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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1918
Page
3
Mrs. Hedgecock sobs as she finds her husband J. Mat Hedgecock injured after a dawn explosion in their 417 Chestnut Street home. He explains he fought a German spy while attempting to start a fire with kerosene and a lit match.
War Department approved construction of an army cantonment at Bevoir Virginia near Washington to house 16 000 engineers for overseas duty. Three months to build with troops deployed as accommodations for small units are arranged. Drafted men with engineering training will be sent to the camp.
President Turentine announced Greens boro College for Women would open next Thursday as planned and that spring term prospects were splendid. The article notes meatless meals and sugar rations tied to wartime conditions.
Cut out this slip send five cents to Foley and Co Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup along with Foley Kidney Pills and Pol y Catholic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
Washington dispatch describes N. Lamb of the U S Forest Service traveling to Tennessee and North Carolina to aid federal fuel administrators. He will teach woodland owners to cut firewood efficiently, plan distribution, and establish municipal wood wards while urging farmers to cordwood this winter to relieve coal demand.
Wee actress Bille Burke embodies an independent American girl in Belgium at the start of the war in the Paramount picture Arms and the Girl. The film follows her experiences and mirrors those of many American girls stranded in Europe as the conflict begins.
Mary Miles Minter stars in the American Mutual production Peggy Leads the Way set in a mountain town reached by stage. She is shown running her father's store, selling crackers and cheese, and turning the business cash-based, much to local shopkeepers' astonishment. The play features convincing mountain character types and reveals that the beauty is H. E. Manners' daughter.
Marguerite Clarke stars in Bob's Wiary at Broadway theater today. Director Dr Dawley involved in Greenwich incident as Clarke vacations in Rye. Dawley now tries to placate Greenwich villagers after scenery smashing. Also shows Bob's Diary. Wheatless and meatless days home front push for victory abroad.
A Metropolitan Life study of 1784 New York City food workers shows active tuberculosis, syphilis, anemia, and heart disease among waiters, cooks, bakers, and kitchen staff. Dr. Dublin argues certificates reduce disease spread and educate workers, noting adoption in New York since 1915 with spread to Chicago Indiana and Panama Canal Zone.
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