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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
8
Massachusetts implements a new fishing license requiring aliens to own at least 500 pounds in property to fish in state waters. The article cites about 100,000 aliens in the state, with 25 percent described as devoted fishermen, as officials say citizenship may help them pursue outdoor pursuits.
Home economy guidance from the U S department of agriculture urges reducing sugar use and leveraging substitutes like molasses corn syrup and honey. Instructions include chocolate cake and cookies with minimal sugar, plus gingerbread and autumn desserts, referencing wartime bread and cake adaptations.
The Castle, the paper produced by military prisoners at Governors Island, is discontinued by a war department order. Since 1915 it has cheered about three hundred inmates, rising to nine hundred during the war, and was edited and distributed by the prisoners themselves. Lack of funds cited as the reason for suspension.
Portland Oregon October 17 Ens ley W W Chamberlain a farm hand near the city attempted to enlist in the Marine Corps but was found unfit due to a medical condition described as a horizon tal heart. The heart is reported to extend across his body to the right of the chest and beats violently after exertion. Chamberlain came to Oregon from Rockford Ti.
London reports experts expect the Norfolk district to become a bustling industrial hub like Pittsburgh as renewals of wartime oil experiments reveal shale deposits likely to exceed 200 million tons, signaling a major regional energy boom.
The Universal of Mexico City notes that nearly all advertising entering Mexico from this country promotes patent medicines, explaining the observed market pattern and shedding light on regional commercial practices.
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