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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
5
A poem by Elizabeth Clarke Hardy contrasts Phyllis in elegant opera attire with Phyllis in a flour-dusted kitchen. The speaker notes his rapture as he devours both her refined beauty in satin and her homey lemon pies, highlighting affection across roles.
Mrs. Carter Dalton hosted a 4 to 6 pm reception with guests greeted at the door by Mrs. T. J. Gold and Mrs. Albion Millis. Decor featured pink and white peonies and sweet peas. Tea was poured by Mrs. V. A. Idol and Mrs. Charles Hauser. sandwiches and mints were served by several hostesses. The Thimble club met at Mrs. A. W. Klemme’s home afterward with white peonies and red roses in the parlor and punch served.
Mrs. F. J. Sizemore and her young daughter Janess travel to Hannibal Missouri to visit her sister Mrs. H BE Jenkine. They then proceed to St. Louis to be guests of Sizemore's brother Farish.
All students competing for the medal from the United Daughters of the Confederacy must hand in their papers by Monday May 15 to Mrs. Clem Norman. The Priscilla club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock with Mrs. Ver noi Idol.
John W. Walker spends a few days in Salisbury on business. Gilenn Muse a Wake Forest student, returned hers yesterday. Miss Virginia Heniocy after visiting friends in Asheboro has returned home. Mee Kirk Catlom, guest of Miss Maude Owen, returns to Greensboro. Rev W L Melhechampe of Richmond is visiting his son James Mellichampe on Morris street. County Commissioner W C Jones to visit from Greensboro. Glenn Muse of Wake Forest visiting at Mr and Mrs C C Perry on Thurston street while en route home to Statesville.
The big oil burning superdreadnought Oklahoma, cost 7 million dollars, joins the U S Navy at the Philadelphia navy yard. Commanded by Capt. Roger Wells, it has 50 officers and 800 men, 25000 horsepower, 20% knots speed, 27500 ton displacement, and 5835 feet length with ten 14 inch guns in four turrets.
M C Crowson received a telegram from his brother W J Crowson of Sumter South Carolina reporting the death of W J Crowson's wife. Crowson leaves tonight for Sumter. The couple married about 18 months ago and leave an infant a week old.
Mrs. M. L. Hayden, mother of J. Fr. Hayden, has shown steady improvement after a lengthy hospitalization. Doctors report the crisis has passed and her anxious family, who have watched at her bedside, share the belief that the worst is over.
A pithy Tolletsen quip decrying fools who lack worldly or spiritual wisdom.
A fragment quotes Cicero arguing virtue must be practiced, not merely possessed, emphasizing active moral conduct over idle belief. The selection frames virtue as actionable discipline shaping character.
Atlanta readers learn of a newborn girl found alive after being buried beside a fresh grave for eleven hours in a Decatur cemetery. The child, named Dixie, was cared for by Rev. T. J. Noland and later transported to Atlanta. The mother, about 22, confessed. police will decide charges. The Adairsville community pledges support.
London reports an official British estimate placing German April casualties at 91 162 and total war losses at 2 822 079 since the war began. The breakdown lists killed or died of wounds, sickness, prisoners, missing, and wounded in various categories, excluding naval or colonial troops.
Indianapolis May 11. Three main divisions of the national Charities and Corrections conference are headed by women. Miss Julia Lathrop of the Federal Children's bureau leads the division on children. Mrs. A D Sheffield of the Massachusetts board of charity heads the divisions on the family and the community. Dr. Katherine Bement Davis of New York leads the division on correction.
Mrs. Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York reports long standing stomach trouble relieved by Chamberlain's Tablets. She says the tablets gave positive lasting relief after trying many remedies and values them highly. Available everywhere.
The State Normal college introduces a massive pageant on opening day May 20 with 1200 actors and outdoor staging at the campus and Peabody park. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall will speak May 23, after the pageant and diplomas. Alumni events and sermons follow through May 21 22.
Amsterdam May 11 Emperor William wrote the entire German reply to the United States note without counsel from the admiralty or war office. The Cologne Gazette says the Kaiser and his councilors had no alternative but the answer sent, with many Germans backing that line.
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