Mother's Day Chautauqua Week Opens With Filipino Concert
Mrs. Ruthie Hull of High Point dies at 916 Randolph Street after months of ill health. Funeral set for 10:30 tomorrow at Pilgrim Holiness Church with interment in Kernersville. The 1929 Redpath Chautauqua week opens in High Point today with the Filipino Collegians concert near Rankin residence. Montaville Flowers will lecture on What Young America is Thinking. Schedule outlines concerts and lectures through May 20, including Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross and other speakers. The Central Friends church observes Mother's Day with Rev. Tom Alderman Sykes urging real devotion over material gifts.
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Mirs
Ruthie Hull
Sykes
Friends Church
Bryan Hull
Randolph Street
Guilford County
Sherman
Sophia Brown Nelson
Hull
High Point
Martha Hull
Ed Kidd
Clarence Walton
Carrie Smith
Nellie Nelson
Virginia Nelson
Kernersville
Robert Harvey
James Nelson
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Hamilton Street
O. L. Ruth
Church and
Elm Streets
A. M. Rankin
Montaville Flowers
America
Mardoni & Co
New York
Jackson
Anne Campbell
Edna White
England
India
Denis Rooke
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
Theodore Graham
Brittany
Blue Danube Orchestra
Madame Balassa
Mme
Marie Mashir
Frederick
Frederick M. Snyder
Cartoon Entertainment
John Bockewitz
Central Friends Church
Tom Alderman Sykes
Mother
Mr. Sykes
Kate Douglas Wiggins
Canaries Benefit From Green Foods In Spring
Canaries and other pet birds need green food as a spring tonic just as people. Chick weed, lettuce, mustard or most any other green should be given them several times a week.
Housewives shun labor saving devices in Greece
Due to the low cost of domestic labor in Greece housewives reject household labor saving devices. The trend highlights economic choices shaping appliance adoption and domestic work dynamics.
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Greece
Five-Ingredient Remedy Promises Quick Headache Relief
A North Carolina druggist offers a five ingredient combination sold as B-C that allegedly cures headaches in three minutes. The preparation is described as safe, mild, and free of after effects and is available in 10c and 25c packages at drug stores.
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North Carolina
Bouillon Water From Spring Vegetables Proves Mineral Rich
Read about a simple tasty bouillon made by cooking spring vegetables in water with beef cubes or meat extract for body. The result is a flavorful broth valued for its mineral content and family appeal.
Senior string orchestra provides fine morning concert
The senior string orchestra of the local high school, directed by Miss Virginia Frank, performed a polished program for pupils in the auditorium. Selections included Handel and Haydn works, an Indian Suite sketch, and Elgar Salut d Armur with confident playing by named students across strings, flute, piano, and tympani.
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Virginia Frank
Hayden
N. Louise Wright
Elgar
Miss Frank
Adelaide Crowell
Ruth Wood
Louise Kearns
Mildred von Drehle
Ernestine Vincannon
Helen Louise Stephens
Eloise Ingram
Nick Antonakas
Velva M Hayden
Wilma Rogers
Charles Tomlinson
Jewel Welch
Thomas Gordy
Kelman Gosmo
Francis Einstein
Mildred Kreiger
Mary Whitely
Virginia Jackson
Elizabeth Ellis
Iris Welch
Mable Koontz
Rebecca Kearns
Claude Smith
Virginia Thyner
Dora Brown
Mary Elizabeth Bennett
Violas
Robert Hoskins
Worth Brooks
Helen Davis
M. T. Hicks, Jr
Boy and Father Exchange School Knowledge Joke
A father questions why his son forgets what he learns at school. The boy cites classmate Tommy Bangs who remembers everything because he lives closer to school, delivering a humorous bite about daily memory.
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Tommy Bangs
Denial Of All Charges Against Former City Manager Pickett
Carter Dalton attorney for the R L Pickett estate criticizes city officials for public charges about irregularities in the city manager’s office during Pickett’s tenure. Dalton denies the accusations, says investigation will prove falsity, and notes the three year gap after Pickett’s May 27 1927 death complicates inquiry. He questions auditors’ oversight and cites accounting practices and workload as possible causes. The estate may issue a fuller statement later.
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Pickett
Carter Dalton
R. L. Pickett
Dalton
Bob Pickett
High Point
North Carolina Public Service Company
Stockholders Vote to Elect Officers at High Point Club Meeting
The High Point Commercial Club Inc holds its annual stockholders meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m to elect new officers and a board of directors and to consider official business. Despite a stock transfer to the High Point Country Club the corporation must be represented until merger completion. Officers listed include J H Dobbs S L Davis Jr and F J Sizemore with directors John R Peacock John W Hedrick John T Moffitt A S Caldwell and C A Barbee.
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High Point Commercial Club, Inc
High Point Country Club
Country Club
The
Commercial Club
J. H. Dobbs
S. L. Davis, Jr
F. J. Sizemore
John R. Peacock
John W. Hedrick
John T. Moffitt
A. S. Caldwell
C. A. Barbee
City Beautiful Entrants Listed for 1920 Contest
Twenty nine entrants reported for the High Point City Beautiful contest. Twenty two in the white division and seven in the colored division are listed with names from each ward and several married entrants among them.
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High Point “City Beautiful
W. L. Smith, Jr
George Wilhelm
J. 8. Loflin
C. C. Surratt
Elmer High
C. C. Clement
J. M. Hedgecock
W. M. Crouch
Chamber Receives New City Maps For Distribution
The High Point chamber of commerce has received a collection of new city maps for distribution. Interested residents may secure maps by calling at the chamber bureau.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Chamber Bureau
Kita gran pimples remedy advertised in old ad
An advertisement promotes Kitagran tablets as a harmless quick remedy for pimples. It claims blood impurities clear fast and the skin improves within 24 hours with a money back guarantee from Mann Drug Co and other druggists.
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Mann Drug Co
Adv
Confederate Veteran W. M. Bondurant Laid To Rest
Funeral services for 87 year old Confederate veteran W M Bondurant were held at Rosebud church near Walnut Cover with Rev J M Hilliard officiating and burial in the church cemetery. A home service was conducted at 1 pm by Rev O L Ruth of Pilgrim Holiness church. Pallbearers included J W Redmond L C Blaylock A M Bowman Gus Burge Will Rutledge and Robert Hill. Flowers were carried by Hester Coleman Alice Tuttle Beulah Smith Mozelle Newsome Hope Easte Ruby Coleman and Joy Saste. A large crowd attended.
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W. M. Bondurant
J. W. Poplin
Park Street
Rosebud Church
Walnut Cover
J. M. Hilliard
O. L. Ruth
Plentiful U.S. Egg Exports Bordering on Record
American hens produce nearly 11 million eggs each month for export. Cuba leads with about 3.5 million eggs followed by Panama with 2.5 million and Mexico with 1 million in January.
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Washington
Cuba
Panama
Mexico
Laying of Isle of Man to England Telephone Cable Soon
A project to lay a telephone cable between the Isle of Man and England will begin shortly. The endeavor aims to improve long distance communication and connect the island more directly with the mainland.
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Isle of Man
England
Pageant at Wesley Memorial Church Observes Sunday School Day
A pageant titled The Messenger of a New Day by Edna Wilkins was presented at Wesley Memorial Church Greensboro as part of Sunday School Day. Cast included Robert Cook James Sedberry LaVerne Hudson Rose Askew and others with a talk by J E Millis and prayers by Rev John W Moore and Rev Seymour Taylor.
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Edna Wilkins
College Place Church
Greensboro
Wesley Memorial Church
Robert Cook
James Sedberry
LaVerne Hudson
Columbia
Rose Askew
Robert Morrow
Agnes Crowder
Helen Snider
Frances McCrary
Edgar Allen
J. E. Millis
Moore
Walden Elected Convention Delegate
Rev H R Walden pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational church was elected a voting delegate to the National Council of the Congregational churches biennial meeting in Detroit Michigan from May 28 to June 4. The Baltic Sea freezing led to use of airplanes to transport passengers and mail.
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H. R. Walden
Pilgrim Congregational Church
National Council of the Congregational Churches
Detroit
Mich
Baltic Sea
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Endorsed
Mrs Ezra Ricwards of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania reports heavy fatigue poor appetite and weight loss improved after eight bottles of Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with similar tablets. She asserts the medicine is essential and offers to answer letters about its effects.
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Pittsburgh
Lydia FE. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ezra Ricwards
Chautauqua St
N.S
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