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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
2
London Oct 16 A three times wounded former British Army sergeant awarded the Military Medal at Martinquich in 1916 and a bar for Ypres bravery in 1917 places an ad in a London paper offering to risk his life for 1000 dollars. Now earning 15 a week, he craves excitement and a risky movie job at Fleet Street box 944.67.
Racing continue meets at Yonkers and Latonia with Laurel races resuming as Gulf hosts the opening of the annual fall tournament at Atlantic City.
Evansville Indiana pharmacist J C Mendenhall spent forty years in pharmacy and sold over one hundred thousand prescriptions before Number 40 For The Blood was discovered. The remedy was claimed to cure blood diseases and a range of ailments from glandular disorders to ulcers. Hart Drug Co marketed the product.
New York on Oct 16 reports piano manufacturers plan to close factories for a month if former workers do not return. Strikers demand recognition of a new union a forty four hour work week and a minimum wage of 42 a week for piece workers.
John C. Ram by Jr. was struck by an automobile in Dayton and lay unconscious for twenty eight days. He awoke, weak but able to whisper that he wanted the biggest meal they could prepare and is now recovering in a local hospital.
Episcopal Sunday schools in this city will present a mystery pageant on November 30 at church chancels. Rev. Gabriel Ferrell of Newark will lead all rectors to forego morning services for the pageant as part of a two period national campaign to expand church activities at home and nationwide.
Skeletons believed to be early settlers were found by workmen near a War of 1812 fort in Kennebunkport Maine. One skull contained an Indian arrow, another showed a tomahawk-chipped edge, and a third tall skeleton stood seven feet. Officials suspect graves were covered during fort excavations.
Paris reports Pierre d Aubigny outlines France advancing peace aircraft plans. Experiments include four engine redundancy and in flight engine repairs, plus a pilot adjustable wing surface to ease landings. Also noted is a statistic claiming allied soldiers in France wed a French bride.
London report quotes a major British meat trader forecasting a severe winter meat shortage. He says England has only half of normal cattle supply and sheep and pig numbers down to the lowest level in twenty five years, implying hardship ahead.
High Point women are told that Alder-i-ka glycerine and buckhorn bark taken as a simple mixture relieve gas and sour stomach in one spoonful. It is claimed to act on both upper and lower bowel, aiding constipation and preventing appendicitis, with a lady reporting cure of bowel trouble. Matten Drag Co.
New York October 16 1920 announcement by O K Davis secretary of the National Foreign Trade Council says a world conference of American foreign traders will be a key feature of the San Francisco convention on May 12 1920. Three convention steamers are chartered for overseas delegates and another steamer will sail from New York via the Panama Canal.
In Painswick Gloucestershire a hundredth yew tree always dies when planted near the ancient church. The village maintains the annual clipping ceremony as the congregation gathers in a procession and a sermon follows on the church steps after the clipping.
In Concordia Kansas on October 16 a 14 month old boy, Lawrence Delude, son of Walter Delude, was strangled when a swing rope slipped and entangled him. He was playing with other children and was not missed until supper time, triggering a search.
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