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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1916
Page
6
The National War Savings committee appeals Britons to skip meat one day a week to save a million pounds in two weeks. It notes Brits eat beef pork and bacon two or three times daily and urges non‑toilers to reduce meat with more fish beans peas and cheese.
New York reports show eggs bought in Indiana at 24 1 2 cents a dozen in June were sold in New York for 43 cents a dozen on November 18. Testimony before the Wicks legislative committee investigates food price levels. Some eggs remain in storage in New York.
An advertisement promotes Tollo Water from Dawson Springs Kentucky as a quick liver cleanse. It claims rich food clogs the liver causing jaundice headaches and fatigue, and recommends a third of a tumblerful in water before breakfast. Sold by J A Hart Drug Company and others.
Its cost is just a trifle more than you are now paying. Call the contract office and learn the exact rate. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Correspondence of Associated Press from London reports 3,219,000 British women employed outside homes during war, with 66,000 new workers added in two years and 766,000 replacing men. Women enter munition plants, transport, breweries, railways, farms, and offices, reshaping labor and suffrage prospects.
Twenty thousand miners in Alabama gain general wage increases announced by the Alabama Operators' association. The raise adds about $50,000 to monthly payrolls.
Tomorrow the armory hosts season openers with a boys game between High Point and Lexington followed by a girls contest. One admission covers both games. Teams coached by school staff featuring experienced players from Davidson prep for a strong start. Games start at 5 p.m. at the Washington street armory.
Thanksgiving services at the Friends Church in the Christian Endeavor union will be a sunrise prayer meeting Thursday at 7 a.m. After the service, Christian Endeavor members will distribute baskets to the city's poor.
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