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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1917
Page
5
A distorted poem presents a battle between an emperor and the dawning of freedom. It references chains, bonds, power, and revolt, with imagery of kings, traitors, and hellish stares. The author signs as Daniel M Hender Mees.
A Berne based Prisoners' Relief committee aids American captives in Germany by sending bread parcels and meat, butter, tea, and dried fruit through the American Red Cross and London Central Prisoner of War committee. Packages include letters and postcards to ensure prisoners receive aid. The effort parallels relief for British and colonial prisoners, with meals and clothing to sustain health amid wartime shortages.
A large group of High Pointers took advantage of mild weekend weather to visit Mount Airy for a stay at White Sulpher Springs. The route through the mountains is reported in good condition, making the four hour trip easy. Names of visitors and returnees include Mrs. T J Cold and children Tom and Robert Andrew Lindsay Rodney Snow George Lowe and several Henley and Ben cini family members.
The local Red Cross chapter announces a food sale next Saturday at the Amos Furniture storefront. Ladies seek special cake and food donations and requests notifying Mrs. Edwood Cox or Mrs. W Barbee. Eighteen dozen hospital bed jackets were completed and forwarded last week as the chapter gears up for more knitted goods.
Mrs J Waller Thompson and three children from Philadelphia and Mrs J A Jchimson and family from Elizabeth City are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs T Anderson who reside near the city.
The many friends of Mrs J F Tayubo regret to learn she is seriously ill at Dunn where she has been visiting for some time.
Mr and Mrs H Massey and daughter Mildred spend several days as guests of relatives in Charlotte Asheville and Matthews visiting family and local sites.
HW G Paschal returns to Winston-Salem after visiting his parents on Willowbrook street. Miss Virgie Harville comes back to Thomasville after spending time in the city with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C C Johnson and children spent a few hours in Greensboro Saturday evening. Caison attended the dance Saturday night. C C Muse Nellie Muse and Mrs H C Sheetz spent hours in Greensboro Saturday. Mrs W P Ragan and children visited Greensboro Saturday afternoon. Mrs S C Rawley and sons William and Allen left for home yesterday. Miss Elizabeth Harriss is expected to
Train schedule fragment lists expected arrival and departure times at stations, noting times are not guaranteed. It references Sundays and specific clock times such as 9 10 10 62 10 15 and 10 45 with garbled details.
Rev. Walter KE Rodgers leaves after a Green Street Baptist revival to head to Atlanta Ga. Arnold B Huff of Broadway Theatre plans reopening mid week after visiting Salisbury. Gabe L Lathbert sails to Oglethorpe Ga for officers training camp. Lawrence Tower departs for Fort Oglethorpe to join the camp. J Reid Royal returns from the naval training station for a short city stay. Families host visitors Evelyn Gidney Statler and Mary Gidney.
New York officials and other members of the New York police department against whom indictments may be returned in the Ruth Cruger murder case are to be brought to trial at the extraordinary term of the supreme court. Governor Whitman ordered the special term after consultation with Special Deputy District Attorney Ame W. Osborne. Justice John J joi will preside, noted for his experience in prosecuting accused police officials in Newark.
The Dry Goods Economist notes tailored blouses with front and back yokes and box pleats. Some designs show center back clusters and pleats at the front sides. High collars fade, flat collars extend down the front. narrow fluting edges collar cuffs and front.
The National Independent Political League meeting in Atlantic City considers forming a new negro political party independent of existing groups. Dr. S J Carruthers of Washington DC presides over a league claiming 300 066 negro voters as delegates plan a two day session.
Harrisburg, August 27 delegates arrive for the annual Third-Class City league of Pennsylvania convention. Sessions begin tomorrow and run through Friday featuring discussions on municipal problems of importance.
The Rage theater will premiere The Fall of a Nation a drama about a German imperial invasion of North America. A secret foreign born army in New York aids a swift conquest while 150000 troops cross the Atlantic to overwhelm defending forces and install Emperor Waldron.
General Yanushevich testifies at the Cassadian senate trial of General Sovkhomlinoff and his wife, detailing a shell and rifle shortage that left Russian troops bare. He recalls hundreds of urgent requests ignored and German forces bombarding Russian positions at close range, causing mass deaths and collapse.
Suit skirts continue to be made on simple lines and are quite narrow. The usual width in cloth is one and three quarter yards, velvet widths reach two yards. Pockets on the coat appear, returning on the skirt. Occasional long drape and low side designs appear in dressy models.
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified calomel drug offering a tasteless, convenient nightly dose. It claims a cleansed liver and improved digestion by morning, with a money back guarantee if not delighted. Sold in sealed packages at drugstores everywhere.
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