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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1917
Page
3
Dr Thomas D Wood of Columbia calls country children healthier through 80 rural health centers within 250 000 schools. He urges trained teachers health huts annual exams and school kitchen lunches with full time health inspectors to raise home and posterity health standards.
New York March 2 A Westchester jury awarded Adam Roeder of Mt Vernon 32500 to sue Erie and New Jersey and New York Railroad for loss of his right arm The verdict cited earning capacity and purchasing power in sustaining the claim Judge Platt noted the verdict reflects the plaintiff’s wages and future prospects and warned about excessive verdicts
North Carolina health statistics show a drop in typhoid fever and infant diarrhoeal deaths in 1915 while degenerative diseases rise. Heart disease, apoplexy, pneumonia, Brights disease and cancer increase, tuberculosis steady. NC shares a low national cancer rate with Utah Kentucky Virginia and Montana.
Washington D C March 2 General John W Foster former Secretary of State under President Harrison marked his 81st birthday with greetings from family and friends He father in law of Robin Jansing current secretary of state Foster an Indiana native and Civil War veteran is a noted international law authority who represented the government in many diplomatic negotiations.
Amsterdam reports a Cologne Gazette copy detailing George Ledebour’s Reichstag attack. He denounces annexation policy, calls the peace offer empty, and mocks the war indemnity demand. He protests deportations of Belgians and Poles and rebukes the Polish kingdom proclamation as a flagrant contradiction of national self-determination.
MIT undergraduates are advised to delay army or navy enlistment in wartime. The undergraduate preparedness committee says rush to enlist would be a mistake and that students should stay in school until industry and research needs are defined by war conditions.
A reflective proverb attributed to Pope appears as a concise maxim about selfish preoccupation. The line anchors a bundle of moral observations emphasizing personal happiness over others.
An old time advertising blurb touts Foley Cathartic Tablets as a wholesome physic to cleanse the bowels sweeten the stomach and tone the liver for indigestion biliousness bad breath bloating gas or constipation. It promises no griping or nausea and a light free feeling for stout persons. Mann Drug Co.
Danville Virginia reports two robberies connected to earlier thefts. A Main Street jeweler lost three watches valued at 100 dollars. A thief locked in the Majestic theater broke a trunk and stole 50 dollars in clothing and jewelry. he used burning paper for light near costumes and staging.
The Camp Fire Girls sent the President a telegram signed by Luther Gulick and officers pledging 88,000 members to preparedness in the home. They commit to caring for children, economic food prep, first aid, and safeguarding women’s health nationwide.
Toulouz France March 2 The Tou louz municipal council adopted a resolution congratulating the officers and crew of the American freighter Orleans upon successfully running the blockade and sent cordial salutations to the great American republic and its eminent President.
A capable couple is described as furnishing their house using tobacco coupons while decorating with bridge prizes. The piece highlights resourceful living and shared domestic effort between the partners.
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