Guilford County Labels in Typhoid Slacker List
The North Carolina state board of health lists Guilford among 42 counties labeled typhoid slackers for high death rates. It urges vaccination campaigns with clinics in schools and communities to reduce deaths, aiming for under 500 fatalities in 1918 and to remove Guilford from the list through local action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Health Board
Sanitary
Guilford County
German diplomats flee South America in mass exodus
Count von Laxberg formerly German minister to Argentina sailed for Sweden then Germany. He was a noted German agent linked to King Kaiser and to sink without a trace cablegrams. Dr. Perl former German representative to Peru and Berlin chargé d affaires at Montevideo also to depart with passports. The exodus will thin German diplomatic presence across South America and purify the air in their stations.
Memorial Day memory and High Point celebrations
A Tar Heel farmer notes Memorial Day rituals across the south with veterans marching to cemeteries in High Point. Also mentioned are the demolition of the Jd Jarre hotel, its historic status, and a promotion for Dreco herbal medicine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Gourley
Winston-Salem
Sinking of Concrete Laden Cruiser Blocks Harbor of Sub Base
The report details Allied gains on the Somme front with Field Marshal Haig’s forces winning a complete victory and capturing Grivesnes Park five miles north of Montdidier, while the French take 250 prisoners. Allied airmen bomb railway centers and British pilots claim 20 German planes down, one shot by rifle fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert
Amiens
Haig
Somme
Grivesnes Park
Montdidier
Grivesnes
France
Ku Klux Clan memories rise in Confederate veterans tale
Comrade Dowd recalls Moore county Ku Klux unit wearing black robes during Reconstruction and recounts incidents to defend white leadership. He contrasts Red Shirts in South Carolina with clan activity in North Carolina, noting intimidation and election suppression history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Dowd
Moore County
South
South Carolina
Red Shirts
Hall's Catarrh Cure Proven Constitutional Remedy
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases combined and long believed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure from FP Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is a constitutional internal remedy said to affect the mucous surfaces through the blood. A $100 reward offered for any cure failure with circulars and testimonials. Sold by druggists Th. Wall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
FP. d. Cheney & Co
Toleco
Ohio
E.J. Coeney & CO
Toledo
Pruggists
Th. Wall
City postpones street assessment vote to May 14 1918
The city council delays confirmation of paying assessments on Howell Boulevard Richardson Lindsay Willow Brook and Fast Green streets until the next regular meeting on Tuesday night May 14 1918 at 8 o eleven.
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Howell
Boulevard
Richardson
Lindsay
Willowbrook
Fast Green
O’elven
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
The
North Carolina Association of Afternoon Newspapers
State
Bell
No 12 North State
High Point
N. C
Congress
Board of Health
Forsyth
Mecklenburg
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Raleigh
New Hanover
Buncome Counties
Wilmington
Asheville
Count von Laxberg
Argentine
Sweden
Ger
Count von Laxburg
Continent
Vor
Connec
Tion
Dr. Perl
Representa
Tive
Peru
Berlin
Montevideo
South Ame
Rica
Will
Erans
Dixie
Mocracy
Gettysburg
Parti
Ers
Gether
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the
Jd Jarre
South Main Street
High
Fayetteville
Salem
Med Point
Murphy
Tar Heel
Ring Drug Co
Kall
Save Health
Cascara
Monty
Mr. Hill
Moffitt Underwear Co
Frank Gurley
Adderss
Enterprise Office
Rike
Dalton Street
Bank of Commerce
Vanced
North State
Loflin Transfer Co
A. E. Frazier
Bank of Commerce Building
Thackers
Frank Frurley
High Point Road
Old Jamestown
H. C. Beavan
Standard Furniture Co
Nashville, Tenn
Mangum Avenue
Allen Bros
D. H
Interurban Motor Lines
High Point, N. C
Elwood
Winston
Zinzendorf
FCR
R. E. Andrews
Cincinnati
Father
NEW York ‘Life Insurance Coo
F. A. Ogburn
Room
N. Main St
Staley
Stanton-Welch Bldg
J. Burt Holder
Janenhaud Bivoe
Annie W. Keith
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
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