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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1917
Page
3
Washington reports seed costs for Irish potatoes and high yielding sweet potatoes as a quick food boost for the South. Specialists urge expanding acreage using vine cuttings, noting large yields, disease prevention, and the need for proper storage houses to curb losses.
Thursday night in the Catawba college auditorium an orators contest awards a medal by Prof. George Warlick honoring his parents Mr and Mrs H D Warlick for the best oration. Contestants include Frank Bacon George Palmer John Fesperman Rain Michael Felix Peek and Banks Peeler.
Schedule shows train arrival and departure times for stations listed with a caveat that times are not guaranteed. Schedule subject to change without notice. Southbound trains referenced for April 10, 1917.
City building inspector issued 28 permits during April with estimated construction costs of 10015 dollars. Projects ranged from repairs to residences and stores to new garages and a church renovation, reflecting a slowdown in large home and plant additions after a busy prior period.
Mrs Lucy Doody wife of a New York steeplejack climbs the Merchants Refrigerating plant chimney in Jersey City to paint it. She dons overalls and works six days a week aloft while her husband manages the business. She says women must learn to do their men’s work when they go to war.
Joe Cantillon, a Minneapolis pilot with decades in the game, seeks to win the American association permit with a roster of Washington castoffs. His long experience underscores the value placed on know how in this national pay as you enter system.
Scores include St. Louis defeating Chicago 9 to 0 and Washington beating New York 8 to 2. Several games report wet grounds or rain, with Chattanooga 7 Nashville 6 and Birmingham 8 Mobile 4. Virginia regions show Lynchburg 5 Petersburg 3 and Portsmouth 4 Newport News 5 in 11 innings.
Indianapolis beat Milwaukee 412 in nings while Louisville defeated St. Louis 6 to 4. Toledo versus Kansas City and Columbus versus Minneapolis games were rained out with no play.
Greensboro lost to Charlotte 0 to 10 while Winston Salem defeated Raleigh 9 to 3 and Durham edged Asheville 3 to 2 in a series of league games.
Greensboro faces Durham while Asheville travels to Winston Salem and Raleigh visits Charlotte in a regional sports schedule update.
An account of witnessing Iceland’s Great Geyser, described as a kingly, temperamental force. The narrative recounts a dare involving 50 pounds of soap, the geyser’s eruption reaching about 100 feet, and the desolate lava landscape that surrounds it. The piece notes the geyser’s fearsome, almost sinister aura and the unsettled impression it leaves on onlookers.
Jim Thorpe, the Indian pastimer, has been shipped back by the Giants to the Cincinnati Reds. The trade marks a notable move for the famed athlete amid ongoing player market activity.
Washington May 2 President Wilson and former President Taft expected to attend next week ceremonies for the dedication of the new Red Cross building rung as a Civil War memorial. It will house Red Cross workrooms and offices with a $400000 congressionally approved endowment matched by private gifts including $100000 from Captain James A Scrymger $150000 from Mrs Russell Sage $50000 from Mrs Edward Harriman and $100000 from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Public sale of delinquent city tax properties will occur May 8 at noon at High Point City Hall. Lists multiple parcels with owner names and amounts due for 1916 taxes. notices warn of deed issuance if taxes and costs are not paid by August 7, 1917.
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