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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1918
Page
2
The High Point Council of Defense formed recently named one member as Fred N. Tate who was unintentionally left off the initial list. The council is now organized and prepared to support patriotic activities in the city.
Reports from Dublin banks show a strong rise in deposits in the half year ending, with one bank recording over £3,060,000 in deposit accounts and another indicating increases surpassing £5,250,000, signaling wider prosperity in farming and business under wartime conditions.
Supplies in Dublin assure ash timber stock adequate for the construction of 10,909 airplanes. Ireland orders vast timber imports to meet wartime aviation needs.
London reports the will of Lord Rhondda, late Food Controller, leaving 10000 dollars to Canus College Cambridge for six to ten scholarships in mathematics, natural science or moral science and 100000 dollars to the Cardiff Infirmary. He notes no other charitable gifts as he has devoted his life to public affairs.
Memphis dated dispatch reports Captain John W. Morris of the Scottish Black Watch, a medical officer captured at Kemmel Hill in March, writing from Rastatt prison camp that suspenders are popular there and he has donated a third of his belt to the salvage dump while caring for wounded prisoners.
In Anchorage on August 28 the coast division of the government railroad reported reducing travel from seven days to nine hours for the 112 mile Anchorage Talkettna route. Trains run to Montana 95 miles on the Susitna river and 18 miles to Talkottna. power boats finish the journey from the end of steel at Montana to Indiana River, 57 miles north.
Increased travel and health-resort costs will keep many hay fever and asthma sufferers indoors. Foley's Honey and Tar is recommended as a satisfactory remedy to heal and soothe irritation, ease inflammation, and relieve choking sensations. Mann Drug Co.
Public notice from the City Manager warns residents to keep streets clear for fire apparatus and to avoid delaying fire crews. It details penalties for obstructing hoses, blocking engines, false alarms, and tampering with the city fire alarm system in High Point.
Damaged OCR shows partial timetable for the C and Y Railway serving High Point Thomasville Gordontown Cid Loee Denton Ar High Rock with unreadable times and stations. The readable parts list several time stamps 10 42 1 00 11 38 12 10 but most text is garbled.
The High Point City Council adopts September 1918 as the start date for new rates for electric light and water service. Rates tier by consumption include per KWH charges and minimum monthly fees with a 10 percent higher charge outside city limits and a repeal of conflicting ordinances.
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