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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
4
Ingh Point Michigan publication details appear under second class matter. The Enterprise is mailed in the city by carrier for 10 cents per week. Subscribers should notify the circulation department if not delivered on time.
The New York World decries the Hylan victory as a sign of Tammany Hall and Bolshevik influence merging to threaten democracy. It calls the city to beware corruption, urging citizens to heed warnings of moral disarray and warn of a long four year spell under Tammany and its allies.
George TH Maxwell, head of the Neuers Reclamation association, argues for vigorous production alongside savings. He urges embankments, contour plowing, irrigation, and winter crops for 1918, plus a Farm Service Corps and farm training to mobilize youth. He says production could rise 20 to 40 percent if needed.
North Carolina public laws require county road commissions to erect durable guideposts at major highway crossings with inscribed directions within six months of enactment. The piece notes lax county compliance, urges state officials to press counties, and cites dangerous road holes, citing the Raleigh Greensboro route as an example.
The Winston-Salem Sentinel notes critics doubt the need for food conservation, citing sweeping shortages across wheat and corn. It highlights figures showing multi-year deficits, population growth, and reduced livestock, urging readers to study the data and increase conservation efforts to avert a serious shortage.
Washington Navy yard notes the Gas and Flame Service Corps seeks volunteers aged 18 to 46 with skills in chemistry gas engineering plumbing electrical work pipefitting interpreting mechanics and related trades. The group calls for muscular quick thinking resolute men for pioneer soldier service and promises early service.
Inquest into Lieut. Bishpahm's death found he was making his second solo flight when killed. Relatives are reported living in the United States.
The association of managers and editors of Petrograd daily newspapers warns readers that the press may face a critical condition soon due to rising material and labor costs, worn machinery, and a strike in paper mills.
Austrian authorities forbid all Swiss newspapers from entering Austria and block Austrian papers sent abroad except Vienna editions under strict military control. The measure affects German language Swiss papers and limits distribution of Austrian press to foreign destinations.
Judge Jd Handley dismissed all contempt charges against Dr Douglas Freeman editor Walter Addison senator Walter Addison and John Mitchell lawyer of Richmond plus W G Lancaster Farmville attorney. The men argued their remarks about press license during the Aubrey Barrett murder case proceedings in Charlotte courthouse.
Statesville reports Collector A D Watts warning tobacco taxpayers to file returns and pay taxes promptly under the war revenue act. Many liable on October 4 remain unpaid or unfiled, prompting bond or payment required with the return.
Advertises Qban hair products including Qban Hair Tonic Qban Liquid Shampoo and Qban Soap as a safe easy solution to restore dark lifelike hair color. Claims gradual even results and deters detection with guaranteed harmlessness. Sold by J A Hart Drug Co and other drug stores with a depilatory also offered.
It is claimed the TRYQ-BAN Hair Color Restorer brings benefit to the American family that signs the food administration pledge. The notice emphasizes consumer gain and national support for the pledge amid wartime restraint.
A Detroit reader, L. W. Day of 65 Campbell Ave E, praises Foley's Honey and Tar for quickly relieving bronchitis and coughs. The message touts time tested relief and urges readers to obtain the vermin remedy from Mann Drug Co.
Rio Janeiro November 8 the chamber of deputies adopted all measures urged by President Braz as reprisals against German aggression. The package includes a state of siege, cancellation of German public works contracts, prohibition of new German land concessions, transfer limits on German properties, and control of German banks and firms. General Silva Faro to be appointed military governor of Rio Janeiro.
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