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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1916
Page
4
An April 4, 1916 column defends the U S Navy’s size and composition, noting 279 vessels including 14 dreadnoughts and the California class. It discusses battleship tonnage norms, suggests focus on ship design over sheer size, and critiques anti naval sentiment while touching on Roosevelt Taft era politics and party factions.
The Chinese ministry of communications seeks urgent funds to build a Peking to Jehol railway for defense against bandits in Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Surveyed but unfunded, the line could cost about 12.0 million Mexican dollars, with partial funding from existing railways and a short-term flotation.
New York trading opened with gains in war shares and major rails. Baldwin Locomotive New York Airbrake Studebaker Willis Overland led a broad advance while Mercantile Marine copper and industrial alcohol moved higher. rails lagged with some departures among ore and zinc issues.
In New York in April the cotton market opened steady with a minor decline to 1 point up from yesterday, May futures rose from 11.85 to 11.89, July advanced from 11.97 to 12.01, and October touched 12.09 as prices fluctuated irregularly through the morning while May 11.86 July 11.97 October 12.05 December 12.22 January 12.37 were listed.
An advertisement touts Ely's Cream Balm to clear nasal passages. It claims instant relief from stuffed nose, headaches, and mucous, with easy application in the nostrils and soothing effects on swollen membranes.
London reports the 1915 finance act raises income tax by 30 percent this year with a further 47 percent planned for the next year. The change narrows exemptions for small earners and requires all income, including abroad, to be taxed. Americans and Canadians in Britain face new reporting and US tax duties as naturalization of some residents increases.
Berlin reports scarce subscriptions to the fourth German war loan and calls for schoolchildren to boost efforts. Appeals target higher school pupils who earn money, asking them to subscribe more than last time. In Berlin 82,665 marks were raised by pupils in twenty institutions during the third loan.
Fragmentary timetable items list several No entries and times for Asheboro Branch journeys. Pairs like No. 141 at No. 107 and No. 135 at Asheboro appear with scattered daily times and p.m. hours, plus noted dead/section references.
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