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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
4
Readers chatter about war songs, Liberty loans, and public mood. Mentions lines from Daily News and Washington Post, plus jokes about islands in the Pacific and a movie star with a monkey. Notes on local papers Beasley and Braxton and a Morehead City fishing trip.
A World War I trench scene near Lens recounts a Canadian unit sharing a violin concert with German soldiers then firing resumes. The poignant tale ends with a fatal ambush of Schulman, a Quebec fiddler, and a moral reflection on war's vast toll.
The article discusses Revelation thirteen and its interpretation as prophecy. It notes the beast rising from the sea with blasphemous words and forty two months of rule, and a second beast from the earth that conquers the first. It ends with the call to count the number of the beast, a number of a man.
The article notes Billy Sunday attracting thousands in New York as he preaches in everyday street language, reaching uneducated audiences while sparking debate over whether youths should hear him. Irvin Cobb recalls Sunday’s fervent prayer and conviction. It also mentions Dorsey Phillips, a Justice Department agent opposing whisky, returning from Raleigh with details of a whisky shipment conspiracy.
General Cadorna, Italy’s chief of staff, is recalled as a boy who roamed the mountains and told his mother not to cry, saying he was not afraid of the mountains. The anecdote appears in a wartime elementary school book.
Stockholm reports four hundred mines have exploded or been fished up along Gotland since the war began. Seventy five ashore on a one mile stretch. no injuries from blasts except the steamer Rumina loss nearby. A southern coast peasant suffered four shocks near his home but his family remained unhurt.
County commissioners authorize advertising and sale of property for all state and county taxes. Payment before June 20 saves publication costs. Taxes payable to J E Wagner Deputy Sheriff 108 West Washington Street High Point NC. Sheriff D B Stafford signs.
M A Collins of Marshville township reports his garden peas soared to six feet this season. Monroe Enquirer notes the unusual height amid local gardening chatter.
In Clarkton, crops show poor condition with cotton notably stunted and stands weak in many fields per Blade Journal. The report highlights widespread harvest concerns and potential yield declines for local growers.
A reader recalls a May dinner hosted by a modest neighbor with a farm produced menu. The table featured boiled ham fried chicken new potatoes lettuce onions English peas cabbage asparagus carrots beets corn bread hot biscuits iced tea apple sauce and cake with tea and sugar the only items not grown on the farm according to Rockingham Dispatch.
The piece praises Abraham Lincoln for saving the union and facing immense pressure. It argues history repeats as Wilson concentrates on his duty to make democracy safe, while critics mock his oratory and cabinet, urging Americans to serve more and speak less to win the war.
Governor Bateban Cantu of Lower California will be guest of honor at a festival of friendliness in San Diego. Governors of Texas New Mexico Arizona Utah Nevada and California and mayors of about 200 cities are invited to attend. The event aims to boost US Mexico relations and closer ties across the southwest over several days.
Miss Frances T. Morgan, Younger daughter of J P Morgan, married Paul Geddes Pennoyer at St John’s Church, Littletown L I. Bridegroom from Berkeley Cal. ceremony followed by reception at Matinicock Glen Cove. Memoir notes on Foley Kidney Pills appear in ad text.
A study of Metropolitan Life Insurance nine million white policyholders shows tuberculosis deaths in 1916 fell 4 percent from 1915 with lung TB dropping most. Cancer deaths also declined from 72.1 to 70.8 per 100 000, though stomach and liver cancer rose slightly. Colored rates remain higher in both diseases.
R L Pickett, tax lister, remains in the Bank of Commerce building for a few more days to continue listing city taxes. City Manager T J Murphy urges residents not to fail to list promptly.
Train timetable lists expected arrival and departure at stations with a disclaimer that times are not guaranteed. It notes No 27 Sy. Sunday Only and presents times 8:45 9:10 9:58 10:08 10:28 10:50 A. M.
The page lists Southern Railway schedules with train numbers 135 136 134 142 and others. It shows departure and arrival times at High Point and various stations including mornings, afternoons, and Sunday only services.
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