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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1917
Page
3
A New York onion boycott slashed prices to 10 11 cents a pound with retailers and rail shipments disrupted. Henry R. Mallory of CreRan and Mallory said 20 carloads were available at 8 a ton as a guarantee to retailers could end rioting fears and revive sales in three weeks.
Ohio Governor James M. Cox received an application from 91 year old John Flannagan of Defiance. He offers to work carrying railroad iron or similar service and asks not to be placed on a state commission earning 5000 dollars per year, citing strong health and willingness to work.
A Life magazine item notes a boy's broad cravings from a mandolin and pistol to a ruler of curiosities like a magic lantern, a detective badge, a motorcycle, a printing press, a telescope, a camera, a camera, and roller skates. The playful catalog reflects a boy's diverse ambitions and treasures.
Charles Stewart a laborer from East Sixty eighth street told the domestic relations court he fled his home after his daughter hosted her first beau. He admitted leaving his wife Emily and six children on January 30. Magistrate Harris ordered Stewart to pay his wife five dollars weekly.
Dr. Marshall in the New York Times argues that cabbage onions and potatoes offer limited food value due to high water content and cellulose. He notes cabbage and onions have little digestible nutrition while potatoes provide more protein and starch, yet overall these vegetables remain an extravagance for the poor at current prices.
Washington March 1. Minority Leader Mann condemned President Wilson for excluding certain members of Congress from White House public receptions. Mann cited the removal of Representative Wood author of the leak resolution, arguing the action lowers the presidency and that Congress funds the receptions.
An automobile crossing the Light Street Bridge over the Patapsco River near Baltimore plunged through the railing at 1 15 this morning and five people were reported drowned. Police recovered two bodies and continued search for others as river conditions impeded the investigation.
A cut out slip invites readers to mail to Foley & Co at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Illinois for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Catholic Tablets offered via Mann Drug Co Readable text requests name and address for delivery of the sample package
Washington March 1 practically all government departments show heightened war readiness. Commerce drafts regulation to keep 25 buoy tenders in service while Congress may requisition all lighthouse boats. Commerce seeks $250,000 to equip lighthouses with wireless and telephone links and to mobilize 100 Coast and Geodetic Survey and Fisheries boats for naval use.
Mrs. R. C. Kelly 27 of Ashboro Randolph County and Mrs. Roberta L. Russell 43 of Wilmington were inmates at Westbrook sanatorium in Richmond. Both shot themselves after leaving the hospital. Kelly died Tuesday, Russell did not survive. Investigators deem it a death by own action with no clear motive.
Washington report states paper manufacturers asked the federal trade commission to fix prices and allow mills to operate at a profit. They warned costs would rise due to wood scarcity and higher labor rates. P. T. Dodge of International Paper said mills have earned little profit for years and one mill is selling below production cost.
State Senators I V Burgess and S C Sims were indicted for bribery and expelled by a 25 to 8 vote. They offered resignations effective immediately if the author withdrew the resolution, which was refused. The move bars them from Arkansas legislature membership.
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