.
Mrs Barnhardt accompanied by C Bernhartt was a business visitor here on Saturday.
Stanley of Greensboro is a business visitor here today and Morristown Tennessee resident G M Morrison spent Saturday in High Point as a business visitor.
Film star Rubye De Kemper, once hailed as the most beautiful blonde since Venus, criticizes exposed skin in cinema saying that backs and posed ankles are ugly and that a woman remains most charming when some charm is kept secret.
J. W. Bury of Gastonia spent Sunday in High Point and was a guest at the Elwood. B. F. Stewart of Nashville Tenn was among business visitors to the city on Saturday.
Miss Hazel Montgomery of Hillsboro spent the weekend in High Point as the guest of her mother, Mrs. B. F. Montgomery.
Frank Littleford Jr of Asheville is in the city this week on a business visit as part of his professional engagements and meetings with local firms.
L. E. Blanchard and wife with Mrs. R. H. Creichton, all of Lumberton, spent Saturday in the city and were guests at the Elwood hotel.
H. S. Robbins of Asheboro traveled to High Point on Saturday for a business visit, according to local report.
N. B. Peake of Knoxville spent the weekend in High Point on a business visit.
Co. A. Klutz from Badin visited on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. McNeil of Raleigh were weekend guests at Hotel Elwood.
E O Hennings of Winston-Salem spent a brief period in town on business Saturday.
O H Kirkman of Liberty is spending a few days in the city with friends.
Members of the Wesley Memorial church mission study class for girls ages ten to fourteen gathered Saturday at Mrs. Fred P. Ingram’s home on English Street. Led by Mrs. Ingram, the group explored home missions using Why and How and School and City Missions. Seventeen members attended, and the meeting was described as highly inspiring.
A historical line cites bankers withholding credit at higher rates as patriotic while workers reducing wages are labeled as patriots or rioters, reflecting class tensions and rhetoric from the period. The Commonwealth attributed the quote to a public discourse on economic policy and labor.
A compilation of various historical notes includes: about 2 million dollars in gold mined in Britain and Ireland over twenty years. the London lamp replaced by an electric light. a rider powered bicycle invention. coffee sold at twenty nine dollars a pound in England in the 1600s. Queen Victoria learning Hindustani in her seventies. the Transvaal hymn by Catharine Felicie van Ress. Dr Esther Kim Pak the first Korean woman with an American medical degree. Dr Martha G Ripley as the first female police matron in the U S. Queen Alexandra’s thimble heirloom. Ottawa mayor salary raised to six thousand dollars. tidings of clergy and royal finances. Clemenceau on danger. currency clipping of the English pound. Yellowstone elk headcount. Indiana Harbor becoming a city with a large family. hydrogen in the human body as a balloon. the U S president regaining health and shaving. Chicago school superintendent Chadsey controversy. Boshevik fears on May Day. cap as a character index. London meat storage glut with large carcass totals.
Name of Miss Virgina Clinard was omitted from the list of hostesses at the St Patrick's party of the Philathea class of the First Baptist church. Miss Clinard was hostess with Mrs. James A Clarke and Mrs. O G Allen.
Passenger train times published for High Point as information only and not guaranteed. Schedule figures list arrivals and departures by line and station, with noted caveats on accuracy and timetable changes by the railroad.
Train arrivals and departures listed for multiple routes including Washington Birmingham New York Washington Charlotte Richmond Danville and Atlanta with several local stops and Sunday scheduling notes. The fragment reads as a timetable snippet with multiple times and station names.
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