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The Enterprise is delivered in the city by carrier at the subscription rate of 10 seats per week. Subscribers who fail to get their paper on time will confer favor by notifying the circulation department.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
4
The Enterprise is delivered in the city by carrier at the subscription rate of 10 seats per week. Subscribers who fail to get their paper on time will confer favor by notifying the circulation department.
A collage of witty asides references to politics and culture. Mentions von Bernstorff and Kitchin, civic life in July, and humorous quips about bicycles, cyclones, and Joffre. Satirical tone reflects light social commentary and current events.
An advocate argues the United States should finance wartime costs as they occur through a progressive income tax and excess profits levy. He cites 1913–1916 corporate gains from Armour, Bethlehem Steel, DuPont, and U S Steel to show surpluses funding the war. He warns bond issuance burdens the poor and favors universal sacrifice. He references German resolve and Bethmann Hollweg’s Reichstag remarks to illustrate parallels.
The women of High Point plan to form a Red Cross society to support the army. They cite international Red Cross work behind lines and insist on supplying bands, clothing, and various items at no cost to the government.
A patriotic verse urges American troops to advance in France with the flag. It emphasizes dawn oversea and calls for courage, unity, and duty for freedom and the world's defense. The poem frames the Allied cause as a continuation of fathers fighting for truth and right.
A morning blaze on West Main Street Danville Va destroyed three handsome homes owned by prominent local businessmen James T Catlin W Dodson and Townes Wimbish. The fire believed started from a defective chimney spread rapidly before the department arrived causing about 40000 in damage with insurers covering about half. Captain Abram Wimbish was rescued from the flames along with a paralyzed elderly man who survived by being carried to safety.
A detained man in Wilson tells shifting stories about his origin and purpose in the area. He claimed ties to New York then Providence, later sailing from Providence to Norfolk aboard the schooner St. Joe Queen. Found with maps and a sailor’s clasp knife, he is identified as Norwegian, prompting a search with Norfolk customs for ship registration.
Planters in the Laguna district near Terreon Mexico replace cotton with corn and wheat. Faced with expected high prices for staple foods, landowners plow cotton fields to grow food crops in this central Mexican cotton belt.
J. F. Hipp aged 87 and Mrs. Margaret Berry aged 57, both of Mecklenburg County, were married in Charlotte yesterday. Hipp holds the pennant as the oldest man ever married in the county.
Honduras severs diplomatic relations with Germany following Guatemala's lead, signaling a shift amid rising tensions. The report also notes U.S. debate over war tax amendments with a near party line vote and unrelated local college and dramatic notes.
Neutral observers note a growing desire for peace in Germany as von Bethmann-Hollweg addresses the Reichstag. His confident stance hinges on submarine warfare, with neutrals seeing only a continued resolve to press the struggle against Allied powers. The speech is watched for its implications for American policy.
Lady Sybil Grant, daughter of Earl Rosebery, is noted as the official photographer for the Royal Naval Air Service. She commonly wears a cap in her father’s racing colors primrose and rose hoops during ascents.
Mrs Lucy Doody long known as a steeplejack undertakes painting and repair work on some of Jersey Citys tallest spires and chimneys following her husbands occupation.
A promotional insert invites readers to cut out a slip and mail it to Foley & Co. at 2835 Sheffield Ave Chicago Illinois with name and address to receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets for coughs colds and croup
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