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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1918
Page
3
Friday police court docket shows High Point police jailing stray dog offenders. Fifteen cases before Judge Austin, fourteen fined. City law forbids dogs running at large with owner liable for costs. War on stray dogs praised as necessary for food-scarce times.
In Futon county, Judge Ben Kill clears the courtroom of reporters during Mrs. Margaret Hirsch testimony in the attempted blackmail case against Atlanta mayor Asan Candler. The incident sparks debate over press coverage and sensationalism amid public interest in scandal.
A religious meditation argues that God’s ways differ from human plans and that war against oppression may be a divine instrument. It asserts God spares humanity’s freedom, allows nations to suffer, and promises good will emerge from the conflict despite universal guilt and ignorance.
A Black mother near High Point laments misnaming her children as a source of social trouble. Her first son’s name German Roosevelt sparks worry of accusation and slander. she resists changing it despite community pressure and prejudice. The piece notes her other son named Bloodlum and reflects on the gendered and racial pressures shaping naming choices.
The cotton market opened higher and showed renewed steadiness with gains on active contracts. March rose to 32.75, May to 31.96, and October to 30.41, with closing quotes steady: March 32.80, May 31.96, July 41.41, October 30.36, December 30.16.
Reports say government troops retook Chiautla Puebla after Zapatistas occupied the town and looted homes and stores. The piece then digresses with unrelated philosophical musings about breakfast foods and morality.
A brief quip asserts love as the only certain remedy for timidity and fear, framed as a moral takeaway.
From July 1 1914 to January 1 1918 the United States sent food abroad sufficient for complete yearly rations for 57 100 933 people and a protein surplus for 22 194 570 more. England France Italy received most, with Russia a small share. Total calories reached 68 199 934 while wheat and flour exports to the three allies equaled 384 million bushels and pork nearly 2 billion pounds.
Berlin city and suburban trolley cars will not be heated this winter. The minister of public works ordered no heating for city and suburban cars on short runs, and branch lines. lack of heating pipes and coal shortages drive the decision. Residents are advised to wear extra clothing for daily commutes.
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