Local folks notes on visits and returns to Wilkesboro
Mrs. Carter Dalton and daughter visit Tom Daltons Gold Medal Orchard at Wilkesboro. Artist Thos Dodamead returns from Knox ville Tenn. Jim Hoover greets friends. Laurence Matton and William Ragan back from Bell Buckle Tenn high school. Geo A Matton and son visit Salisbury hospital. Genevieve Moore returns from Normal College with Phillips and Boyd. Louise Reitzel returns from Greensboro Normal College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Dalton
Tom Dalton
Gold Medal Orchard
Wilkesboro
Thos, Dodamead
Knoxville
Tenn
Jim Hoover
Jim
Laurence Matton
William Ragan
Bell Buckle
Geo. A. Matton
Laurence
Salisbury
Matton
Genevieve Moore
Normal College
Phillips
Goldsboro
Boyd
Warrenton
Louise Reitzel
Greensboro
The Face as a Mirror of Gloom and Mindset
Modern physiognomy links facial cues to chronic pessimism. Observe your brow furrows and downturned mouth to gauge gloom. Change mood by seeking the bright side, socializing, and banishing gloom for better looks and daily success, says H Addington Bruce.
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H. Addington Bruce
Commencement Invitations From Trinity Park School and Blackstone Female Institute
The Review notes invitations for Trinity Park School to attend commencement exercises June 5 and 6, 1915 in Durham North Carolina. It also lists Blackstone Female Institute’s twenty first annual commencement June 4 to 6, 1915 at the Institute auditorium in Blackstone Virginia.
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Trinity Park School
Durham
North Carolina
Blackstone Female Institute
Institute
Blackstone
Virginia
Burkhart Dies at 59 After Operation in High Point
Mel Burkhart of Lexington died Wednesday after an operation at a High Point hospital. Funeral services were led by Rev. Mr. Senter at Becks Lutheran Church near Thomasville, with interment in the church cemetery. He was 59, survived by many friends and relatives, including his brother Lemuel Burk.
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Mr. Burkhart
Mel Burkhart
Lexington
High Point
Mr. Senter
Becks Lutheran Church
Thomasville
Lemuel Burk
President eulogizes dead at Arlington
The Week’s Review highlights President Wilson’s Arlington tribute to fallen soldiers, veterans gathering in Richmond, and renewed wartime warnings to Mexico. It notes marriages of note and recalls notable crime exploits while reporting on a drowning incident and upcoming bond election.
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Arlington
Richmond
Washington
Wilson
Elaine
Pigeon Race Sets Speed Record With 300 Mile Flight
A group of pigeons released Sunday May 23 captured a 300 mile Baltimore flight in 6 hours 48 minutes led by birds averaging 1 291 46 yards per minute about 45 miles per hour. About 1 300 birds participated with sixty finishing the 1 000 yard per minute mark. Another flock was released for 400 miles to Allentown Pa with no word by yesterday.
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Baltimore
Allentown
Jarvis Shows Signs of Recovery in Greenville
Ex Governor Thomas J. Jarvis, after weeks of serious illness, is now much improved. He has gained for several days and, barring complications, could be back on the streets within a few weeks though his age may slow his recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Thomas J. Jarvis
Rooms for Rent at 213 E Washington Street
Three desirable furnished rooms for rent at 213 E Washington Street. Weather remark notes Raspy conditions for the season. Children’s Day observed at Wesley Memorial M F Church Sunday.
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E. Washington Street
Wesley Memorial
M. F. Chuch
Garden party postponed by weather at Woman's Club event
The garden party by the Woman's Club was postponed due to weather. June weddings are celebrated as sweet, with several High Point marriages planned. Miss Pitts and Miss Stanton to wed next. The Lindsay Carraway wedding featured a large bride's cake and a ring, thimble, and bachelor button drawn by guests. The Smith Lever fund supports farm women in 33 states, funding direct home economics work to raise income and improve home efficiency.
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High Point
Miss Pitts
Miss Stanton
Robert Brockett
Helen Brockett
High Point Camp of Veterans
Richmond
Berta Lindsay
Bruce Carraway
John A. Lindsay
Lila Keith
Wilmington
Winnie Bruton
Fayetteville
Kathleen Petty
Will Moffitt
Clara Steele
Bessie Tate
Violet Johnson
Katherine Harmon
Grace Bencini
Elizabeth Harris
Harmon Home
North
Smith-Lever Fund
Why the Printer is Poor
A satirical look by W H Dugdale on printer finances. It contrasts the boss paying bills with printers waiting for wages while clients mistake expenses and demand adjustments. The poem notes why printers often struggle profit and suggests resilience and recognition of talent.
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Peoples Sg
Owl exhibited at Ring Drug Co windows after caught
Eugene Burns captured a peculiar looking owl between High Point and Greensboro and displayed the bird in the windows of Ring Drug Co. local notice reports the odd sighting and the owner’s display.
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Eugene Burns
High Point
Greensboro
Ring Drug Co
Patent Remedy Ad For Malaria Fever Pill
An old advertisement promotes a prescription claimed to treat malaria and chills and fever. It promises five or six doses will break a case and, taken as a tonic, prevent fever return. The remedy is said to act on the liver and not cause gripes or sickness. Priced at 25 cents.
Walker Pleads Guilty in Brunswick Murde r Case
The Jesse C. Walker case ends in Burgaw with a guilty plea to second degree murder and a thirty year sentence. State officials escorted the prisoner to Raleigh after sentencing. Officers describe Walker as a desperate character and relief spreads through the region.
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Wilmington
Jesse C. Walker
Jackson Stanland
Brunswick County
Burgaw
State Penitentiary
Raleigh
Beautiful Elk Memorial Window For High Point Lodge
The Standard Mirror Co begins a memorial window for the Elks home lodge room likely ready by July 1. It features the Elk head clock face 11 red star B P O E inscribed names birth and death columns and a Greek wreath with 1155 lodge number. Also notes Mrs Geo A Matton’s improving health and the Concord death of Mrs E D Coltrane a cousin of Mrs D A Stanton of High Point.
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Standard Mirror Company
Elks
High Point
Elk's Lodge
Concord
E. D. Coltrane
In Memory of a Good Woman and Local Commerce Plans
In memory of Mrs. Jennie Britt Armfield a memorial window will be placed at First Baptist Church. Mr W J Armfield and family announce three story buildings on Commerce Street by Bob Ragan and A Jones with two lots left for W L Stamey to complete the block. Stores are rented and offices or lodge rooms may occupy upper floors. W P Ragan and Dallas Zollicoffer visited Denton on business. A remark notes how a second marriage can alter a grass widow's view of men.
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W. J. Armfield
First Baptist Church
Jennie Britt Armfield
Commerce Street
Bob Ragan
A. ©. Jones
Sherrod
W L. Stamey
W. P. Ragan
Dallas Zollicoffer
Denton
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Review
Jarvis
W. H. Dugdale
N.C
Moffitt Furnishing Co
Palm Beach
Madras
Ytra
Jessie C. Walker
Dr. Matton
Legion of Friends
Man
Frank Gurley
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