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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1918
Page
2
George Rimms notes wartime London differs from Dickens period as he strolls through familiar sights. He recalls Pickwick, Nancy, and Tom Robins while observing air raids, rationing, and wartime work reshaping the city and its people.
The piece recalls trenches from Switzer land to the North Sea and the ice water of ditches as soldiers suffer. It contrasts home fronts neglect with the grim reality of wound care and shellfire, asking why nations delay full engagement and urging unity with France.
Dublin reports the new law grants voting rights to residents with six months in Ireland and to wives of electors over thirty. Dublin’s electorate rises from about 40 000 to 100 000, likely strengthening Sinn Fein as young men join. Government conscription fears delayed enrollment but leaders urged turnout.
Lake Charlies La July 16. An aerial ambulance at Gessner Field completed its first actual service run. An injured aviator from Kerstner Field, who crashed after a dive, was transported back to base in forty five minutes. The plane is a large biplane with a reclining chair for the patient and a red cross on the wings.
A promotional note claims Foley Kidney Pills relieve kidney and bladder troubles and a range of ailments including backache rheumatic pains swollen joints and tiredness. The ad credits Mann Drug Co. as the seller and notes user preference after initial trial.
Genoa June 10 A Geneva attorney M Auberson pleaded for leniency for a client accused of stealing clocks claiming long residence in Germany. The German minister Baron von Romberg prompted a complaint by the German consul in Geneva and the attorney general was asked to proceed. The thief’s trial neared completion with a likely conviction, while the attorney faced potential Swiss neutrality violations.
In Hazelton Pennsylvania on July 16 engineers report new veins and improved methods will boost anthracite production. Virgin veins under Tombicken reservoir west of Hazelton will be cleared and stripped. Cranberry district reports a 22 inch vein ready for stripping. Hollywood colliery owned by Pardee Brothers to reopen after 30 years due to strong demand. Shaft and tunnels explore lower veins previously deemed inaccessible with electric power to support hundreds of miners.
The North Carolina state board of health reports a rapid rise in typhoid cases across the state with 376 cases in the first half of July. Seventeen counties remain free while Syth, Rowan, Durham, and Wayne report the highest numbers. weekly totals show sharp increases from 98 to 149 to 227 over three weeks.
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