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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1917
Page
7
April 17 Bagdad Mesopotamia dust from the Tigris Valley aided the British crossing at Diala and the capture of Bagdad. Desperate night crossings, pontoon losses, and a 60-man garrison held a lunette amid Turkish pressure until finally securing a foothold.
More than a hundred Turkish dead were reported outside the redoubt as British forces turned the Turkish flank on the morning of the 10th. By 9:30 a.m. the entire brigade had crossed, sealing Bagdad's fate.
G J Petherick deputy United States government despatch agent in London entered his fiftieth year of service handling Uncle Sam s mail for sailors abroad. Ambassador Page and embassy staff praised his long career and presented him with a large silver punch bowl as a token of esteem.
Worcester Mass April 17 Massachusetts men who answered the 1898 call to arms rally for the United Spanish War veterans annual encampment. The program climaxes with unveiling of a bronze heroic figure memorial in Armory square by sculptor Andrew O Connor portraying the volunteer soldier of 1898.
Newark April 17. Montreal, Toronto, Rochester and Buffalo start away games as eight International teams begin a 112 game regular season. Teams will play 56 home and 56 away, ending August 4 before a six game interleague series with the American Association.
The fifth annual convention of the United States Good Roads association opened in Birmingham Alabama with officials from the federal government state highway engineers and American Auto Association present. The event will run through the week featuring sessions on road construction and its wartime value and is expected to attract the largest attendance yet.
The vanguard of the Minnesota Sunday school hosts arrived in Minneapolis. Committees began preliminary work for the 59th annual Minnesota Sunday School association convention, a three day session expected to draw about three thousand delegates and visitors, including prominent Sunday school workers from across the country.
A casual chat reveals remarks about a new baby doctor and a wife described as a perfect cat. The speaker comments on the doctor’s new car color as especially heavenly, reflecting informal social banter.
The Royal Commission on National Resource, Trade and Legislation proposes an imperial effort to discover substitutes for foreign controlled materials and to prevent mineral waste. It calls for government cable links, lower imperial freight rates, a 20 knot mail service, and new imperial transport and labour exchange schemes.
In Chicago on April 17 representatives of civic organizations from across America opened the second National Conference on Community Centers. The four day meeting will debate topics such as Americanization of immigrants public labor exchanges use of school buildings by organized labor and rural rehabilitation.
Houston hosts a joint annual convention of the American Hardware Manufacturers' Association and the Southern Hardware Jobbers' Association drawing leading figures from a wide regional hardware trade. The event marks Houston as a central meeting point for industry officers, delegates, and exhibitors.
A Boston resident Annie Stewart provides a testimonial praising tonoline after seven years of indigestion dyspepsia and related symptoms. The testimonial notes improved sleep appetite and relief after two weeks of use. Mart Drug Co. sells and guarantees tonoline with cautions about weight gain.
London report says government liquor trade restrictions could wipe out hundreds of village inns and wayside pubs this summer. With hours limited, passersby and agricultural workers rarely find a drink except at lunch, and many inns now gather only small weekly takings.
Secretary of State certifies the Leonard-Beavans-Stamey Company dissolved by unanimous stockholder consent filed March 28 1917 in Guilford County North Carolina. Official seal dated March 23 1917 in Raleigh.
Dialogue shows a doctor asking if the patient was assaulted and the patient denying injury, stating they fainted and were revived by a First Aid to the Injured Society member, as reported by the London Opinion. The snippet reflects social concerns about landlords and livelihoods.
London Opinion quotes patrons praising a new revue last night with remarks on natural performances by the girls, capturing a lively, positive public reaction.
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