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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1917
Page
6
A negro minister and a negro physician, respected by their congregants, resolved a domestic dispute and urged their community to stay in the South. They warned about emigration to the North and East, citing a young man’s death after moving to Pittsburg, and urged Africans to remain where racial understanding persists.
Geneva New York July 5 Orders for 300000 standard razors not safety type have been placed with a local cutlery firm for the army department. Requests for 300000 more are pending. Razors to be delivered at 3000 per week to equip new troops.
Local shop on South Main Street promotes cigars soaps and toilet waters under the Green's brand. Advertisement notes fresh line goods and pricing.
A reader from Hardy Ned reports relief from lumbago and rheumatic pain using Foley Kidney Pills. The letter notes spring dampness worsens back and joint aches and credits the product for recovery. Matin Drug Co.
Pay week announced for Bradner and Co at East Atlan firm location with employee wage disbursement details and payroll date inferred from the notice.
Copenhagen July 5 Dr Bernard Dernberg former German propaganda director in the United States spoke at a Schlesweg Holstein radical party convention. He rejected Belgium annexation but favored partition between Flemings and Walloons and guarantees to curb other powers influence. He did not seek annexation of the Longwy Briey iron fields though frontier corrections may involve Alsace Lorraine. He urged restoration of all German colonies as a final demand depending on Russia.
The Famous Players- Paramount release Her Better Self uses interior scenes shot in a multi millionaires residence. The daughter arranged with the director to film at home to create authentic room settings for the Broadway theatre showing.
Selig Red Seal film The Princess of Patches shows Friday at Rose Theatre with Vivian Reed, Charles Le Moyne, Frank Weed, and Kittl Violet. A night riverhouse explosion and a tale of a wildflower heiress who rises from poverty to millions unfolds with romance and intrigue.
Danville Virginia police arrested Paul Whitfield, wanted in Roanoke Rapids North Carolina for larceny. He admitted identity after arrest and NC authorities notified. A $50 reward is offered for him. William Cowan, a Black man, detained at the railway station may be Elmore Fuller, sought for the year killing of William Belk in Cheraw South Carolina.
Eugene Noble Foss argues that war-time alcohol prohibition protects military efficiency. He cites navy shipyard bans and nearby saloons near Charlestown, Portsmouth, and Brooklyn, claiming alcohol weakens defenses and increases disease. He urges closing saloons to protect soldiers and reduce vice-related illness.
Velma Pomeroy the Montana suffragist disappeared from Greenwich Village a week ago and was found in Philadelphia working as a factory hand. She plans to revert to her western name after recovery, staying with her father Charles W. Pomeroy, former Montana supreme court justice, and had left New York to escape press attention.
Washington July 5 The war department announced that clothing and camp equipment for the first million men of the new armies will be delivered by September 1, the mobilization date for the first increment. Adequate supplies for national guard and national army will be ready when troops are called. 800,000 men have already been equipped and troops in France carry six months of stores.
The July Federal Reserve bulletin shows total money in circulation rising from 3.48 billion dollars on June 1, 1914 to 4.742 billion on June 4, 1917. Per capita circulation wealth grew from 34.55 in 1914 to 45.86 in June 1917, an increase of 11.51 dollars.
Fire at the Federal Dye plant in Kingsport Tennessee caused extensive damage described as a total loss to a building and threatened the entire plant. The blaze starting from a broken electric bulb in a unit’s chemicals caused over 75000 dollars in damage with Kingsport and local fire crews assisting to control it.
The torpedo boat destroyer struck a mine and sank in the North Sea off London with 18 survivors reported. The sinking timely announced this evening confirms the loss and rescue figures.
North Carolina horticulturist urges eastern growers to plant a second Irish potato crop to bolster food supply. Extension circular 49 explains seed handling, sprouting, and timing from mid July to mid August, with September plantings possible but frost risk. Contact B. W. Kilgore in Raleigh for more details.
Amsterdam reports Admiral von Capele German minister of marine declares submarine warfare advancing well. Navy cites rising submarines and limited losses as proof of success. German general staff spokesman calls military situation favorable and predicts a happy end despite opponents.
Advertisement promotes Foley's King of Malaria Chill Tonic as a remedy for malarial infection carried by mosquito bites. It claims to provide quinine iron and other medicines to clear poisons, improve appetite and energy, and urges readers to try it from Mann Drug Co.
Claim that Hall's Catarrh Remedy cures catarrh and related constitutional conditions with internal action. Offered by F. J. Cheney Company, with testimonials promised and a one hundred dollar reward if not cured, distributed by druggists with five cent Hall's Family Pills for constipation included.
An advertisement promoting Q-Ban hair products claims a healthful method to restore natural color to gray or lifeless hair. It lists Q-Ban Hair Tonic, Liquid Shampoo, Toilet Soap, and an odorless Depilatory, offering a free illustrated book of lectures titled Hair Culture and a satisfaction guarantee through J A Hart Drug Co. Corp.
Mortgage sale of land described as security for a debt dated 1917. Notice states sale to satisfy owing amount, with property detail and trustees involved. Action authorized by deed of trust with terms set for noon sale.
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