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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1917
Page
3
In High Point the village reformer Bill Splivvus laments futile weather and politics under a canopy on Main Street. Four listeners endure downpour as he seeks an argument about local issues and a remedy to the ongoing rain.
Three thousand spectators gathered at the New York Public Library plaza as firemen and officers risked their lives to save a United States flag hanging on the fifth floor of the Edison shop at 473 Fifth Avenue. Battalion Chief Ross led the effort, the crowd sang The Star Spangled Banner when the flag was brought down safely.
In New York on February 24 a boy asked for ten cents worth of murphys at a Hell’s Kitchen gro cery. The clerk replied no murphys but offered twenty five cents worth of Van Rensselaers instead.
High Point Motor Co and Ford agents report Detroit's instruction that cars must be ordered by purchaser signatures before shipment. Agencies will stock only brief holds pending pickup, ending in stockpiled cars and dealer-focused deliveries to ready buyers. This marks a new auto selling method after recent Ford demand surge.
Pittsburgh marked Honus Wagner's 43rd birthday with a banquet hosted by Local Hot Stove League fans. The veteran star, 22-year pro, leads NL batting titles eight times and holds a 17-year .300 career mark. Born in Carnegie, he began pro play with Steubenville in 1895.
Angelo Ardovino, 20, and John Ardovino, 29, were attacked with revolvers in a Greenridge grocery. The robbers beat them, fired multiple shots, and fled after demanding money. Both brothers were hospitalized. John in critical condition. Detectives pursued the vehicle while Angelo identified vague descriptions.
The annual legislative executive and judicial bill faced strong objections in the house over senate salary scale changes. The measure was recommitted to the conference committee. Senate plan would grant 15 percent raises for salaries up to 480 dollars and 10 percent for 480 to 1000 dollars.
Berlin February 23 Reichstag approves a 15 billion mark war credit. Count von Roedern secretary of the imperial treasury delivered a detailed speech. The vote passed through all stages with only the radical socialist minority dissenting. The chamber adjourned until Tuesday.
The former Weber and Fields Music Hall at Broadway and Twenty-ninth Street is secured for improvement into a sixteen story fireproof commercial building. The notice frames the site as a house with many distinctions and memories now slated for major redevelopment.
A Virginia board of health program uses colorful tin placards seen by travelers to promote family health. One sample praises a healthy farm with good well, sanitary privy, window screens, no standing water, urging readers to make it theirs.
The High Point City Council on February 6 1917 orders a March 13 1917 election to decide Amendment No 1 to the city charter. It details ballot wording registration and polling places and sets registration open February 24 to March 16 with specific ward registrars and judges.
The High Point Enterprise provides full Associated Press reports six days a week, delivering concise news coverage to readers with timely updates and local relevance.
Trustees in the bankruptcy of C. T. Munford will hold a public sale on Friday March 2 1917 at 2 PM before the courthouse door in Pitt County Greenville NC to sell one certificate of 10 shares of stock in the Atlantic Sales Company valued at 100 per share. Bids may be received by mail and will be considered.
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