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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1917
Page
4
A jumbled column rails at wartime politics and popular culture with quips about food bans and pot lickers. It notes Princess Zeoditu as empress of Abbyssinia, mocks headlines on military service and steel profits, and dismisses foreign and domestic schemes with biting humor.
A farm wife asks Governor Bickett to mobilize North Carolina women to cut social frivolities such as weddings teas and card parties to save funds for war. She urges thrift among the best society and warns against misers while stressing patriotic duty and proper conscription use.
The AP reports the house has approved selective conscription with only three dissidents. The bill should pass by Saturday and be signed by the president, triggering a mobilization of up to two million men for two to three years. Draft targets include healthy men aged 18 to 25, especially those not essential to key industries.
The piece argues food prices are too high for workers and warns of looming famine. It blames speculation and calls on the government and the Federal Trade Commission to curb costs, stressing America must supply affordable food for civilians and armies amid global conflict.
Poem by William Laird invokes Atalanta and Milanion in a chase through Suburbia. A speaker pleads to rival Beth to race when the train arrives, praising speed, style, and gold apples as symbolic prizes. The piece blends myth with urban pursuit and longing.
The state board of health urges wider porch use to improve health. It notes many treat porches as ornaments and urges turning verandas into living or work spaces with screens for year round outdoor activity. Fresh air is presented as a preventive against illnesses and a remedy for sickness.
The text extols Safety First as stronger than international peace efforts and more life saving than doctors. It proclaims Safety First as omnipresent in homes and workplaces, reducing injuries and mental distress, boosting happiness and even bank accounts, calling it a universal panacea and a co partner of good judgment. It ends with Safety First as the motto from the National Safety Council bulletin.
The Hartford Agent warns that many homes lack basic extinguisher, pail, or sand to fight a fire. It argues that in ninety nine cases out of a hundred no precautions exist and rubbish in attics, closets, and cellars worsens danger.
Opelika Alabama April 26 General Geo P Harrison commander in chief of the United Confederate veterans announced the 27th annual reunion will not be postponed and will be held in Washington beginning June 5 as planned The proclamation appeals to loyal members to cease discussion and meet in the capital to cement friendships and reaffirm allegiance to the flag.
Washington April 26 Secretary Lansing lauds the French government for sending distinguished citizens as commissioners to the United States. He says their visit shows the spirit of France toward the United States and that the two nations fight side by side for liberty.
Richmond April 26. Governor Stuart appoints the Virginia Industrial Council of Safety to coordinate war effort labor and improve production and distribution of supplies for the war with Germany, working with the Virginia agricultural council of safety.
Masons from the eastern section of North Carolina gather in New Bern for the spring reunion of the Ancient and Accepted Order of Scottish Rite Freemasons. Three business sessions and two social sessions are planned with many candidates for the degrees to be tested during the reunion.
Mrs. C. R. Lee of 613 Willowbrook avenue High Point recounts kidney problems backache and nervous unrest three years ago. After trying various medicines she took Dana’s Kidney Pills and reports great relief after three boxes. Available for fifty cents at all dealers Foster Wheeler Co Buffalo NY.
Quote from the Chicago Herald shows a man defying his wife who cautions him to be careful, leading to his fall. The line captures a moment of domestic tension and a sudden mishap attributed to his stubbornness.
Governor Bickett of North Carolina has been asked to speak in Danville on July 4 at the Junior Order United American Mechanics annual celebration. Plans aim for a large patriotic event with baseball games athletics for children and free open air performances.
Guy H. Shephard, a Charlottesville youth, was arrested in Danville charged with uttering worthless checks. Several checks from 1.50 to 12.50 were used to pay for goods, with all checks drawn on the People's Bank of Charlottesville, following a telephone inquiry from Charlottesville.
Local users report rapid results from Adler-i-ka made with buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. One spoonful relieves constipation sour stomach or gas by acting on both lower and upper bowels. Short courses help chronic stomach trouble and may prevent appendicitis. The Matton Drug Co.
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