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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1917
Page
2
In a two part fiction extract, Sybil and Landry navigate love and medical duty at a hospital. Landry plans for Margaret to join Sybil, while Doctor Holden courts conversation and distraction, testing loyalties as night settles after a late dinner.
Margaret praises Holden's entertaining conversation as she comments on his temperament. The remark suggests a lively impression from the evening theater or social gathering.
The board of county commissioners ordered advertising the opening of a new public road near Greensboro. The Myrtle Ave route would run from the city limits near West End Baptist church by Pickett's Cotton Mills and through E H C Field's development of A A Barker property.
Washington estimates place the total monthly cost of the war for all belligerents at no less than five thousand million dollars. The figure dwarfs daily earnings, time, and even the age of the Earth, illustrating the immense price of the conflict.
Officials and members of Red Cross branches across Florida gather in Jacksonville for a two day state convention. The opening session featured welcome addresses and directors from the Southern division. Delegates will hear about work across all departments in subsequent sessions.
Utilization of ration and waste by-products in army camps has become a large business with an annual profit close to five million dollars. The practice reflects growing efficiency in reusing materials and resources across military facilities.
Announcement says coal confiscation by the Southern railway will cease for shipments from mines to designated destinations. This ends fuel shortages by ensuring uninterrupted coal flow to consignees, simplifying distribution without increasing overall supply. The change relieves manufacturers and users from months of uncertainty.
In San Francisco on December 5 Rev. John J. Cantwell was consecrated bishop of Los Angeles at St. Marys Cathedral. Archbishop Hanna presided with many prelates and priests in attendance. Cantwell succeeds the late Bishop Conay.
Guilford County commissioners postponed erecting a tuberculosis sanitarium citing war prices and high costs. The Cones and Sternberger furnishing $10,000 contingent on county matching funds, while the county also refused to raise farm bureau funding from 1,000 to 1,200 per year despite requests from Greensboro Chamber of Commerce members.
Two 10 round bouts headline a program at St Paul with Benny Leonard facing Gene Delmont and Johnny Noye meeting Bill Whelan. Fans debate Ban Johnson's alleged push to exempt star players from military service with prevailing opinion siding with the idea.
Leading workers of the Anti-Saloon League of America gathered in Washington to finalize plans for the upcoming national convention. Denominational representation is expected from most Christian groups with speakers including Bishop Luther B. Wilson, Bishop Samuel P Sprens, Bishop George M. Matthews, William Jennings Bryan, Dr. A. J. Barton, James A. White, and Dr. James O Cannon.
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