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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
6
Excerpt from a French infantryman diary on the Champagne attack starting April 1. It depicts dawn marching through mud and shellfire, orderly advance with bayonets, absence of commands, machine gun fire, barbed wire obstacles, and the fall of wounded and captured as the objective is reached.
A buyer recounts receiving a unique Peruvi an hat described by the seller as the only one of its kind in America. The exchange centers on how quickly fashion styles spread and how collectors react to rare items.
Ray Richmond of the Blooming Three-T league team leaves baseball to join the army aviation service. A Western league rule now requires each team to carry six youngsters, aiming to phase out veterans and rebuild with new timber.
An old promotional notice urges readers to cut out a stub and mail to Foley & Co. in Chicago for a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The ad targets coughs colds and croup and claims to deliver a sample set by mail.
Registrars records in Greensboro show transfers of High Point city and township properties with nominal payments. Deeds include A W Council lands, R G Clinard to Mrs M L Goodman, F C Wright to H C Byrum, and other small lots near John Hayworth and Welborn holdings.
Lester Taylor, a factory worker, must pay his wife $5 weekly for support after admitting he can only contribute $2. The ruling also assigns court costs and police delivery of funds. Judge Peacock criticized the case but upheld the order and set canine-control costs at $5 for similar offenses.
Birth records show most big league stars would be subject to military conscription. Only 53 players across the American and National Leagues are over the draft age, with several nearing 31 this year, leaving many teams with few veterans if a general call is made.
The Central Michigan league unites Flint Saginaw Bay City and Port Huron for a May 26 kickoff. It marks the first All Wolverne circuit since the old Southern Michigan league dissolved.
Newark and Buffalo emerge as surprises in the International League. The Indians, once front runners, have faltered on the road while the Bisons, champions, slip behind the pack in early play.
Mrs. A. G. Wells of Rocky Mount North Carolina praises Foley Kidney Pills for the benefits she received from overwork and strain of household duties. The note appears in a local drug advertisement by Mann Drug Co.
Advertisement from Mann Drug Co promotes Foley Cathartic Tablets as a gentle remedy for indigestion constipation and related digestive disorders. The copy claims they do not gripe or cause nausea and are suitable for various symptoms including sick headache bloating and sour stomach.
Train timetable issued by Southern Railway showing arrival and departure times at designated stations with a note that stated times are not guaranteed and schedule effective April 10 1917 for the Carolina and Yadkin River By Co. line.
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