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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
4
The paper invites short letters on current topics from readers. Writers must include their name, though it may be withheld if desired. The notice lists a sample line with names and numbers and a payment rate for submissions.
The Enterprise prints a three member Guilford county board of commissioners letter confessing error in paying a $100 part premium on an architect bond. It urges openness, publication of contract details, and invites citizens to review minutes and pictures of the proposed courthouse for informed judgment. It also contrasts German aggression with biblical justice and urges universal rights over might.
The passage critiques German nationalist creed and its thinkers Lassen Treitschke and Nietzsche. It argues that imperial loyalty and the state as absolute god drive militarism, claiming morality bends to power and that strong nations erase weaker ones. It portrays these ideas as dangerous dogma.
City leaders praise plans for a High Point canning plant as a vital step toward local food independence amid global shortages. The plant would diversify manufacturing, store surplus harvests, and help residents weather fall and winter needs.
Ed Freeze boasting of broad clientele and high trust as he touts Cannon Fetzer company merchandise. He claims a vast, up to date stock including a juvenile department while inviting skeptics to verify quality and prices.
London May 25. New ship construction standardizes crew living space with aft quarters a central mess room and full bathroom and lavatory facilities for seamen and firemen. Mrs. McCranie head of High Point hospital returns from Fayetteville where she attended the State Nurses association and reports a pleasant and instructive trip.
In the Rose cafe scene Richard Travers acts with himself in a thrilling feature. One version wears evening clothes the other shabby garb as a down and outer. He propsoses merging into one person and pays himself 10 000 to seal the bargain. The audience witnesses two Richard Traverses due to camera trickery.
Three county commissioners defend their actions on the courthouse project. They say plans are not complete and bids will show cost. they reject claims of mismanagement and argue majority rule reflected by the board. Signers include W. C. Boren J. A. Banisin and L. T. Barber.
The British mission departed for Canada last evening and crossed the border early today, an official state department announcement reported in Washington.
Pursuant to a 1916 chattel mortgage G R Robertson and wife Belle Robertson, recorded in Guilford county, default on note leads to public auction June 5 1917 at 2 PM on premises 303 Thurston Street High Point NC. Items include two chiffoniers Vietrola desk couch parlor set three rockers chairs library tables book cases gas range Singer sewing machine rugs desks beds dining furniture and more.
A historical timetable fragment lists Ly. Daily Ex Sunday stations and times for High Point Thomasville Gordontown Northbound and Southbound runs. It shows No 21 22 27 Sunday only trains with morning and afternoon departures from High Point to nearby towns and back, plus notes on service intervals and station stops.
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