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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1918
Page
6
Paris reports France plans rapid industrial and agricultural rebound within five years after peace. Authorities expect restored productivity despite damaged industries and farms, aided by female labor, early youth entry, modern machinery, water power, and a large influx of young workers.
Post office heads urge business leaders to spread mail dispatch across extended hours to ease wartime congestion. Officials explain early day posting and proper facing of mail with uncancelled stamps will speed processing and prevent delays.
London reports the torment of sailors from the Chesterfield adrift nine days after their ship was torpedoed by German subs. They endured hunger thirst and exposure and some died while others went temporarily insane after chewing boot leather and drinking salt water.
Tobacco planters across the island move to plant food crops in March as Porto Rico seeks self sufficiency. After harvesting tobacco, corn and beans will be grown to ease food shortages.
Miss Margarita Fischer known as tomboy of the screen plays a lively role in Molly Go Get ’Em at Rose Theater. The American musical production features her in constant action including a motor car sprint with her sister’s beau and daring escapes. The cast also includes Jack Mowrer Hal Clements Margaret Allen Emma Kluge David Howard and True Boardman.
A syndicate formed near Yuan Hsien Paongfu seeks a privilege from the ministry of commerce and agriculture to open and develop copper mines.
The Jerusalem artichoke thrives in good garden soil and should be planted in hills three to four feet apart with three or four tubers per hill. Plant when the ground warms in spring, about the same time as early potatoes. Cultivation mirrors potatoes and tubers may stay in the ground over winter until needed.
The United States naval supply ship held a first of its kind at sea funeral service for four sailors who died aboard ships in British waters. Dudley W. Queen from Texas and three others, William Lusso of Kansas City, Martin O’Callaghan, and John Rourke, died in accidents or disease. Willis Martin Goodrow, from Charleston, D. C., was buried at sea with Episcopal rites as the ship paused at sea.
Controller Warwick rules draft boards must seek federal warrants or commissioner orders for arrests. He cites a case in Craven county where Toney Hines was jailed irregularly and states delinquency is a misdemeanor before induction, while desertion applies after induction requiring delivery to a military facility.
Washington dispatch reports conferees on the administration railroad bill approved their tentative agreement limiting government control to 21 months after peace is declared. They will reconvene tonight to resolve the remaining dispute over rate making and minority.
Rome March 6 The oldest officer in the Italian army Count Francesco Pais Serra on his eightieth birthday received a royal decree promoting him to colonel. A volunteer with Garibaldi in 1866 67 he later served as a colonel in 1870 71 and joined the current war as a volunteer lieutenant.
An authority promotes Jad Salts as a simple cure to flush sluggish kidneys and prevent disease. The ad claims meat causes uric acid buildup, urging regular washers of kidneys and a daily tablespoon of Jad Salts in water before breakfast to keep kidneys and blood clean.
We thank friends for kindness and help during illness and death of our beloved wife and daughter. Signed WR. TOOMES and MR. and MRS. W. A. KIRKMAN.
Cutter receives a mail-in offer to Foley and Co for a trial package of Foley products, including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and croup, Foley kidney pills and Foley cathartic tablets, mailed from Mann Drug Co. in Chicago.
In a local remedy notice, Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. of Ohio is promoted as a constitutional remedy that treats catarrh through the bloodstream. The advertisement offers a $100 reward for failure to cure and directs readers to obtain circulars. Hall's Family Pills for constipation are also mentioned.
Aimed at women with disordered systems, Foley's Kidney Pills promise to cleanse the blood of impurities. The ad cites relief from adhea and pains in muscles and joints, backache, rheumatic pains, and puffiness under the eyes, attributing benefits to better kidney function.
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