Notice to Contractors for High Point Grammar School
Sealed bids for the High Point North Carolina Grammar School must be received by the City Council by April 5 1920. Bidders provide 2 percent certified checks, bonds required for contract execution, plans on file at the City Manager office in the Wechovia Bank building, and bids may be rejected at the Council's discretion. R. L. Pickett City Manager issues the notice March 18 1920.
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High Point
North Carolina
R. L. Pickett
Wechovia Bank & Trust
Train timing in China towns tale
A Chinese traveler asks the railroad clerk for the next train to Washington. The clerk answers with a playful mispronunciation, and the traveler insists on knowing how the train goes, not the route. The exchange highlights language barrier humor.
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Washington
Pwo-two
Mind the Paint Girl at Broadway Shows Stage Life
The First National feature Mind the Paint Girl stars Anita Stewart and uses real backstage scenes at the Broadway theater. Viewers see rehearsals dressing rooms scene painters carpenters and stage hands in action and much of the backstage life behind the show. The story follows Lord Quek and a troubled reforming act and ends happily. Also changes of bill at the Orpheum with the Heffner and LeRoy Musical comedy company praised for merit over slapstick.
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Anita Stewart
Heffner and LeRoy Musical Comedy Company
Orpheum Theater
Divorce Can Be Wiped Out In The Inferior Sex Screenplay
Mildred Harris Chaplin star of The Inferior Sex argues romance fades after marriage. The Broadway theatre will show the picture on Thursday and Friday detailing a young wife as her husband shifts focus from love to business after marriage.
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Mildred Harris Chaplin
Broadway Theatre
Tom Moore Stars in The Gay Gold at Rose Theater
Tom Moore appears in The Gay Gold at the Rose Theater today, presenting a lively Goldwyn production based on Pinero. The role showcases Moore as a popular suitor with adventures in Cupid's realm, bringing humorous entanglements as multiple sweethearts converge.
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Tom Moore Herve
Arthur Wing Pinero
Tom Moore
Wvyn
Rose Theater
Cupid
Bride Delivers Vow While Arm In Sling
A Tennessee girl broke her arm on the eve of her wedding but went through the ceremony with her arm in a sling. She kept the appointed hour, showing quiet grit amid an accident.
Pepto Mangan Promises Restore Spring Vitality
The ad urges readers worn by winter illness or caring for others to take Pepto Mangan as a blood tonic. It claims the tonic supplies iron and vigor, improves color and appetite, and restores energy for the whole family. Consumers are advised to ask their doctor and to request Gude's Pepto Mangan.
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Gude
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Eres
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