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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1917
Page
5
A lyrical autumn meditation recalls the mute month and goldenrod while a stream of local notices lists residents visiting relatives, business travelers, and students in Greensboro, Chapel Hill, and Charlotte. The piece promotes the County Fair with acts and a Red Cross benefit.
The Philadelphia Record urges timely Christmas packages for nurses and soldiers abroad. It notes no official postal guidance yet but stresses no delay in gifts to those in active service and urges that the work be well underway by week’s end.
The address for Miss Edith Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs B E Moore is announced to avoid confusion. Miss Moore serves as a nurse with St Marys Guild Philadelphia Pa Hospital No 1 American Expeditionary Forces France. One corner of mail should bear Red Cross and the other O A 8 as sent.
Personal note says Joe Wineskie will depart this evening for Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and other destinations for a two month business trip.
Tom Grantham spent several hours in Greensboro last evening as a guest of friends. Mrs. C. C. Seawell and a party visited Greensboro yesterday afternoon to see Mr. Seawell. Miss Annie Belle Williams of Sanford is visiting Miss Stella Norman in the city.
Wanted upholsterers on parlor suites at Memphis Furniture Mfg. Co. Memphis Tenn. 9.11 3t. Earn 20 to 30 per week with steady work and address provided by employer.
Ladies interested in knitting urged to wait and secure their knitting bags at the Red Cross booth during Kinmess week. The Red Cross expects to realize a neat sum from the sale and welcomes donations of bags to be sold.
Petrograd reports that Russian troops moved against German forces near Segevold, 32 miles northeast of Riga. The so called death battalion is said to have defeated Teutons in several sectors and driven them southward.
In Maine a special election yielded a 2 to 1 defeat for woman suffrage. Early returns from 275 of 635 precincts show 11,161 yes and 22,296 no, with results centered on principal cities and assuming statewide parity.
Washington announces federal control of cotton seed by products after a conference of southern cotton seed crushing and refining firms. A national distributing committee will apportion the by products to districts and prevent hoarding.
London reports the war has produced many heroes. In three years Victoria crosses went to British Army members, but hundreds more have not received decorations. The difference lies in being questioned less, not in bravery.
Paris dispatch reports Lieutenant Raoul Lafbery of the Lafayette Flying Corps shooting down an enemy machine in a high altitude duel. He spotted his foe midair, exchanged shots for about two minutes above the German lines, then delivered a decisive shot.
London dateline reports thousands of drifting mines seen along Norway and Denmark west coasts. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen notes six children were killed Saturday when a mine washed ashore on the Juthind coast.
Reports from marine circles say the British freighter City of Corinth of 5870 tons gross, owned by Ellerman Lines, was sunk by a German submarine. The last known position had her leaving Vlado vostok for London before the loss was reported. The notice includes a separate advert for the County Fair with tickets and parade details.
An old style calomel remedy is replaced by Calotab. A single tablet at bedtime, with water, claims no taste no griping or nausea. Next morning the liver is cleaned and the system purified, restoring appetite and energy. Druggist refunds if not delighted. Sold in sealed packages.
W N Keener a former Lincolnton lawyer and former Charlotte Chronicle and Charlotte News staffer returns to journalism by joining the Wilmington Dispatch as chief censor and guide of news. He previously worked in High Point and at The Enterprise before shifting to writing duties.
R A Rich Jr of Trurg Center Cape Cod was arraigned in Boston on a charge of unlawfully operating a radio station. Government witnesses say the plant picked up messages related to government business. He pleaded not guilty and is held on $1000 bail for a September 17 hearing. Justice agents say Rich made no public use of the copied messages.
President Hoover urges wider use of cornmeal to stretch wheat supplies and notes its higher nutritive value per dollar compared with bread. He cites a four to one corn to wheat production ratio and calls cornmeal as good as wheat for food. The administration also promotes increased fish consumption with per capita figures for the U S and several nations.
For many years women have enjoyed the right of suffrage in some of the mos important localities in India.
The Women’s National Farm and Garden Association plans its annual meeting in Chicago next month marking a key organizational gathering with members from regional chapters attending.
About forty Chinese and Russian emigrants from America are detained in Harbin for seditious statements and efforts to incite anarchy. The detentions signal Petrograd's resolve to curb undesirables entering Russia.
Mortgagee E D Steele will sell Lot No 9 in Block C of the J N Campbell plot Moon Jand Guilford County. The sale is to satisfy debts on September 1 at 12 o'clock in front of the Bank of Commerce High Point North Carolina. Property includes a cottage and fronts East Street. Cash only. August 15 1917.
Miss Clara Boyd and Miss Eve Boyd will open a school of music in the former home of Mrs Frances Pickard on Broad street at an early date.
The shop highlights fast selling Hats with soft velvet varieties and new styles priced from 2.95 to 7.50. Sailor hats in Lyon's Velvet Silk Plush offered 2.95 to 5.00. Also featuring beautiful Ladies' Sweaters in fresh designs.
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