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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1916
Page
2
J D Blankenship credits Tanlac with a 32 pound gain after three bottles and relief from long lasting pains. He notes improved appetite and sleep and cites his county road work record as public highway service. EF H Drum endorses Tanlac for its wide merit. Hart Drug Co sells it in High Point.
London reports the British captured Felahie in Mesopotamia after a sequence of assaults by the Tigris corps under Lieut. Gen. Sir George F. Gorringe. After initial advances to within 100 yards, the Thirteenth division seized the first and second lines and then the fourth and fifth. The right bank division repelled a strong Turkish counterattack as Felahie was consolidated.
For the first time in modern Rome there are enough houses for its 600,000 residents. Over twelve years Rome added 106,500 people and 1,587 rooms at a cost of about 12 million. Two men, former Mayor Nathan and ex-Premier Luzzatti, led tax and zoning measures to boost new homes.
Mrs Angle Williams and A J Abrams were arrested in El Paso after Pablo Sianez, a former Villa general with a record of at least 18 murders, was found in the attic of their house. All three were held for investigation.
Mechanicsville school lists its March honor roll with seventh graders Jennings Swaim Frances Smith Allene Kelley and Rosa Mae Ingram. Eighth graders Ida Guyer Mary Davis Dale Montgomery Beeson Smith and Sherman Swaim are also named.
Atlanta April 7 announcement that J B Hockaday and W S McFarland were elected directors of the Southern Express Co. Hockaday began as an office boy in Fayetteville NC and rose to general manager with Atlanta HQ. McFarland started as a Birmingham clerk and rose to general superintendent before becoming general manager in Birmingham. Four directors retire: George W Sherer Frank D Sullivan Ernest Pope M Sadler.
W H Humphries an aged grocer was clubbed to death yesterday in his Lisbon store. This was the seventeenth murder in Dallas county since December. Mrs Berisha Crowe, daughter of the merchant, was found unconscious and badly beaten near the body. her condition is critical.
Advices from Mazatlan via Southern Pacific offices report that three United States citizens and one Spaniard were killed Wednesday by Mexican bandits nine miles south of Rosario in Sinaloa Mexico.
Indigestion disturbs sleep and causes insomnia. Eat a light supper with little meat and no milk. Take one Champlain's Tablet immediately after supper and see if you rest better. Obtainable everywhere. adv.
An old home remedy for gray hair is promoted as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound. The ad claims it darkens hair naturally, evenly, and quickly when applied with a sponge or brush, making users look younger. It stresses cosmetic use, not medical cure.
Madrid via Paris on April 7 reports the Spanish cabinet will instruct the ambassador in Berlin to seek a German explanation for the sinking of the Spanish steamer Vivo and to define Germanys policy toward neutral rights in the matter.
The document records a closing date of business for High Point as of March 7 1916. It lists no further details on parties, actions, or context within the readable text.
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