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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1916
Page
5
The speaker describes a long day of toil under a scorching sun. Brambles and thorns mark the path, with withered dowers and a weary heart. Night is welcomed as rest approaches and dawn promises new light. Selected.
At 4 1 o clock Sunday morning Mr and Mrs W C Dean of Jamestown witnessed their daughter Bewi h wed Carl Fields in a simple ceremony with Rev Noah L Andrews officiating The couple after a reception left for a country home where a wedding supper awaited Mr Fields is a prosperous farmer and Bewi h is regarded highly in the community A social service department meeting and a busy social scene follow with auctions prizes and visits by local residents and travelers including Estelle Nottingham from Norfolk and several business trips to northern cities by locals
A fragmentary note discusses moralizing about a detour warning on a road. The piece mentions an autoist facing a detour sign and questions improvement from bad to worse in moral terms.
The piece describes the solitary sandpiper as preferring dirty stagnant ponds over oceans or clean rivers. It notes its dark brown back, white streaked breast, long straight bill, and spindly legs. In autumn the streaks fade and the bird darts after dragonflies with a quick snap of its bill.
A humorous exchange reveals a chef stayed aboard for a month because she could not swim, while the narrator recounts the sailing crew’s improvised solution. The remark highlights practical banter aboard a houseboat voyage.
A jubilant street railway worker claims a crowding fix by installing phonographs in each car to play The Star Spangled Banner, forcing riders to stand. The plan aims to curb unruly behavior and restore order during transit.
A Lewiston Maine bride laments her husband's reaction after she reveals a letter saying her mother is ill. The sympathetic friend recalls the exchange as the husband jokes that the illness might be serious but not trivial.
Mr Twobble scolds women for spending on beauty while Mrs Twobble retorts men rarely pursue self improvement. He claims 99 of 100 men see the vanity as hopeless, sparking a terse exchange over appearances.
A discouraged salesman ends a quiet day by asking a potential customer to examine his goods. When refused he pleads to use a part of the counter to display them himself, noting he has not had a chance to show samples recently.
A Bible class joke centers on a pupil identifying the evil sower as his mother. The child explains with a pun about sewing tears evident in his patched trousers, prompting the teacher’s astonishment.
A protester among English friends hears the word English and grumbles. A passenger apologizes, and the nationalist notes the Bruch’s fault is lack of self assertion. He smiles at the joke and concedes that Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle would not claim he wrote British.
Rev N Bishop of the California Oil Industry association urged remedial national legislation for miners harmed by the September 1900 withdrawal of over three million acres in California and Wyoming. He noted court rulings and urged relief in the oil leasing bill. judges found miners were not willful trespassers.
The season opener features John Anderson of High Point against Henry Pruess of Greensboro in a middleweight bout at the armory. The match is scheduled for Friday night at 8:30 with floor seating near ringside and local fans planning to attend.
Mrs. Anna Byrd of Tuscumbia Alabama reports severe back pain and kidney discomfort. She credits Foley Kidney Pills with relieving the pain and improving sleep despite rheumalgiee swollen ankles and bladder trouble.
Mrs. J. B. Whittaker of McDull Virginia credits Thedford's Black-Draught with preventing major illness in her family. She recalls suffering years with headaches and stomach trouble before using the vegetable medicine, now kept on hand for all ages.
Superintendent W M Marr and city schools staff with the High Point Woman's club announce four meetings across Elm Main Park and Grimes streets to form a parent teacher association. They urge parents to attend, to meet teachers, discuss school life, and elect officers.
Mrs. Myron J. Pickard of Memphis New York states that during a severe cold season her two children recovered after using a medicine that proved to be exactly what they needed.
Schedule fragment shows train numbers 36 44 22 46 12 37 29 31 and times such as 2 17 pm 4 12 pm 7 14 am 7 40 pm 12 55 pm. It mentions Asheboro branch with departures from Asheboro at 12 15 pm and references No 134 and No 142. The OCR is garbled but indicates a local timetable listing trains and branches.
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