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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1916
Page
4
A poet describes how life shifts from gloom to hope upon gazing into a loved one’s deep brown eyes. The speaker says birdsong and skies lose their meaning as joy returns through that gaze, promising to banish grief with one thought of those eyes.
Local shop advertises new sweaters for ladies misses and children, sport coats in latest styles at 5.00, 7.50 and 8.95, plus new suits in fresh New York styles now on display.
Miss Verda Leake daughter of Mr and Mrs D B Leake of Hamilton street has accepted a head nurse position in the operating rooms at Roosevelt Hospital New York City from which she graduated last June She will return to High Point about the first of the year The Wo mans club Literature Department will meet Tuesday at 3 30 PM with Mrs W C Jones on North Main Street The topic is Dramatic Idyls Rev James A Clark left this morning for Winston Salem where he will conduct services this week at the Salem Baptist Church under pastor S L Naff
Personal notice lists Miss Katherine Harmon departing tonight to study at Westown College in Westown, Pa. It notes other social visits including Miss Daisy Bullin visiting Miss Pearl Leonard in Thomasville and Mr. and Mrs. B Cummings with Miss Marty Walker in Greensboro.
In Spartanburg South Carolina a man named Osborne, registered at the Gresham hotel, was arrested on a charge of escaping with his two twin daughters who were in their mother’s care. He admitted taking the children from their mother in Alabama and was returned to Easley for investigation.
High Point Democrats plan a large turnout for Locke Craig the so called little giant of the mountains as he delivers his second campaign address at the armory Thursday night a brass band will provide music and enthusiasm is expected to run high Chairman Mendenhall coordinates the event for the local party.
Mrs Ralph Thomas daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Baxter died Sunday morning in Denver Colorado at 5 o clock News reached High Point yesterday She had just left High Point a week after a four and a half month visit Here she made many friends Interment will be at Webb City Missouri.
Lewiston Pa October 9 Miss Charlotte Steininger received a vaccination recently and developed hive outbreaks that left scabbed vaccination marks. Physicians say she may avoid future vaccination scratches due to the strong reaction and resulting immunity.
A columnist notes a postponed wedding delaying coverage and laments missing a strong news item for the Russellville Courier Democrat. The writer criticizes the lack of timely reporting and questions the paper’s approach to handling the assignment.
AP report from Damaschewitchi Russia describes Russian troops regardless of front passing placards to Germans and Austrians urging surrender. Cards carried by sentries appeared near German trenches at night and were written in broken German. The first placard, east of Damaschewitschi, claimed Rumanians had declared war on Austria Germany Turkey and Bulgaria and asked Germans to surrender.
Mount Holly New Jersey October 9 lightning struck a tree on the Heisserman farm near Jacksonville during a recent storm. One dog tied to a chain was killed when a bolt ran down the tree and struck it while another dog on a rope survived.
The fragment lists participants W. S. Drifee of Greensboro Zeb. V. Young of Statesville and P. W. Murray of Greensboro connected to a legal matter with no further context or outcome provided.
In High Point a man who once avoided steady work accepts factory labor after prosperity pressures. He endures ten hour days for $1.75 daily, receiving pay envelopes and choosing to continue work, while the town remains focused on labor and progress.
Manila reports an experiment in criminology centered on the Iwahig colony where long term prisoners are rewarded for good conduct. Under supervision the inmates govern their own community and families may join them. Several graduates move on to public roles in their home communities.
This store announces a comprehensive showing in the garment section on the second floor featuring new Fall suits, Swirts, Autumn coats, and Blouses in rich colors. A fresh MAR-HOP Middy suit shipment arrives, signaling updated restocks.
Mrs Henry Martin of Millerstown Pennsylvania received a one dollar bill with a note of thanks for waiting ten years to settle a lodging debt from a stranger who stayed at her hotel. The guest had left without paying when the stranger could not make change.
Five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Grady seriously injured Saturday morning when struck by an auto driven by Henry Stuart of Coats. One leg broken and other parts badly bruised.
An oblong native copper boulder weighing about a half ton was found on Chris Eimon's Rockmont farm near Superior. It is 98 percent copper and valued at $300. Experts think it may be glacier float from the river. The Weyehauser company is exploring a copper body.
Chicago observes the 43rd anniversary of the Great Fire sparked by Mrs. OLeary's cow. The blaze remains noted for its origin though surpassed in size by later urban fires in San Francisco and Baltimore.
A collage of quips from Indiana Times Nashville Tennessean and Wilmington Every Evening lampooning leaders and war weariness. A joke about the Kaiser’s age and an observation on Bulgaria’s wartime exit reflect 1910s press humor.
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