This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1917
Page
2
Dozens of aging French soldiers, ages forty five to fifty, engineer and construct bomb proof dugouts from Verdun to the Swiss frontier. Electric drills, sawmills, and new tools aid shelters with beds, lighting, showers, and medical posts. Exits ensure escape if one is breached.
New York August 15 allied diplomats will be guests of honor at the Southern Commercial Congress banquet in October at the Hotel Astor during the tenth convention. Ambassadors from France Great Britain Italy Japan Russia Portugal Siam Cuba Panama Serbia Belgium and Greece will attend with Jusserand delivering the envoy responses.
Vera Butchkareff, a young Tomsk province woman, enlisted after her husband died on the German front. She rose to command the Women's Legion of Death, fought at Lake Naroch, led trenches to capture prisoners, then served on the Austrian front before forming a unit to march to the front again and defend newly won liberty.
A vintage remedy promotes Foley’s malarial tonic to treat chills fevers and sweats with quininelike efficacy and iron to boost appetite strength and energy. It claims purifying tenic properties, suggesting a brisk tonic effect.
The State Board of Health will expand health education at North Carolina Agricultural Fairs this fall. Two to four exhibitors and four new exhibit sets are being prepared to attract crowds at sawdust midway attractions. From late September through November the effort aims to promote right living and disease prevention across weekly fair visits. County fair groups have requested the exhibits and more counties will be contacted for guidance.
Boston committees rush final preparations as the Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens in a few days. Applications for lodging exceed prior years, decorations funds redirected to patriot causes, and the program of business and entertainment remains robust.
The State Food Conservation Commission urges merchants and bankers to create fair market channels for corn wheat oats hay beans and other staples. It cites Gainesville Florida as a successful model and calls for warehouse space shelling grading and bale facilities to help farmers sell surplus crops. Director B W Kilgore asks 3 000 bankers and merchants to back stronger markets for state development.
The High Point City Council amends Schedule A to raise the poll tax to 2.00 for males 21 to 50 as of May 1 1917 and applies 1.00 tax on real estate personal property and other subjects to fund general expenses and bond interest totaling 3.50 per poll and 1.50 per 100 dollars value on real property. The changes apply to city corporate limits and include school bonds dated July 1 1913. By Order of the Council Thomas J Murphy City Manager August 15 1914.
Five hundred dollars reward will be paid by the Southern Railway System for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who placed spikes bolts and angle bars causing the derailment of passenger train No. 26 near Huntersville NC on Tuesday morning July 17 1917. All communications should be sent to J W Connelly Chief Special Agent Southern Railway System Charlotte NC. If arrested, wire the sheriff NC Wallace Charlotte of M Formaure General Manager.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.