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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1917
Page
4
A column mocks social polish, praises crushing Germany, and discusses war patriotism led by Mayor Ragan. It notes American naval officers' brisk marriage pace and meditates on poetic Vers Libre writing prompted by Mister J. P. Walnut desk. The piece closes with a joke ad for a local drug store.
The Greensboro News outlines mounting support for rail unions, but warns a 60 to 150 percent rate hike would devastate High Point manufacturers. It cites Southern railway mileage-based increases and a proposed shift to a harsher general classification, threatening profits and local jobs.
A reflective meditation on human appetite for risk and exploration. The passage describes how ambition and curiosity drive promising young men toward danger as tides of fortune rise and fall, leaving lives unsettled and unsettledly distant from home.
Figures cited by Arthur Henderson put seven million killed and forty five million total casualties in the European war. The Birmingham Age-Herald notes the slaughter yet to come and the suffering of widows and orphans as American names are expected on the casualty list.
The dispatch notes a nation urged to observe a Patriotic Sunday as Rev Billy spurs American spirit. Miss Alice Congdon presents roses to evangelist Aldrich while he salutes students on the pulpit. A Danville story reports a creamery storing over five hundred gallons of whiskey and wines.
The Greensboro Record notes a statement that truth can be stranger than fiction, describing a proposition whose destruction of five hundred gallons is presented as fact and will arouse interest among observers.
A bright quip notes women show gusto for hats but could boost Liberty Bond subscriptions if their zeal matched for bond purchases. The item reflects wartime fundraising sentiment and social humor in Greensboro area press.
A brief item notes a garden producing several wells or water sources after a recent night, with a remark that greens are loved. The quaint community moment reflects local charm from the Hickory Record.
A Rochester Herald report notes a little lady was carried from an Irish mass meeting at Cooper Union by nine policemen. The incident is described with a hint of satire on the crowd and authorities.
A Washington Post quip notes that inspecting a garden with a spy glass makes one wary of using a back yard plot as a training camp for a flock of hens. The satire ties household plots to national duty and poultry care.
In Manchester the First district campaign ends with Sherman F. Burroughs Republican and Patrick H. Sullivan Democrat entering a close race to fill the late Cyrus Sullloway’s seat. War issues dominate the contest as voters await tomorrow’s election with high interest.
In Portland Oregon a Pacific Coast conference of shipbuilders and workers aims to finalize a wage dispute agreement to prevent interference with the government shipbuilding program. After early year strikes at two Portland yards, local wages rose and coastal levels were believed near parity. Seattle yard raises prompted talks to standardize the scale across the coast. George Lister the Brown's star is noted for strong performance this past year.
The mayor urges restraint on a torchlight procession and urges focused support for national service. He calls for prayer and civic duty to ensure all eligible young men register under the draft law, asking factory and mill superintendents to inform employees.
The English school of Nicosia defeated the American school at Larnaca by 30 to 27 to win the challenge cup presented by Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams. The annual spring meet determined the outcome with the English taking the cup for Cyprus.
Daily Sunday trains depart High Point and Thomasville with stops at Gordontown and High Rock. Schedule lists arrival and departure times for No 21 22 and 27 lines with multiple fractional minutes and unnamed minor stops.
The document lists northbound and southbound Southern Railway trains serving High Point with departure and arrival times. It notes No. 1A leaves, No. 141, 143, 135, 135 Sunday only, No. 142 arrives 7:05 am, No. 136 arrives 12:20 pm, No. 134 arrives 6:45 pm.
An old newspaper notice shows office hours for fitting glasses at the Bank of Commerce located in rooms 402 404 and 408 with times from midnight to 1 pm and a contact telephone number 675.
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