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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1917
Page
6
City council voted three to two to add the eleventh grade, raising the school to 14 units. Superintendent Marr urged the change citing graduates struggling in college, despite opposition from some, and noting work will begin in September to bring the school to standard high school status.
Raleigh February 7 Advocates for the home for delinquent women report backing from the senate and house appropriations committees with no final vote taken. Rev Dr McGeachy of Charlotte urged aid while Chairman Holderness favored the project but could not commit to a specific sum. Initial costs cited: 25000 for building and 10000 annual maintenance.
A Berlin report mixes German bread lines with a fire at the Friends church and a public thank you from congregants. It notes butter and potato shortages easing or persisting, plus rail and supply challenges as World War I pressure grows.
The entire Cherokee nation volunteers its services to the United States in case of war. A telegram to the War Department in Washington was signed by Principal Chief W. C. Rogers and Cherokee provisional committee leaders Tate Brady and Stephen Lewis.
The tenth annual cement show in Chicago displays fifty seven or more cement products from poured houses to cement furniture. The opening event at the Coliseum features a week long exhibition with meetings and conferences across industry branches.
A reader from Angola Indiana reports back on kidney pain relief after using Foley Kidney Pills. The letter notes age 48 feeling like 90 before treatment and claims renewed vitality after use, with pills priced 50 cents and one dollar.
Washington readies for Woodrow Wilson second inaugural with grand plans and a Jeffersonian tone. Mrs Wilson and Mrs Marshall will accompany their husbands in the parade. The ball is canceled in favor of a White Lot pyrotechnic display to teach patriotism.
Dr. T M Jordan finished four weeks of medical school inspection in Iredell County on January 30 1917 after examining 4464 of 5847 pupils for vision hearing and breathing problems and decay teeth. About 5000 people attended school health meetings with lectures and slides. He supports sanitation upgrades in schools including drinking water sanitary containers and two sex separated toilets funded from public school appropriations. Dr Jordan then moved to Carthage Moore County to begin new work.
A vintage request invites readers to mail five cents with name and address to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package. The offer includes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic.
Mandan North Dakota February 7 The annual convention of the North Dakota Dairymen's association opened with a large attendance and is expected to be one of the most successful. An elaborate display of dairy products and machinery highlights the gathering.
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