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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
5
A wartime poem depicts the dead and unnamed soldiers in a distant land. It contrasts the glory of battle with the millions who never woke, asking why the war must end in so much loss. It laments the toll of shelling and the ghosts of those who died.
City women urge council to appoint one or more mothers to the school advisory board created last Tuesday. They argue mothers understand girls needs and successful rearing methods better than teachers or councilmen. A mother noted authorities favored women’s inclusion, but councilmen’s views remain unclear.
The High Point Woman's Christian Temperance Union wired Senator Simmons urging backing of the Webb bill for nationwide prohibition in war time to conserve grain for food. The senator acknowledged receipt and union members hope his influence will aid passage of the Webb bill.
The fragment indicates a meeting scheduled for tomorrow afternoon by a Young Peoples branch of Wo. Further details are unreadable in the OCR.
The man’s Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting tomorrow at 3 30 in the Sunday school room of Wesley Memorial church. All members are urged to attend.
The local Red Cross auxiliary will decorate every man registering for selective conscription Tuesday with a two inch wide armband. Ladies will be stationed at each registration site to fasten the bands as men register so they become subject to the draft.
The Mission Study class of Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal church will meet in the ladies parlor Monday afternoon at 3 30 o clock. All members are urged to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Hamilton and son Hugh left early for Carthage in Moore County. They will spend the weekend with relatives, traveling by automobile.
The Daisy Davies club will meet Monday afternoon at 3 30 oclock with Mrs B W Kirkman on Bain avenue for a routine gathering.
B D Andrews of Oxford visits friends for a few days. Mrs Corinna Kirkpatrick of Missouri visits the city as guest of Mrs A M Briggs. Mr and Mrs W H Plummer spend yesterday afternoon at Greensboro with friends. Mr and Mrs W H Ragan visit Greensboro briefly. Miss Genevieve Moore of Greensboro and friends pass through the city en route home from the farm of her father where a picnic dinner was held.
The article describes Electric Miagara devices used in French vineyards to prevent hail damage. It covers portable lamps with rheostat regulation, Mazda lamp dimming, automatic lighting outfits that start on demand and stop when off, electric ash sifters that reduce dust, and a small motor driven rotary drum for sieving ashes.
Justine Shannon a celebrated Grand Opera prima donna will perform at Chautauqua for the first time. She studied with Mme Sigrid Westerlund in Gothenburg and with Mme Mathilde Marchesi in Paris. Her career spans Trieste, Vienna, Milan and other major cities with leading contralto roles in Il Trovatore Un Ballo In Maschera La Gioconda Faust and Norma. Her voice covers deep contralto to high mezzo soprano and she is now on an extensive American concert tour.
June 2 1926 Newmarket England faces loss of status as a premier racing center if government halts racing. Rector H B Young warns the town of 10000 would suffer widespread economic impact as breeders trainers and merchants rely on racing. He denies claims of immorality while noting betting is modest compared to London cabdrivers.
Charlotte June 2 A blaze in the business district last night damaged one building and three others including the Presbyterian hospital. About 50 patients were moved from the hospital as two blocks were briefly threatened. rainfall helped halt the spread.
A dispatch from Petrograd reports A I Konovaloff minister of commerce and trade resigns due to complete divergence with M Skobelloff minister of labor on economic and financial crisis measures. Also notes a price tag printing machine capable of 2400 tags per hour using under 4 cents of electricity per hour with a 120th horsepower motor.
Mrs J B Gadd of Hixson Tennessee recounts relief from left side pain and vision issues after using Cardui the Woman’s Tonic. She credits two bottles and years of relief with renewed strength and recommends Cardui to others facing womanly troubles. The ad notes common symptoms and urges readers to try Cardui from druggists NC-132.
A small Mazda lamp remains lit for 12 hours on a single door bell battery cell. The lamp can be seen from 50 miles during Coast and Geodetic Survey triangulations. In a large automobile factory, 400 engines are tested daily with electricity generated and measured by a -K meter for factory use.
A five ton electric cannon invented by a Philadelphian Itis is planned for trials at Norristown indicating a silent smoke free weapon. The device aims to fire without powder using electric means and could represent a new type of artillery technology.
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