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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1917
Page
4
A collection of 1917 era clippings notes public fuss over the Means-King affair at Concord, wartime shouts about bread and wheat prices, politics, and distant stirring world events. It mentions Secretary Baker in Charlotte, Hindenburg’s birthday remarks, and prompts to cut Sunday dinners to aid food conservation during the war.
A reader questions why the Southern station bulletin board shows varying times for train No. 45. The notes claim the train was on time at 1 o clock then 1 10 and again near 2 o clock, suggesting inconsistent updates between Greensboro and High Point.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger correspondent denounces machine knitting as soulless and briefer work. He argues hand knitting by Susie yields better items and urges replacing domestic tasks with factory labor, while praising handmade socks for warmth and care.
A voluntary committee of American poets aims to raise $100,000 by October 1 to buy 50 ambulances in Milan at $2,000 each. The plan, backed by donors like Mrs James F E Stone, seeks funds from literary figures, clubs, churches, colleges, and chambers of commerce to aid Italian allies in World War I. The committee lists Henry Van Dyke as honorary chairman and Robert Underwood Johnson as chairman among others.
A stranger claiming to be a salesman faced a serious charge after entering a private Greenville home. A woman fired when he refused to leave, the shot missing as the man fled and was later arrested at a hotel. Offense attributed to a mistaken entry.
A carelessly thrown match sparked a blaze in West Nashville destroying the Gulf Refining Company of Louisiana plant including warehouse and offices and 14 nearby houses. A still wind hindered firefighting efforts as the residential area faced potential total loss.
Former backers of United States Senator Robert M. LaFollette hung an effigy bearing his name from a bridge rail near Sheboygan Wisconsin. The sheriff later cut it down. The piece mocks LaFollette amid a broader critique of political obstinacy and postal cost concerns.
Danville Virginia October 6 contending that new crucial evidence has been found in the Gooch case attorneys for Miers Vacqaret Radcuire Gooch given 20 days to file a petition with the federal court in Richmond. Mrs. Gooch widow of Wayne H Gooch wealthy distiller of Clarksville Virginia seeks to overturn a prenuptial income restriction tied to her late husband's estate.
Greenville reports September tobacco sales at 531,752 pounds for an average of 28.28 per hundred. August and September totals reach 10,784,604 pounds, over 2,750,000 pounds above last year and over 4,000,000 over 1915. Pitt county markets exceed 5,000,000 pounds outside Greenville. Farmers bring tobacco to market with strong earnings amid wartime prosperity.
Graham October 6 Miss Frances Moore entertained her club the Left Overs Friday night guests brought sewing or knitting bags and shared conversation. Miss Olivera Cox and Miss Rebecca Scott provided music. A delightful ice course was served. Attending were Rebecca Scott Helen Brown Minnie Lane Blanche Scott Josephine Thomas Mary Weeks Adelaide Morrow Dora Cook Olivera Cox and Mabel Moore. Jog mascot on incoming ship fled after venturing on deck during the hurricane and wind did the rest.
A customer testimonial from B. H Stone of Reading Pennsylvania praises Foley Kidney Pills for curing backache rheumatic pains and swollen joints after months of illness. He notes he could not attend to business and credits the pills with restoring his health.
The county board of education defers the compulsory school attendance clause from October 15 to November 1 to aid farm crop gathering. KY Smith buys the J. F. Adams store. Leaksville stores on Washington street and others on the Boulevard suffer burglaries. cash drawers taken. A report notes English spoken in Paris via telephone as war limit eases for Americans. An alligator in Pittsburgh was captured after a sewer worker met it in a manhole.
The annual meeting for stockholders of the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association will be held in the director's room at Commercial National Bank on Monday night October 29 at 7.50 PM. WY A J Idol, Sec Treas. September 29, 1917.
In a northern climate Foley Honey and Tar is praised as a reliable cough and cold remedy. The Bertram Brothers of Green Bay Wisconsin report use of the product for relief of croup open air passages and easing difficult breathing. Mann Drug Co endorses its effectiveness.
There is more catarrh in this section than other diseases and deemed incurable by local doctors. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo is advertised as a constitutional internal remedy that cures via the blood. A $100 reward promises return if it fails, with circulars and testimonials offered. Hall's Family Pills for constipation are also mentioned.
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