Keep Your Step The Better The Day The Deed War Call
A wartime exhortation urges clergy and laity to support the war effort daily including Sundays. It defends free expression by preachers, emphasizes buying Liberty bonds and thrift stamps, and stresses unified effort to supply troops. Dr Newell Dwight Hillis cited for witness to war's horrors.
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W. H. Nagdale
Moses
God
Prcsic
Kaie
S R. G
Newell Dwight. Hillis
Plymouth Church
Belgium
France
Allied Powers Make Small Gains as British Retake Key Positions
Reports from the front say British forces hold all Tuesday positions and recapture strategic points, yet parts of the regained ground are again yielded to Germany’s greater numbers. Allied forces still have ample artillery and ammunition but suffer from manpower shortages.
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Germany
Annual Meeting of Mer Coats Merchants Association Reelects Leaders
The merchants at their annual meeting Tuesday night reelected President Gilbert W. Clark, vice-president E. M. Allen, and treasurer E. A. Hatcher to their offices. Directors named were T. J. Steed, W. W. Idol, J. R. Welch, W. D. Poor, David Harris, W. H. Gurley, A. Robinson, E. C. Dowd, and W. A. Ring. Clark reported on activities and the treasurer said the association’s finances are sound. Clark urged members to invest liberally in government securities.
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Gilbert W. Clark
E. M. Allen
E. A. Hatcher
T. J. Steed
W. W. Idol
J. R. Welch
W. D. Poor
David Harris
W. H. Gurley
A. Robinson
E. C. Dowd
W. A. Ring
Clark
Merchants’ Association
The Woman and TheeReas Five Act Spectacle At Rose Theatre
The unusual five act thriller with thrills and romance plays at the Rose theatre Friday. See the circus lions escape and a child leaping from a cliff as the circus comes to town. Also on Monday the spy epic The Eagle's Eye returns as another big hit of the year.
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Rose Theatre
Keep in Step War Propaganda Urges Duty and Vengeance
A wartime exhortation asserts vengeance is needed and calls for unwavering daily effort against the German threat. It condemns pro German sentiment, urges constant readiness, and warns that soldiers in trenches will not pause for Sunday observance. The piece stresses duty, discipline, and morale to defeat the Kaiser.
High Pointers plan trip for patriotic rally and local notes
The High Pointers head to Asheboro Sunday for a patriotic rally with a large crowd. W G Brokaw, owner of Fairview Lodge, plans to spend more time at his country estate after reclaiming it. Bankers’ meeting in Richmond draws J Elwood Cox. A free stereoptical lecture on reconstructing devastated France at Friends' church tonight. Two negroes seen at South Main street school. desks rifled, only a few cents and two baseballs missing. Filing notices of candidacy to expire Saturday night. James Harold, 5 months, died. funeral at Street Baptist. W S French, 61, dies on Howell street. funeral at Mechanicsville Baptist. Read note on W A Gattis Foster's article from last issue. Hen and pallet order expires tomorrow night. Time column by W H Dugdale on Time and How We Apply It.
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Asheboro
W. G. Brokaw
Fairview
France
Friends’ Church
South Main Street
A. A. Taylor
James Harold
J. Grover Everhart
Saturdes Park Street
Wall Street
W. A. Gattis Foster
Liberty Loan Sunday Appeals Ministers and Governor Speaker
Secre tary McAdoo designates Liberty Loan Sunday with ministers urged to preach a special sermon and Governor Bickett to speak that afternoon at the auditorium. A Kentucky farmer writes the food administration offering wheat surplus for substitution and aid to the war effort while his family cuts wheat flour use. Patriot groups organize for immediate Liberty Loan action. FOR SALE Good gentle family horse and buggy. 1821 H. H. Culler awarded $500 damages against Highland Cotton Mills. verdict set aside for insufficient evidence of negligence.
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Liberty Loan
McAdoo
Bickett
North Carolina
Henry Page
Kentucky
United States Food Administration
The
Food Administration
Liberty Loan Drive
W.D. Simmons
City
H. H. Culler
Highland Cotton Mills
Adams
Advertisers Promoting Latest Fashion and Deals
Lashmit offers style comfort and service in shoes in an ad. Atlantic Store, Inc reports record sales in business history. Moffitt Furnishings highlights new silk skirts and waists. Beavans' shows a week of new items. Bard's Department Store runs a page ad filled with values across lines, urging readers to stay in touch.
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Lashmit
Ad. Atlantic Store, Inc
Ad. Moffitt Furnishing Co
Beavans
Bard’s Department Store
Patriotic Songs at Rally Highlight Unity and War Effort
A Sunday event will feature patriotic songs including Carolina, My North State and The Star Spangled Banner. The program urges support for Uncle Sam, Liberty Bonds, and national unity, with calls to contribute to the war effort and honor American ideals. The medley references Over There and other era anthems to boost morale and enlistment spirit.
Wilson Motor Co Surfers Fire Loss
A fire at Wilson Motor Co. upstairs about 9 40 last night caused extensive damage to the workshop on the second floor and 32 of about 40 autos stored there were badly damaged. Losses are limited by insurance with owners bearing potential uninsured car losses. firemen contained damage to a relatively small total.
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Wilson Motor Co
Wilson
Wiley's hawk and owl capture record set in Freeman Mill
D S Wiley dominates the field as top hawk and owl catcher. Since August first he has trapped 16 hawks and 2 owls in a steel trap on a pole. Wiley resides in the Freeman Mill neighborhood. Next.
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D. S. Wiley
Mr. Wiley
Freeman Mill
New Visiting Nurse for High Point
Miss Mary Walker of Winston Salem is named the new district nurse for High Point succeeding Miss Bert Nichols who resigned to join Dr. J. W. Long hospital unit. Walker comes highly recommended and High Point expresses gratitude for Nichols work.
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Mary Walker
Winston Salem
High Point
Bert Nichols
J. W. Long
Miss Walker
Miss Nichols
Benefit Recital by High Point Orchestra at Jamestown High
The High Point Orchestra will give a recital Friday night at Jamestown High School for the benefit of the school fund. All cordially invited and urged to attend and support the cause.
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High Point
Jamestown High School
Weigh and Measure Babies Learn Guilford County Program
The Guilford County Child Welfare chairmen named for city townships begin work at once with a countywide weighing and measuring test for children five years and under. Mrs. Fred P. Ingram chairs High Point.
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Woman's Committee of the National Defense
Guilford County
Fred P. Ingram
High Point
Come Across and the Kaiser War Chorus Rally
A wartime verse extols US effort to defeat Germany with a flood of gold and resolve, pledging to “come across again” as troops fight in trenches and oceans. It closes noting former Representative Carter Dalton will not seek reelection and T. J. Gold is named as potential successor.
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U.S. A
Rhine
Carter Dalton
House
T. J. Gold
Mr. Dalton
Dangerous man at large accused of disloyal propaganda
A resident named Grogan has spent over a year in the community spreading anti government propaganda. He was briefly arrested for insufficient evidence, then released. With no visible income yet ample funds, he aided the poor and pushed disloyal ideas under various schemes before fleeing after a warrant was sworn. Authorities urge communities to act to stop such propaganda.
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Grogan
United States
Patriotism Prominently Portrayed Meeting at Auditorium
The next patriotic gathering is set for Sunday at 2:30 PM in the auditorium with Governor Thos. W. Bicketc as speaker. Hosted by the local Liberty Loan group, the Governor plans to address Jamestown around 4:30, as the High Plain orchestra provides music for the event.
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Thos. W. Bicketc
Liberty Loan Organization
Jamestown
Imats
Paper Box Factory to Open in City
The Parker Paper and Twine Company plan to begin manufacturing paper boxes soon, a long needed local enterprise.
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Parker Paper and Twine &Co
Price Reporters Appointed for High Point Food Office
Local Food Administrator Carter Dalton designates Mrs. Chas. F. Long and Mrs. W. P. Brooks as price reporters for High Point. They will gather prices charged by merchants and dealers and forward weekly data to the food administration in Washington.
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Carter Dalton
Chas. F. Long
W. P. Brooks
High Point
Food Administration
Washington
Brockett Adjudged Bankrupt in Greensboro Court
Robert Brockett of High Point was adjudged a bankrupt by a district court in Greensboro on a voluntary petition. A well known county figure, he ran a wholesale feed business and supplied other goods from his High Point establishment, with ties to local political life.
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Robert Brockett
High Point
District Court of the United States
Greensboro
Brockett
News
Watch Your Step by W H Dugdale Stirs Patriotism
This week W H Dugdale presents Watch Your Step a column filled with practical counsel and strong patriotic sentiment. The piece is praised as part of a series whose value and tone are consistently commended by readers.
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W. H. Dugdale
Old Shoes Repaired and Deliveries at Broad Street
An ad notes repair service at 110 West Broad Street promising high grade American work with pickup and delivery or while-you-wait service. Card offers 10c off each dollar. Manager J. W. Pascual, phone 585. Also mentions a religious census with High Point whites at 10,592 and 422 affiliated with the bar. Moose lodge subscribes $100 to the Liberty fund Tuesday night.
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West Broad Street
J. W. Pascual
Mgr
High Point
Lodge of Moose
Liberty Fund
Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman Review Notice
Public notice from Review Office listing Paul A. Stamey as agent for this week’s Satur Evening Post and Country Gentleman publication.
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Satur Evening Post
Paul A. Stamey
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Mer Coats
W. S. French
Howell Street
Mechanicsville Baptist Church
Old North State
Carolina
Heaven
Sam
Uncle Sam
Sammy
America
Ocean
Sammie
Price Reporters
Pap
Son
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