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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1917
Page
4
The editorial urges property owners along Main Street between English and Commerce to form a paving district now to fund resurfacing. It argues paving benefits civic pride and business district appeal, estimates early cost at 5400, warns costs rise to 8000 or 10000 in a few years, and urges action before winter.
A contemporary notes dresses will be shorter this fall due to comfort and cost concerns. Shorter dresses are described as modest and practical, avoiding immodesty and the burdens of long trains for both women and men.
Celebration in High Point grows in scope as organizers and committees refine plans for Home Coming Week. Early prospects suggest broader activities, community involvement, and longer schedule than initially anticipated.
The High Point community anticipates a celebratory Home Coming Week with a strong local flavor and a sense of reunion. Meanwhile soldiers in Winston-Salem will receive reading material donations to ease camp life, including French grammars for Company M to aid language readiness.
The piece argues that American Socialists oppose World War I but harm national duty by disloyal rhetoric. It condemns the party for opposing the war and calls for unity, conscription support, and active pursuit of democratic global aims. It cites German influence and the need for a healthy reform movement within the nation.
George Broadhurst plans revival of What Happened to Jones at Forty eighth Street Theater. Five of the original thirteen cast are alive. many have retired. Shubert theaters in NYC prep new openings with Doone and Post in upcoming seasons.
The Chicago wheat pit faces closure as government purchases start September 1 and the Board of Trade votes to stop all futures transactions for future delivery during wartime. The pit, a historic cornerstone since 1848, may never reopen, with some predicting lasting changes to wheat trading.
Fragmentary OCR mentions Birmincham New York Charlotte Washington Orleans and New York with financial figures and a high school term. Mentions Grienans and ScLOGogy placeholders. overall content appears garbled and lacks a coherent event or identifiable entities.
Fragmentary report mentions a company and arrests with names like Joseph Dreager and references to a shop operation without proper credentials. Details are garbled and dates unclear. no full actions or outcomes can be determined from the readable text.
A fragmentary note mentions malaria and fever remedies, with unclear references to medicines. It lists distorted terms and a stray line about a drug company or product, leaving the exact treatment and source ambiguous.
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