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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1918
Page
3
The Enterprise notes Administrator Garfield’s warning that overtime to catch up on Monday losses would undermine the fuel restriction order aimed at conserving coal. It urges patriotism and compliance, citing how millions of tons could be saved and congestion eased, and offers home economy tips to reduce waste.
The piece riffs on Baker and McAdoo amid wartime rhetoric, mocks the Kaiser birthday wishes, notes heatless Mondays and oil industry meddling, while praising thrift stamps and government control as it hints at looming policy changes and labor shifts.
A wartime plea urging Americans to curb food waste. The speaker notes progress but highlights leaks in households such as nonlocal or out of season purchases, poor meal planning, improper handling, and careless serving. Emphasis on coordinated effort to match Allied food efficiency.
Smileage books entitle a soldier to admission to Liberty theatres Liberty tents and other venues in national army cantonments and national guard camps. They are issued by the Military Entertainment committee under the War Department. Prices are 1 for 20 coupons and 5 for 100 coupons with entertainments priced 2 to 25 cents. The books are transferable to soldiers in uniform and usable by civilians only with a soldier. They exclude naval training stations.
Classified notice offering want ads at one cent per word with a fifteen cent minimum. All ads signed Care Enterprise are strictly confidential.
The committee on public information distributes translations of selected German and Austro Hungarian newspaper stories. These items reveal political, industrial, and daily life conditions in the central empires for distribution within the United States.
Vienna reports rising coal shortages will curb railway carriage heating this winter. Passengers urged to wear warm clothing on journeys as supply constraints bite. Vossische Zeitung notes petroleum for army and navy use will dominate imports, limiting lighting oil. Prices remain under discussion with a possible small rise due to lower production.
An October 13 issue reports rising letters blaming petroleum scarcity. An extract cites a workman's wife describing dire conditions with no gas or light since September. She says after October 4 the oil ran out and life became unbearable with husband returning at 7.50 p.m. and no income sight.
The Saxon Landtag facing a Dresden ban on central heating seeks state action. The Leipziger Volkszeitung notes a municipal order from October 11 prohibiting central heating until further notice and asks how the government will counter this measure seen as harming public health.
Administrator of Caleb Barker's estate in North Carolina notifies all creditors to present claims by January 11, 1919, or be barred. Debtors must settle any outstanding debts immediately. January 11, 1918. D. B. Anderson, Administrator.
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