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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1917
Page
3
State health board cautions consumptives considering distant climates for tuberculosis treatment to weigh gains against losses. It urges evaluating costs, social disruption, medical care, and the value of outdoor living near home, noting sanatorium experience and possible work issues.
Mexico City on April 2 reports the Mexican house of deputies elected in the recent congressional elections convened for a preliminary session. Officials say the gathering is for organization and carries no international political significance.
Alfred Bedford, president of the Standard Oil company, marked the thirty fifth anniversary of his employment. He began as an office boy in 1882 at age 18 with the Bergenrow Chemical Company, a Standard Oil subsidiary, and today he heads the corporation.
Detroit and other Michigan cities face local issues in spring elections. Grand Rapids holds its first election under the commission plan. Detroit votes on annexation. Kalamazoo weighs the Sunday theater question as voters consider minor state and local offices.
Jeff McLemore, Texas congressman, saw his resolution barring Americans from belligerent ships fail. Three months into marriage he learned his wife’s debts ranged from 12 to 14 dollars. He complained to the department of justice which will probe for a shoe trust and take action if found.
A report describes trees being topped with a high dynamite charge placed among branches and detonated by electricity generated from a ground dynamo, triggering a controlled or accidental blast.
High Point marble and granite works promote high grade monumental work with no salesmen commissions or middlemen profits claiming they can sell cheaper and inviting patrons to see their offerings.
Paris April 2. The French air service uses a new observation balloon Le Caquot, replacing Drachen type sails. It operates up to 3 000 feet, with a wicker car for maps and a telephone link to batteries, and can be hauled toward enemy lines for direct communication.
The Hague April 2 The Netherlands reluctantly assumes a major lending role as Britain and Germany secure goods on credit. Neutral Holland, facing Berlin and Vienna exchange controls, cannot cash payments for imports, while exchange rates favor Dutch buyers now. A centralized authority blocks marks or crowns leaving Holland trade strained by wartime restrictions.
A Milwaukee man cites Warden Cross of New Castle County Workhouse in Delaware stating that whipping as punishment is ineffective. He argues that the belief punishment deters crime is illogical and that whipping worsens a prisoner’s attitude toward society.
A crowded slate features interleague baseball games including New York Nationals against Detroit Americans in Wichita Falls and Boston Americans versus Brooklyn Nationals in Davenport. Other matches span Davenport to Peoria and Tulsa to Indianapolis. Major golf, boxing, and tennis events open in Pinehurst, Boston, and Washington with numerous regional bouts and championships.
Chapel Hill April 2. As many as 200 University of North Carolina students and faculty are expected to attend four adult military camps at Plattsburg this summer with transportation and uniforms provided. Most will join the June, July, or August sessions, while younger boys attend junior camps at Fort Terry and Palm Island. Frederick Palmer will lecture on his Somme Verdun experiences, drawing large crowds. The UNC baseball team schedules games with Wake Forest Davidson Elon and Yale at Emerson Field this week and Virginia on April 16, led by pitchers Lewellyn Powell and Bunn Hearn.
Paris April 2 The French parliament authorizes mutual loan guaranty and mutual banking societies to aid tradesmen and manufacturers with moderate means. Societies will cooperate, forming funds deposited in mutual banks. Guaranty groups cover notes if borrowers default, with 12 million francs interest-free from the commerce minister to aid banks.
Cut out this slip and mail it to Foley and Co at 2835 Sheffield Avenue Chicago Illinois with name and address for a trial package including Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
Nancy F Armstrong administratrix of W L Armstrong deceased of Guilford County North Carolina calls all claimants to present debts by March 30 1918 to High Point North Carolina or be barred from recovery. Debtors should settle immediately as of March 30 1917.
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