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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1916
Page
2
Mrs. J. Place of 215 Rigsby Avenue Durham reports Tanlac relief after 24 months of helplessness. She describes improved digestion, sleep, reduced nervousness, weight gain, and ability to do housework after three bottles. Hart Drug Store sells Tanlac in the city.
Birmingham’s Don Farnsworth, a famed chamber organizer, plans a visit to High Point in early May to establish a new chamber or revive a stalled one. Local leaders expect a free, public meeting once Farnsworth confirms his dates, with residents urged to prepare to join.
Helen Brockett who was taken ill on Wednesday and underwent surgery on Thursday is resting fairly well and progressing as well as can be expected at this early stage her friends are glad to hear
Advice touts Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easy old-time remedy to darken faded or gray hair. The ad claims natural, even coloring after a few applications using a comb or brush, with a disclaimer that it is a cosmetic, not a disease cure.
April building permits surged totaling $59,640 with the quarter at $74,170, led by High Point Hosiery mill expansion. Wage rises and labor laws dominated the year, with notable rises in metal trades and unemployment declines as manufacturers added workers.
Mrs Pascom Hoskins leads decorating efforts for the state Federation of Woman's Clubs as visitors from across the state arrive. Businesses urged to display club colors light blue and white, with Monday as the deadline to prepare a welcoming, cleaned town in High Point.
Columbus delegates plan to press for Bishop Willow F. Anderson of Cincinnati to be transferred to their city at the General Methodist conference in Saratoga Springs New York opening Monday. The Delaware delegation supports the move while Pittsburgh also vies for the position.
The document traces varied enactments across states and at federal level. It mentions Pennsylvania passing child labor laws during the year, Wisconsin and New York and Pennsylvania industrial commissions advancing safety provisions, and notable acts such as the Seaman's Act. It also notes Alaska and Arizona old age pension laws and California appointing a commission to study social insurance.
Union chiefs of four railway brotherhoods met in Chicago to receive railroad replies to their April 1 demand for an eight hour day and time and one half for overtime. About 360000 members are in the brotherhoods. They also prepared to respond to counter proposals from railroad managers.
The schedule in effect from October 1 1915 lists train arrival and departure times at stations but states that these times are not guaranteed and may change without notice.
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