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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
6
The text previews Martin Luther’s 16th century sermon on price gouging and famine. It cites his complaint that greed by farmers and noblemen raises food costs, harming workers and savers while wages lag. The piece links Luther’s critique to modern concerns about inflation and scarcity.
Washington on March 8 outlines procedures to recover from freezes and speed crop maturity. Advice covers soil selection, seed bed prep, cultivation to conserve moisture, weed control, and balanced fertilization with manure and plant foods like nitrate of soda and bone meal.
New York police and detectives, aided by newspapers and public effort, have not solved the case of 17 year old Ruth Cruger lost since February 12. A taxicab sighting of a man and girl near Broadway offers a fleeting lead with no solid connection to Cocchi who vanished days after. Public concern remains high as investigators weigh white slave trade theories against lack of concrete evidence.
In Waterville Maine on March 9 Colby Bates and the University of Maine will each field two teams for the Maine intercollegiate debating league. The motion asks whether the federal government should provide compulsory arbitration of all labor disputes on interstate railroads.
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners will sell at public auction at the courthouse door in Greensboro on Monday April 9 1917 at 11 00 A M the land now used as the courthouse square at North Elm and West Market streets Greensboro The deed will be in fee simple with covenants of warranty and seizure subject to a public use dedication and an open space easement The sale requires one half cash and the other half in 12 months with six percent interest on deferred payments Possession is after the new courthouse is ready W C Boren chairman of the board signs the notice 4 6
The first preparatory service was held at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church with Dr. Rowe speaking on Christian salvation and old generation songs sung. Bishop Kilgo arrives from Charlotte Saturday to preach Sunday morning, drawing strong interest. Evening services continue at 7 30 with emphasis on singing, and the public is invited.
Wake Forest March 8 with 14 speakers at Wingate Memorial hall the judges chose J M Hester of Robeson county to represent the college in the state peace oratorical contest in Greensboro on March 22 He spoke on Americanism and World Peace J B Rucker of Rutherford county was named alternate with a speech on The Basis of a Durable Peace.
A dialogue from the Birmingham Avenue Herald notes a couple discussing mutual commitment with lines about equality in the relationship. The exchange centers on a pledge of shared ownership and partnership without traditional possessiveness.
Foley cathartic tablets marketed as a wholesome physic to cleanse bowels and aid digestion. Claims include relief for indigestion biliousness bad breath bloating and constipation with no griping or nausea. Distributed by Mann Drug Co.
A $1,000 reward was posted by Ruth Cruger's father Henry D. Cruger to spur public help in locating the 18 year old high school graduate who vanished from her New York home on February 13. She left to visit a sporting goods shop to sharpen skates and has not been seen since, amid investigation into the shop proprietor who disappeared after questioning by detectives.
A tombstone in Orient Cemetery, Harrisonville, Missouri, features a polished granite ball two feet in diameter atop a pedestal. The unpolished spot has rotated about one sixty fourth of a circle since installation. A local mathematician computed the set hour and predicts the ball will complete one revolution in 100 years.
Mrs. R. M. Raney of Stanford Kentucky reports nightly croup relief for her daughter after using Foley's Honey and Tar. She says the child slept that night and the cold and cough disappeared the next day. The remedy contains no opiates and is sold by Mann Drug Co.
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