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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1917
Page
4
The column reflects holiday laziness with humorous musings on Thanksgiving and figures in politics and media. It notes newsprint price changes, Bolshevik peace talk, and a satirical look at the newspaper business and advertising, highlighting the balance between reporting and commerce in a midwestern newspaper.
An editorial reflects on Thanksgiving amid wartime, praising patriotism and liberty while contrasting past pilgrim courage with present challenges. It recounts collaborative efforts with Professor Taylor's amateur theater venture and notes the newspaper’s duty to promote its product and persuade readers to buy.
Statesville reports two Iredell men in the national army have died. James Alexander Cash of Jennings post office in this county succumbed to pneumonia at Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina. He was 27 and a twin brother of William Franklin Cash who also trained separately at Camp Jackson. Thomas Snow of New Hope township died at Camp Sevier and was buried near Harmony. Both brothers had rarely been apart before their military service.
A U S sailor H W Kurtz en route from New York to New Orleans was taken from a southbound train near Salisbury by officers after a rough house he allegedly started between Greensboro and Salisbury. He paid about $50 including school fund contribution and court costs and was allowed to continue.
Three Yadkin county men Vance Shore Martin White and Willard were taken into custody at a Quaker meeting in Yadkin County and transported to Camp Jackson Columbia D C by three deputy sheriffs. They had been ordered three times to appear for military service but did not respond, authorities say the Friends Church members reportedly advised them against serving. Willard allegedly attempted to draw a pistol at arrest but was stopped.
An old advertisement lists bulb prices and varieties including jonquils, golden spurce, poeticins, and tulips with sorted colors at 35¢ per dozen, double mixed at 35¢ per dozen, and hyacinths not arrived yet. Frank Ford signs the notice with phone 363 and date 11-28-21.
Mrs Effie I E Kleppe of Averill Minnesota reports three weeks at Fargo sanitarium for rheumatism and kidney trouble yielded no relief. After starting Foley Kidney Pills she gained immediate relief and completed the cure with a bottle. Mann Drug Co.
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