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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1917
Page
4
A collage of witty lines and local curiosities from wartime America. Notes on taxation, German progress, and U S headlines mix with social quirks. Features on Hot Springs immigration flags, Gaston Means trial chatter, Liberty Loan tales, and Camp Greene language plans.
Dr George W Paschal notes a major British assault on Tuesday under General Byng. British tanks cleared wire and infantry pushed 32 miles, with five mile gains near Cambrai and heavy prisoner losses. Haig’s advance rivals four months of Somme fighting as Italy receives Allied reinforcements. The overall front looks brighter than months, despite Austria-German pressure elsewhere.
The 20 year old daughter of the former Czar escapes Siberia and plans a year or two in the United States. She is expected to dominate social life in New York this winter and spring and may attract marriage offers. The piece humorously suggests vaudeville circuits might court surviving Romanoffs.
A public note from Carlisle recalls Colonel W. T. Best challenging exaggerated press reports about German internees in Hot Springs. He says food is provided but not lavish, and urges curbing sensationalism to avoid further mischief. Emil Hauser, Carlisle football great, remains active in gridiron play with the team.
Milwaukee leader of the Socialists Emil Seidel faces a court hearing on charges of using language to provoke an assault and breach of the peace. He has a notable political history as Milwaukee's former mayor and a 1912 Socialist vice presidential candidate. The piece notes recent organizing efforts and speeches in Wisconsin towns. Also mentioned are Pitt football scoring streaks and a boxing purse offer for a Leonard Dunde fight.
Having qualified as executor of Annie Pitts on October 13 1917 this notice asks all claimants to present claims for payment within twelve months or be barred. All indebted parties must pay immediately. October 15 1917 J Elwood Cox Executor of Estate of Annie Pitts
London Nov. 26 government regulations in the leather trade have grown so complex that a leading manufacturer places a notice in the British Shag and Leather Record seeking a "superman" to read forms, marshal figures, and compute decimals with exactness. The applicant must possess Job's patience and the Pope's infallibility, judge quantities and values at sight, endure long shifts around the clock, with sleep and meals allowed after the war.
London reports the death of Professor Edward Tall Hull noted as the foremost geologist in the British Isles born 1820 in Ireland. He led a 1883 expedition to Arabia and Palestine with Lord Witchener as chief assistant. His later work included Atlantic bed studies and continental platform erosion.
Train timetables show Birmingham to New York 1 22 P M and New Orleans to New York 12 43 P M with southbound trips to Birmingham Augusta Richmond and Charlotte. High Point departures include No 141 at 8 15 A M and No 143 at 8 06 P M with No 107 at 1 15 P M daily.
Fragmentary timetable lists Winston departure at 7 30 a m and 10 00 a m with High Point Greensoro Line Ly and High Point Elwood Hotel for Greensboro 7 20 a m context.
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