Red Cross Report Details June to August Activities
Mrs. Frank Gurley, acting secretary of the High Point Red Cross home service, submitted a three month report detailing aid to ex service men and families. June saw 32 letters written on compensation and training, 14 families represented, $60 provided or loaned, seven visits. July reports 25 letters, 14 families represented, $30.57 in financial aid for a veteran in Greensboro training. August shows 26 letters, 20 ex service men assisted, $10.91 spent, telegrams to Charlotte and Petersburg, two meetings, 600 circular letters distributed, and plans for a mid October visit by the cleanup squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gurley
High Point Home Service Section
American Red Cross
Red Cross
American Legion
Greensboro
Charlotte
Petersburg
Neial
Home Service Office
Gurley
Cross Office
Will Erect $30,000 Structure in Greensboro
J. A. Smith of Greensboro plans a three story brick building on the third lot of the city hitching lot at Green and Austin streets. Construction will begin within 30 days, the 20 by 115 foot building will face Greene Street and the total investment is about $30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Smith
City
Green and
aGston Streets
Greensboro
Greene Street
Ku Klux Exposed Again By New York World
A reader perspective on nonstop exposes of the Ku Klux Klan. The New York World is singled out for front page “inside dope” claims about the organization’s size and spread, including alleged connections to Catholic and Jewish factions and references to figures like Hoover and Hylan. The piece notes sensational reporting, a Georgia to New York arc, and questions the legitimacy of the World’s revelations and their editorial targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
New York World
Stillman
Ku Klux
Ben
Con
Hoover
Tim Ghat
Punepd
F. Hylan
Bux
The
World
Georgia
Atlanta
Madison Senate
Gard
New York
Stameys Jewelry Store Ad and Doan’s Kidney Pills Endorsement
An old style classified item shows Stameys Jewelry Store seeking a leading saleslady and selling standard watch brands. The notice also promotes Doan’s Kidney Pills with a testimonial from Mrs. R L Coley in High Point praising relief from backache nervousness and kidney issues, recommending Dean’s Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Coley
W. Green Street
High Point
Doan
Mann Drug Co
Dean
North Guilford case seeks divorce and court appearance date
The defendant is notified that an action for absolute divorce has been commenced in Guilford County Superior Court. The defendant must appear or demur by September 8, 1921, at the courthouse, or the clerk will proceed. This notice is dated August 8, 1921. Catarrh cure advertisement notes Hall’s Catarrh Cure claims to treat the blood and system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juilford
le Meddiian
icMillan
Rd County
Guilford County
Ap Nan
Rat Snap Rat Poison Ad with House Fire Warning
An advertisement extols RAT SNAP rat poison with a true story of a family fire sparked by a nibbling rat. It claims three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 and lists Ring Drug Co She loft Joff Hardware Co Hart Drug Co as sellers. Rat breeding rates are given and claims no odor due to mummification after killing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ring Drug Co
Sheloft Joff Hardware Co
Hart Drug Co
Shelett Hale Ge
Yiring Drug Belo
Ad Hart Drug Co
Local grocer Endorses Liver Medicine for Sours Indigestion
A city grocer extols a liver medicine, claiming it relieves sour stomach headaches and indigestion from a torpid liver. He asserts lifelong use and strong recommendation, saying he cannot be without it and it will do all it claims.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the High Point
North Carolina Prose Association
Ublication Office
North Main Street
W. L. Stamey
Sanaa
N.C
Ku Klux Exposed
Stamey’s
Bright Land
Stamey’s Jewely Store Se
Clerk Superior Court
Museus
Halls
Fochenes & Coe
Props
Toledo
Emaline
Juanita
Stamey
Cherry Blossom
Isham Jones
New Brunswick
Godowsky
Brunswick Records
Stameys Jewelry Store
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
North Carolina Public Service Company
South Main Street
Stamey’s ‘Jewelry Store
Brunswick Phonographs and Records
Emerson
Paramount
Okeh
Lyric Records
Staimey
Hamilton
Elgin
South Bend
N. Main St
Staney’ S Jewelry
High Point, N. C
Home Banking Co
Wachovia Bank & Trust CO
Federal Reserve System
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