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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
2
A long erected fence along a recently opened avenue in High Port blocks driver sightlines at a key intersection. Several weeks of contention followed a compulsory street condemnation, with officials urging the owner Wieck to lower the fence height to restore view and prevent accidents.
A timetable notice states railway schedule in effect from November 28 1917 listing expected train arrivals and departures at Denton Ar and High Beech stations. It clarifies that stated times are not guaranteed.
A local public notice lists a medical office appointment window from 7:30 to 8:30 at the Bank Street site. The fragment mentions Dr. Frazier and Thea Cada in connection with scheduling or access to the surgeon's office.
The passage suggests that motorists' view could pressure property owners to lower a fence to achieve the needed slant at two streets, indicating potential landscape or safety concerns driving changes.
Secretary Redfield writes Governor Riggs outlining Commerce Department work for Alaska. Goals include safer navigation, expanded coast survey and lighthouses, a potential shipyard, fisheries expansion, salmon culture, and a fisheries station. Emphasizes diverse industries and yearns for fishing villages to boost food supply and national wealth. A by product program for Pribilof Islands seals will produce oil and fertilizer.
Shanghai dispatch reports ongoing devastation from Northern troops in Hunan. Liling lies in ruins as multiple towns suffer fire damage and looting. Paening changed hands four times and was sacked on May 12. German missions are targeted by anti foreign sentiment but protected by officers. Allies urged to press Pekin and Canton for action against the devastation of China’s province.
New York report states Germany has begun measures to prevent art exports and has asked the German federated states to cooperate. The Saxon minister of education notes neutral countries are using war profits to buy many German works of art.
Notice to Richardson Howell Boulevard Lindsay Gatewood Willowbrook and East Green street property owners to pay paving assessments promptly to qualify for installment plan. City Manager T. J. Murphy signs the notice.
July report states coupon bonds valued at 45000 dollars were stolen from Adams Express on the way to Boston and New York. A separate shipment included thirty 1000 dollar bonds of the Boston and Northern Street Railway and five 1000 dollar Old Colony Street bonds, re ceipted in Lenox and New Haven. Also missing were 10000 dollars of Meriden city bonds.
Wire entanglements like European field barriers are being erected on the capitol grounds near the senate office building. They test the effectiveness of a powerful wirecutting machine designed by John E. Logan vice president of the American Inventors association.
The Cologne Gazette lists several German generals newly named as commanders on the western front. General von Larisch, once retired, is back in active service. General Wichura served in 1915 and was noted again for an Oise-Aisne canal attack. General von Winckler, 62, led the Prussian guard division before the war. General Ilse commanded a Cologne artillery brigade and later became chief of staff of the fourth army.
The article argues that triplets representing hookworm bad teeth and typhoid fever drain North Carolina families during wartime. It describes a statewide triple drive offering free school dental clinics hookworm examinations and typhoid vaccination to prevent illness and death.
Dublin correspondence notes Ireland’s press censor Lord Decies, admired for impartiality by Sinn Fein and Orange press alike. His Dublin office sits above a barber shop on Grafton Street, where he meets editors, discusses sport, and endures jokes labeling him “the Lord High Executioner of Copy.”
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