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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
6
Major General Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary force in France, dined at the House of Commons tea terrace in London and learned that sugar rations allowed only two sevenths of an ounce. He chose sugarless strawberries noting the sun had already sweetened them.
The article notes sugar is strictly rationed and each person may receive only a small measured portion of cream. It emphasizes tightened controls on dairy portions during the period.
Prince Yi former Korean emperor arrives in Tokyo on an official visit and is greeted by troops at the station. He brings rare art to Emperor Yoshihito and will lodge at an imperial palace as relations between Japan and Korea are seen improving ahead of the forthcoming wedding with Nashimoto family.
The renowned actress Annette Kellerman is reported to receive a weekly salary of 2500 dollars. Details of her contract or source of payment are not provided in the report.
A cold damp spring brings widespread suffering from backache rheumatic pains and similar ailments. Mrs T J Bucknell of Hardy Nebraska reports recovering from lumbago with Foley Kidney Pills endorsed by Men Drug Co.
A Junker organ warns that a peace without stronger German power and annexations could let Anglo American domination emerge. Britain and America would dictate terms, while Germany risks political crisis and weakening of social democracy after the war.
London July 13 Austen Chamberlain said in the house of commons that the Madras government offered to relax its prohibition affecting Annie Besant Theosophical Society head. Besant declined the concession saying her religious and political work cannot be separated. She was expelled from Bombay presidency last year for preaching revolt.
In Norway Sweden and Finland women are shipped as sailors. Overwork affects the kidneys and makes people look older. Mrs A G Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina reports great benefit from Bobby Kidney Pills, praising their effects.
In the Italian push on the Carso front an infantry major captured by Italian intelligence was mistaken for Field Marshal von Hindenburg. The officer denied any relation to the famed general, declaring he is only a weary fighter who will do no more fighting.
In Liverpool on July 13, saloonkeepers refuse to serve strangers due to the beer's short age, claiming licenses require reasonable refreshment only for regular customers. The counts will decide if this practice is permissible under license terms.
The first women elected to the Berlin magistracy have received their appointments and been assigned to lead public social welfare work.
A historical note records the establishment of the first girls high school in the United States in 1826 marking a milestone in women education and access to secondary schooling. The item highlights a pioneering institution that set a precedent for gender inclusive public education.
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