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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1917
Page
7
Washington advises simple steps to reduce waste by keeping perishables cool and covered. The guidance stresses cleanliness, fly control, vermin protection, proper storage of vegetables and fruits, and canning surplus for winter use.
Washington April 10 poultry specialists from the US Department of Agriculture say 12 to 25 hens provide a family with eggs and meat. A flock needs about 25 square feet per bird and care, space planning, housing, and fencing determine profit, with 150 eggs first year and 120 second year as a fair return under good management.
A unique Easter week wedding in Chicago features Miss Ethel Johnson and "Little Chris" Grabner. Grabner, from Oshkosh Wisconsin, is 46 years old and 50 inches tall weighing 122 pounds. The report notes the bridegroom is smaller and eight years younger than the bridegroom.
The annual spring golf tournament at Asheville Country Club in Asheville North Carolina opened today and runs through the week. A qualifying round of eighteen holes will select the ninety six top scores for match play.
In New Orleans a few hundred owners of cut over pine lands from Virginia to Texas gather for a three day conference. Hosted by the New Orleans Association of Commerce the Southern Settlement and Development Organization and the Southern Pine Association of Louisiana the meeting explores using these lands for colonization cattle hog and sheep raising and reforestation while planning a permanent organization to push practical development. The program includes selling lands at low prices with long term payments and supplying machinery and food to immigrants, aiming to attract about 100000 farmers to the South in five years.
Washington reports the creation of a general munitions board to be headed by Frank A. Scott, a Cleveland manufacturer. The body will supply the army and navy with munitions and equipment and decide between military and industrial needs. In New York the Fifteenth district election is seen as favoring Democrat Thomas F. Smith with Republican John M. Boyle and others also in the race.
The permanent board of the Yearly Meeting of Friends of North Carolina met in semi annual session yesterday afternoon at 2 o clock at the Ashboro Street Friends church in Greensboro. The meeting was largely attended and presided over by F H Nicholson of Greensboro. The sale of several pieces of real estate not needed by the Yearly Meeting was authorized. Attendees included J Elwood Cox A M Briggs Joseph D Cox Louis McFarland E C Mendenhall NC English Nathan Andrews Nathan Stewart Mrs Mary M Davis Rev Albert Peele Dr L L Hobbs C F Cade F H Nicholson J S Cox C P Frazier Mrs P B Hackney and Miss Mary Petty.
Governor Cox of Ohio telegraphed President Wilson proposing a conference of state governors to discuss problems arising from the war with Germany.
A single deed was recorded at the Greensboro register of deeds yesterday. R K B Crouch and wife transferred to R B Church a 50 by 197 foot lot on Church Street valued at 806 dollars, on the south side of Church street.
A wedding in Honolulu on April 11 united Miss Margaret Treat daughter of Brig. Gen. Charles G. Treat and Lieut. Archibald Vincent Arnold U S A. The ceremony took place at Schofield Barracks where Gen Treat served as commandant.
The schedule lists three sessions for Winston Zinzendorf at High Point with times 9:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The brief entry notes event timings and location context.
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