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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1917
Page
7
State fire prevention advice urges housewives and domestic workers to adopt the Be Careful habit. It warns that home accidents kill thousands yearly and offers rules: never use coal oil to start a fire, keep matches away from children, don’t leave candles near curtains, attend to small injuries, avoid going down stairs backward, and always follow Safety First principles.
Insurance Commissioner James R Young urged city and town leaders to improve building permits enforcement fire inspection and electrical safety. He offered expert reviews of apparatus and drills for fire departments and called for stricter trash cleanup enforcement with warrants for repeat violators. He urged cooperation on water supply fire alarm systems building ordinances and overall municipal safety.
A large turnout of electrical contractors inspectors and firemen attended the Wilmington institutes August 18–19 under the State Insurance Department. The sessions covered fire prevention from both electrical and firefighting perspectives with talks by H B Borgelle and A M Schoen. The department plans future institutes and screened prevention films for attendees in the local theatre.
An Vienna dispatch reports Abbas Hilmi former khedive of Egypt has arrived in Vienna after leaving Switzerland and has been received by Emperor Charles.
The remark contrasts the dangers of at home gasoline cleaning with the peril of fighting in European trenches, implying limited safety options in wartime conditions.
Danville plans its first draft group as 95 men from the town depart for Camp Lee Petersburg. The unit is described as all white and includes twenty selectmen and a secretary.
A Raleigh cinema crowd of 800 remained orderly as insulation caught fire, filling the Strand Theatre with smoke. The incident, blamed on burning insulation, ended with the audience calmly exiting and the program continuing, noted by Raleigh Times editors as a testament to public training and courage.
A Fire Prevention Day message urges households and stores to remove rubbish heaps to prevent fires. It notes rubbish in basements attics or storerooms increases fire risk, endangers lives and can ruin homes or businesses. It marks Tuesday October 9 as Fire Prevention Day in North Carolina.
News from New Bern reports fishermen celebrate NC Fish Commission wartime fishing suspension and plan to invite Senator F M Simmons to speak at the Eastern Carolina fair about the war and the U S role. Federal agents warn against small scale illegal wine production and require tax payments or prosecution.
Petrograd report says the government led by Premier Kerensky and delegates from the democratic conference Moscow industrialists and constitutional democrats have been in talks since yesterday to shape a new government constitution. They reached broad agreement on most points with only dispute over the preliminary parliament and government accountability. Private deliberations followed before the joint session reconvened.
Russian scouts from the Caucasus army conducted a daring raid and captured General Count von Meyer, head of the German air service in the Black Sea district, according to an official announcement from Petrograd dated October 8.
A British cruiser stopped an outward bound Spanish steamer seven miles off the Montevideo coast. The vessel was held, likely to check if Count Karl von Luxemburg former German minister to Argentina who recently had his passports, was aboard.
The article notes that residents of Newcastle in England are referred to as Novocastrians, a demonym tied to the city’s historical name and identity.
New Haven Conn Oct S The New York New Haven and Hartford rail line announced beefless Tuesdays will run on all dining cars for the duration of the war. The company says it is cooperating with the government food administration in other ways.
Thirty three enemy aliens arrived at Fort Oglethorpe joining 90 others for a total of 123 inmates. This follows 4323 crew members from the German raider Prince Eitel Friedrich being moved to Fort McPherson. The government plans civilian aliens at Fort Oglethorpe while Atlanta's barracks house prisoners of war.
Miss Vines, long in charge of Edgecombe county home demonstration work, has been secured as the demonstration agent for Rocky Mount and nearby areas. She will leave her Edgecombe duties to devote full time to the Rocky Mount program in the surrounding territory.
The will of John Inge Pritchett, a Pittsylvania County farmer, was admitted to probate. It leaves his entire $150000 estate to his wife Louise Pritchett. The document was drafted ten years ago in the testator's handwriting.
Mrs. Anna Pelzer of 2926 Jefferson 51 So Omaha Nebraska writes that Foley's Honey and Tar cured her daughter's bad cold and that neighbors like Mrs. Benson used it for themselves and their families with many in the neighborhood praising it as a good remedy for coughs and colds. Mann Drug Co.
A. M. Humsucker of Bogue Chitto Mississippi reports relief from rheumatism kidney and bladder trouble and dizziness after using Foley Kidney Pills. He notes disordered kidneys cause pains in the back and joints and a tired languid feeling, attributed to the condition. Maun Drug Co.
Insurance Commissioner James R. Young urges statewide Fire Prevention Day on October 9 1917 and a full week of inspections to cut fire losses while Superintendent J Y Joyner calls on teachers to read proclamations and stress fire safety practices in schools to prevent future blazes and protect property and lives.
In Rocky Mount tonight Miss Maud Younger of California, a national suffrage advocate, will address a crowd on national woman suffrage. The talk is part of a series of suffrage addresses planned across the state.
A dried seed-pod in London’s South Kensington Museum yielded a seed that grew after 95 years. The report notes this remarkable longevity among seeds and adds that Uncle Sam possesses one fifth of all ...
An 19th century patent medicine claim promotes Ironized Paw-Paw as a cure for nervous weakness and anemia. It asserts rapid improvement in vitality and stomach strength for men and women, touting transformative health effects and lasting vigor.
John Deal of 17 Taylor Street Baltimore extols Ironized Paw-Paw as a mighty remedy for stomach and nerve troubles. He cites rapid relief after first dose, renewed appetite, improved digestion, and renewed vigor. Mann Drug Co sells the tonic with full formula and mail orders answered.
A lone narrator recalls reciting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem The Wreck of the Hesperus by the fireside during a violent storm. He stayed awake and finished the verses as the night progressed.
Public auction to offer about fifty North Hamilton street residence lots and a North Main street parcel fronting 200 feet plus a 19 acre farm two miles north near J W Guyer. Property to be sold on terms 14 cash with balance 1 2 3 years and 6 percent interest. other tract on cash plus 6 12 18 months. Auctioneers Penny Bros. executors L P Burns.
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