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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
4
The report details Allied and German troop movements near Toul with American forces possibly poised for a decisive strike. Dispatches describe increased enemy activity, repulsed attacks, and mounting expectations of a major offensive by both sides as the war nears a turning point.
The text describes a local push for forming a new county with High Point as its seat. Children are cited as leaders in agitation, with Secretary McAdoo drafting Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks to promote the third Liberty Loan. Chaplin planned appearances in Raeboro and Winston‑Salem, but movement focused on schoolrooms and birthday parties.
Unclear discussion argues for creating a new county with High Point as seat. The text mentions mature locals supporting the plan and theaters in Chaplin nights where agreement is reached.
Mount Airy reports North Carolina recorded nine million cans of vegetables and fruits packed last season and expects a sharp rise this year. A local wholesaler supplied tin cans to trusted parties for filling and sale to dealers or directly, with payment made in canned goods. The firm shipped about ten thousand cases of apples blackberries string beans tomatoes and other products to North Carolina and other Southern states, and plans expansion. Detroit yachtsmen plan to build a Miss Detroit to defend the God Cup at the motorboat carnival on the Detroit river next summer.
Albert Zoghby of 306 Dauphin Street Mobile Alabama credits Tanlac with curing months of nerve trouble indigestion and loss of appetite. He says after taking Tanlac he slept better and gained six pounds improving his health and strength. Hart Drug Co. supplied the remedy.
Amsterdam April 12 German State clothing bureau denies general requisition of clothes from private wardrobes. Berlin Vorwaerts reports a voluntary program to collect upper garments to supply union fuition workers with working suits. The piece ends with a quip about umpires in the International League.
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