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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
2
A tale of jealousy and strain after a return home as Sybil and Landry navigate gossip, duty, and shifting affections. Harmony wavers through car rides and quiet confrontations as misunderstandings test their bond. The narrative recalls family ties, parental warnings, and the friction between personal desire and social scrutiny.
Cardiff celebrates returning soldiers with flags bunting and banners. Towns and coal village districts transform lamp posts into Venetian masts while allies flags flutter from windows. A great Welcome Home banner spans streets opposite homecoming houses. New York boxing fans recall Frawley era as Governor Dix signed a 1911 bill on July 25.
War notes reveal Norway mine trawlers have secured a thousand mines since hostilities began. British sailors on submarines earn two shillings daily extra. The Marquis of Downshire serves as a special police constable. Italian boys brigades grow from 60,000 to 120,000 and perform well at the front.
Ruth Clifford leads an all star cast in A Kentucky Cinderella at the Rose Theatre Friday. The Bluebird photoplays production adapts F Hopkinson Smith story with claim jumpers in a mining camp and a swift gun duel resolving the feud. The action shifts from Sierra Nevadas to Kentucky settings under director Rupert Julian.
Amsterdam reports a steady daily outflow of Dutch workers across the border for day jobs in German factories. In the evenings a return tide of hungry workers trades the contents of their dinner pails, despite frontier guards. In Heerenberg, 500 people were convicted of smuggling in three weeks.
Governor Charles S. Whitman urged deepening the Hudson River to allow deep sea craft to sail between New York and Albany, a 150 mile route, arguing it would double tonnage once the barge canal is completed. He cited annual 14,000,000 tons moved by rail and said a New York Albany waterway is feasible with minimal dredging and year round navigation. The canal system has moved vast freight at great savings and time, aiding domestic commerce and world trade.
The timetable lists train arrival and departure times for stations shown but notes that these times are not guaranteed. The notice concerns the railroad schedule and the reliability disclaimer for travelers and shippers.
London dispatch notes the Russian rouble’s collapse after the Maximatist coup. Inflation soars as prices and wages rise. shells cost far more than contract figures, with exchanges reaching 380 roubles per pound sterling and daily paper money output surging to about 100 million roubles.
Washington November 29 Fuel Administrator Garfield asked for a general priority order to give coal and coke shipments the right of way over other freight. The move aims to relieve a nationwide fuel shortage worsened by cold weather and slower railway traffic.
Naval reserves will man all U S ships carrying troops and supplies to avoid civilian crew aboard vessels built for war work. The program, developed by Secretary Daniels and the shipping board, will admit officers and men from merchant craft to serve aboard these vessels.
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