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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1917
Page
2
London reports a British medical study finding shell shock far more prevalent among British troops than French or German forces, with urban and factory-district soldiers at higher risk. It notes wounds may prevent shell shock, explains a nervous system response to blast, and mentions hypnosis and chloroform as treatments.
In Joes Netherlands workers increasingly salt and boil Scheldt delta mussels for Germany. Once local fare the shellfish now vanish from markets as families earn about 6 dollars a day, a princely wage for them.
The annual meeting of Bank of Commerce High Point stockholders will be held in the directors room on Wednesday January 17 at 10 am to transact business. H A Millis cashier.
Notice dated December 29 1986 states B H Bradner bought B R Powett's share in Bradner and Company and all owners are urged to settle accounts so the purchaser can pay all liabilities owed by the old firm.
Schools in the North Carolina High School Debating Union may obtain a new bulletin on government ownership of railroads, with a comprehensive argument on both sides. The fifth annual triangular debates will crown champions in Chapel Hill in early April, followed by a high school week of athletics. Prof. W. C. Coker releases The Trees of North Carolina, praising native and introduced species, with glossary, index, and extensive tree varieties featured.
Merida Yucatan Jan 15 women in Yucatan form the first Mexican women political club. The movement began in Merida and has spread across the state. Clubs advocate Carranza for president and Salvadore Alvarado for governor.
Dr. Richard H. Pearce adviser in medical education to the International Health board of the Rockefeller foundation sails today for Argentina and Uruguay to study medical conditions and progress. With letters from the Argentine and Uruguayan ministers he will meet leading medical men, inspect schools and hospitals, and study public health organization.
A promotional slip invites readers to mail five cents to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup. The offer urges enclosing name and address and notes Foley Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets as items for sale by Mann Co.
Five of eight deeds recorded at the register of deeds Saturday involve High Point properties. Transactions show growing demand with several Bellevue hotel parcels on Willowbrook street changing hands for modest sums, plus two six acre tracts and a West End Heights lot with nominal or low values.
Hitomi Kawakami, a former Japanese soldier, confessed to killing Reverend W A F Campbell and his wife, Canadian missionaries in Karuizawa last summer. He was sentenced to death by hanging and may appeal for a new trial.
Notice of foreclosure sale by trustee Greensboro Loan and Trust Company on behalf of W. M. Knight. John Young and Elizabeth DeBell Young defaulted on a 10500 dollar note. Sale to be held January 15, 1917 at Greensboro courthouse at noon. Properties include Lots 6 7 in Block 11 and Lots 6 9 in Block 9 on Johnson Place fronting Louise Avenue.
Property in High Point Guilford County North Carolina fronts Louise Avenue with 75 feet and extends 120 feet back from the street. The lot includes a splendid dwelling and a west side alley. Four lots will be offered as a whole then separately to realize the greatest sum under sale terms. December 9, 1916 Greensboro Loan and Trust Co.
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