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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1917
Page
8
An advertisement promotes a free Special Cook Book with 239 recipes by famous cooks from The N. K. Fairbank Company. It urges readers to mail for the booklet at 111 West Washington Street Chicago Illinois and notes using one third less Cottolene than other shortenings.
Col. D. H. Milton, superintendent in Raleigh, says 60 veterans aged 2 to 74 are ready to go to war if needed. The flag at the Soldiers' Home was raised amid cheers, and veterans pledged readiness as they gathered in the yard in gray uniforms.
Federal officials seek a five year lease of a sixty acre Rockaway tract for an aviation station to guard New York City and patrol outside waters. Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels urge immediate action and Mayor Mitchell calls a special Sinking Fund Commission meeting. The lease would run one dollar annually.
Time passes and the children awakened by Santiago’s shelling have grown, now ready to push for renewed American action in the city. The piece frames a generational shift turning resolve toward military engagement.
The North Carolina Commercial Secretaries Association urges rural farmers to boost crops to avert a wartime food crisis. Letters signed by president E N Farris call for immediate action including organizing communities, enlisting three farmers per township, dispatching two businessmen and three farmers per township, and distributing crop guidance for one year.
The First Reformed church held evangelistic services last night with Rev. G. E. Platt of Thomasville delivering a strong sermon on What then will you do with Jesus who is called to Christ Matthew 27 22. He urged the Savior as our only hope transforming power and guide to living, a spirit of devotion filling the gathering. Dr Sylvester Newlin pastor of the Friends church preaches tonight at 745 with a reputation as a forceful speaker drawing a large crowd.
An old Tit Bits item recalls a school scene where a pupil defines bachelor as a very happy man. The teacher asks for the meaning and the girl says she learned it from her father, prompting amusement.
Boston April 10 Richard Olney secretary of state under President Cleveland died at his home last night after a long illness his death ends a notable political career and marks a significant event in national affairs with Olney’s legacy noted across the nation
In Brooklyn Andrew Dalton faces a disorderly conduct charge after overly critical remarks about President Wilson. He was held on $500 bail for examination Tuesday after Marine Corps Sergeant John Nelson testified Dalton berated the President at a recruiting station and was escorted to a police station.
Bristol Connecticut April 10 Frank Piedro said to hell with the flag when asked to stand in a moving picture theatre salute to the National Ensign He received three months in jail and had just been released from Cheshire reformatory.
Waterbury police arrested John Hur nick, twenty one, after he yelled I d spit on the American flag in a saloon crowds advanced and a patrolman intervened. Magistrate bound him over to the superior court in a $1,000 bond.
John M. Paquette of Grovetown New Hampshire was compelled by Police Judge Perkins in Manchester to publicly apologize after he called President Wilson a vile epithet in a local saloon. Paquette, who admitted liquor influence, stood ready to apologize as the judge termed the remark an affront to the American people.
In Philadelphia on April 10 a German resident named Eugene Mitchell was held on $1,000 bail in Magistrate Collins court after the theatre audience, described as gallery gods, expressed dissatisfaction with him.
J E Fletcher white was arraigned before Judge Peacock in municipal court charged with disposing of bitters containing alcohol. He pleaded guilty and fined 25 dollars plus costs. Several others faced charges of drunkenness or assault with a deadly weapon and continuances were granted. Also note New York April 10 the American line steamer St Louis arrived from Europe as the first armed ship to make a round trip since the German submarine warfare decree.
A Brooklyn Eagle quip contrasts a fisherman ignoring a private no fishing sign with a joke about a baby and a grandpa. The cartoonish exchange centers on misread labels and family banter.
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