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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1917
Page
6
Prominent banker J Elwood Cox predicts the second Liberty Loan will be oversubscribed by Sunday or Monday and urges maximum support. He says bonds are safe and will fetch premiums, arguing lives vs dollars in wartime, and notes Commercial National Bank’s large allotment while other subscriptions pour in.
Bertram Bros of Green Bay Wisconsin report using Foley's Honey and Tar and recommend it for cough and cold relief. The notice claims it eases croup opens air passages and aids relief in northern weather conditions. Mann Drug Co. distributes the remedy.
Col A R Wheeler spoke during shop talk on Sunday about a Saturday auction at 2 pm for prime Cawood Court lots. R L England of Greensboro will handle sales with liberal terms: 25 percent cash, 25 percent in 12 months, remainder as patient buyers wish. Title arranged when halfway paid to enable building and loan financing.
In a wartime case, the Paris paper Rougé allegedly dodged censorship by releasing two final editions. One edition contained required deletions while the other carried prohibited articles, secretly shipped to the front and distributed to soldiers. Director Duval faces arrest over alleged payment of 300,000 francs from banker Marx of Mannheim in 1916.
General Pershing’s cable from France praises the YMCA for aiding soldiers and supports home fund raising of 1500000 for southeastern states during November. The drive targets 335000000 for war work with state campaigns led by named executives across Alabama Florida Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and more. The funds back welfare, entertainment, and morale services for troops in the U S and Europe.
In a French port the crew of an American warship adopted a mother and four children from a village near St Quentin whose home was burned and crops destroyed by Germans. The father was killed in battle. The ship’s crew raised funds and supplied clothing and luxuries while the family received steady support during the ship’s stay.
London reports wild gambling in small coasting vessels exempt from requisitioning. Vessels are bought and sold multiple times, with apparent values doubling or tripling. One cutter, bought for 5450 after grounding on the Irish coast, was sold for 1 500, yielding over 1 000 in profit plus coal value, then resold for 4 000 and finally bought for 7 000 within a month.
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