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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1917
Page
5
John O'Keefe recalls a wartime march through a Berlin scene and the cadence of soldiers. The piece mentions women traveling to Raleigh to attend the congresswoman's event on October 17, with readers invited to follow the news coverage.
The social service department meeting moves from October 17 to October 24 due to Woman's day at the Raleigh fair. Mrs. Lingle requested the change to be in Raleigh.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church will hold a 3:50 PM Monday meeting in the ladies' parlor. R. L. Patton circle will discuss the church building and loan fund "Peace Builders" followed by a playlet "An Evening with Homeless Churches" performed by the girls' auxiliary.
C. Muse earned seven prizes at this year’s Central Carolina fair for cakes and fancy work. It marks the eleventh straight year Mrs. Muse has prizes on her exhibits. Leona Muse also took two prizes in cake and fancy work.
The Over the Tea Cups clubs will meet with Mrs. W. T. Parker Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Members unable to attend will please notify the hostess in time to invite substitutes.
The Ladies Aid Society and Church Improvement Aid of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church will meet Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the residence of Mrs. Oscar Wearns.
Miss Sallie Simpson left with Clyde Craven and wife to visit Sergeant Ronald Craven at Camp Sevier Greenville. Holmes and Coggins guests of John Holmes. Mrs Anderson improving from pneumonia. City Manager Murphy trips to Tomahawk for relatives. Mrs Bradley visiting relatives. Dardeen and Craver from Charlotte pass through en route Greensboro. Cope and Stanley Davis from Greensboro in city, Penny of American Land Co. auction sales in South Carolina.
Rev. E. P. Parker delivered a strong sermon at East End Methodist Church last evening with the text Be sure your sin will find you out. A good congregation attended and a conversion followed. The visiting minister will preach again tonight at 7:30 o'clock and city residents are invited.
Naleigh Oct 13 Earl Neville a Negro declared guilty yesterday by a fake jury of assaulting a woman September 1 was sentenced today by Judge Connor to be electrocuted at the state prison on October 30.
The White House rounds out its first 25 years of the second century as historians note 125 years since its cornerstone was laid by George Washington. Early days show a creek around the mansion and vegetable plots. Dolly Madison reportedly saved Washington’s portrait during a 1814 British raid.
Frank A. Van derlip leads a banking and finance committee for the Southern Commercial congress as it shapes the war financing drive. A New York group includes J. P. Morgan and Theo Roosevelt Jr as speakers and host events at the Hotel McAlpin and Hotel Astor with sessions on Federal Reserve policy and the Federal Farm Loan Act.
The Garden of Allah returns for a fifth tour at the Municipal theater in Greensboro with matinee and night showings on October 18. The production features lavish scenery and electrical effects and a cast of 100 including William Jeffrey Haffard Gould Sarah Truax Albert Andreas James Mason Leo de Valery Thaddeus Gray Pearl Gray and the Abbott family.
Ruth Roland appears for the first time in The Neglected Wife at the Broadway theater today. The thrilling serial adapts Mabel Herbert Urner novels The Journal of a Neglected Wife and The Woman Alone, with co stars Roland Bottomley Neil Hardin Corene Grant and Philo McCullough in a sunny California production by Balboa from Will M Ritchey scenarios.
Theda Bara, famed star of The Tiger Woman, reportedly receives an anonymous Italian admirer’s ring sent to her at Rose Monday. The piece features a tiny cell and a note describing concealed poisons inside, adding mystery to the unique jewelry.
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky testifies to relief after months of illness using Cardui the woman’s tonic She reports weight gain and regained ability to work claiming Cardui is best medicine and urges others to try it from druggists or Chattanooga Medicine Co with advisory mailings and a 64 page home treatment booklet
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