This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 35 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1917
Page
1
Washington outlines next steps for selecting the national army from June registrations. No class exemptions will be allowed. each case judged on merit. Local boards will post liability lists, conduct exams, and decide exemptions within tight deadlines.
A violent race riot in St Louis leaves multiple dead and several officers wounded. Detective Samuel Coopedge and three other officers are among the injured as a mob of African Americans clashes with police. National guard patrols are deployed after the killings.
Paris July 2 The Paris dressmaking protection committee introduces trade patents to safeguard American buyers from copying Paris styles. A certificate proves a style was bought in Paris and authorizes reproduction or loan. Buyers gain a coupe book and a label authenticating copies as Paris originals.
The anti saloon league executive committee men agreed on a hands off policy. Rev Dr James Cannon chairman received a letter from the President urging an end to the fight against peer and wire manufactured in the food bill. The league will not press for complete prohibition at this time.
Washington reports Spain has decreed military law per press dispatches. Brazil revokes neutrality decrees toward the Allies. Germany may view the move as unfriendly and a possible cause for war.
Two Black passengers were dragged from a street car and shot dead in St Louis while a white man outside a storefront was killed by a stray bullet. Police said the incident occurred this afternoon amid a violent confrontation in the city.
Sydney on July 2 reports American women in Australia forming an allied league to assist American forces and Allied troops, including sending funds and support. The piece notes wartime food and wheat market activity in Chicago with July contracts and a market standstill due to rot, reflecting strained grain trading.
Statesville July 2. Charlie Williams the Negro who shot Deputy Sheriff John H. Miller was moved to a neighboring county overnight after a mob of 40 to 56 men entered town to lynch him. They searched the jail and found he had been removed, then quietly departed without incident. Deputy Miller was wounded in the arrest attempt and the Negro received several wounds in a prior battle with two officers.
A London court considers forfeiture of 46 061 pounds due to the Bulgarian king on a Credit Lyonnais loan. A king's bench commissioner sits for the first time in the law courts as counsel for respondents gains a fortnight adjournment to present evidence. At the loan time Bulgaria was at peace with entry into war seen later.
The postoffice will close for the day Wednesday July fourth due to a national holiday. There will be no mail delivery, Postmaster Farriss announced this morning.
Raleigh July 2 The federal camp company of Fayetteville capitalized at 4100 000 was chartered today. The corporation will acquire lease and purchase real estate and improve it. Preparation of the site for the national guard there is the purpose of the company.
The W T C U announces a special meeting Thursday afternoon. The Woman's Club social event moved from Thursday to Friday afternoon and members are urged to note the change.
Mrs. Martha Rice, aged 69 and widow of the late D. B. Rice, died Friday afternoon at her daughter Ella Pridgon's home on Sunset Avenue after a long illness in Rocky Mount.
Mr and Mrs R W Sills have returned from their wedding trip to Washington and Baltimore Mrs Sills before her marriage last Wednesday was Miss Oma Kluttz of Salisbury
The High Point exemption board was formed with A. I. Tate as chairman R. A. Wheeler as secretary and Dr H B Hiatt as the third member The initial duties include duplicating registration card numbers for all registrants and sending a slip to the war department indicating the drawing will occur in Washington Clerical work will delay the actual draft for weeks while exemptions rules are received and hearings prepared.
Washington reports a 11 633 500 bale forecast for cotton this year based on 70.3 percent normal condition as of June 25 and 54 600 000 acres in cultivation. North Carolina acreage planted totals 1 475 000 with a 67 percent of normal condition.
In Tuskegee Alabama records show 11 fewer lynchings in the six months ended than in the first six months of 1916. The six months last period totaled 14 lynchings versus 25 in early 1916 and 34 in early 1915. Among those lynched 13 were Negroes and 1 was white. one victim was a woman.
In dense fog the Hamilton went ashore off Craney Island this morning. By early afternoon wrecking tugs stood by and the ship remained aground but not in immediate danger.
The War Department seeks expert bakers to supply bread to the army. The Quartermaster General is ordered to form 40 bakery companies of 61 men each. The announcement was made in Washington last night.
Rome July 2. The war office reports Austrian airplanes attacked Venice while Italian forces raided Priest.
Investigations continued into a Niagara Falls trolley wreck when a crowded car was derailed by a washout and plunged 20 feet into the whirlpool headwaters. Officials maintained 10 dead, 4 missing, and 24 injured with 9 escapees found, bringing total accounted for to 47.
City banks announce closures on Wednesday July 4 to mark the 141st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Patrons are urged to complete business today to avoid delays during the national holiday.
Important meeting of the industrial department directors of the Commercial club and the club board of directors is set for this evening at 8:30. They will consider reorganizing the department into a distinct Chamber of Commerce Board of Trade. Attendance of all members is requested.
Newport News Va July 2 Plans to raise a large fund to aid the Y M C A and the Red Cross during the war with Germany were discussed at the seventeenth annual convention of the Tobacco Association of the United States at Old Point. Officers for the coming year were elected: president T M Carrington Richmond first vice president W N Petty Lexington Ky second vice president R P Wilson Wilson N C third vice president B P Eggleston Drakes Branch Va secretary treasurer Garland E Webb Winston Salem.
Berlin by way of London July 2. Russian troops in the eastern theater opened a heavy attack along an 18 mile front. They stormed German positions but, according to the German report, met heavy losses and were forced to retire. This was the most extensive Russian assault since the revolution.
Washington reports say President Li and General Chang Hsun lead militarists seeking restoration of the Manchu dynasty. State department advices from the minister Revised today warn civil war is possible if the militarists gain power.
Danville Virginia reports a Saturday night total of $15 280 530 raised for the national Red Cross war fund with over ten thousand dollars still to be subscribed. The city quota is set at 25 000 and church appeals were made yesterday. Committees will canvass the town freely today rather than limit themselves to a fixed list.
Washington reports 7685 national banks operating in the United States, the highest count in system history, up 47 for the fiscal year. The year also saw 150 banks raise their aggregate capital stock by 25 million dollars.
The Himalaya of Messageries Maritimes sinks after an explosion in the Mediterranean. 204 aboard, 176 saved. Paris reports the disaster on July 2 with substantial passenger and crew loss. Cotton futures rise with early gains across July October December contracts in New York trading.
Lord Northcliffe, head of the British mission, presented a plan to prevent wild speculation in cotton futures on British and American exchanges to Secretary Redfield. He later met with the Department of Agriculture to discuss coordinating dealings to check wild price fluctuations similar to the recent market flurry that disrupted the waennal market.
Washington reports Kerensky informed the United States a major Russian offensive would begin in early July. Russian war office says troops captured Vironichny in Galicia with 164 officers and 8400 men and advanced to the Konichny stream. Russian gains include seven guns and continued offensives on the Caucasus front.
An official statement reports a successful raid east of Hardesport with seven prisoners taken. It notes several Germans killed and mentions an enemy raiding party east of Leos that was driven back.
Paris reports a French counterattack last night driving German forces from the trenches they held on the Aisne. The war office released details of the engagement and the retreat of German troops.
Dr. H. B. Hiatt and Dr. I. Thurman Mann unite to practice medicine and surgery. They move to offices 202 and 204 on the second floor of the Bank of Commerce building with new fitting and enhanced service. Mann, Elliott and the staff shift from prior locations, promising improved patient care and ready telephone access.
In Washington on July 2 the senate con test over prohibition grew complex as the subcultural committee endorsed a substitute to halt distillation of beverages and grant the president power to suspend beer and wine manufacture. The administration compromise by Senator Cham...
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.