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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1916
Page
4
Nearly 2000 schools in many communities plan pageants and plays for Shakespeare’s 300th death anniversary with year long events. The Education Bureau and Drama League issue a bulletin offering celebration ideas and cross curricular links to literature music art and physical education.
Third ward boys at the city school opened a bank account from tomato plant sales to fund beautification of school grounds. Inspired by girls canning clubs, they grew plants for sale after exhausting other fundraisers, amassing a neat sum for the grounds.
New York trading opened lower as overnight European and Mexican developments unsettled investors. Mexican Petroleum slid 14 points while United States Steel fell 14 points on heavy volume. Bethlehem Steel bucked the trend, rising 9 points to 474 after recovering yesterday’s loss.
In New York on April 13 the cotton market showed an unsettled tone from scattered liquidations with opening bids steady to down 4 points. May slipped to 11.78 and July to 11.93, October 12.09 before prices steadied, with May 11.83 July 11.96 October 12.12 December 12.26 January 12.31.
Chicago April 13 report notes rain in Nebraska and Canadian wheat sales to Minneapolis weighing on prices. Opening quotes show declines and small advances, with May around 1.197 to 1.20 and July about 1.167, then a broad setback across the board.
Chicago April 13 Theodore Roosevelt will receive at least two Illinois votes at the Republican national convention. City Treasurer Charles H. Sergel and City Clerk John Siman won district delegate posts in the second and sixth districts, breaking the slate for 5S votes for Senator L. Y. Sherman. John M. Harlan lost for delegate at large. On the Democratic side Roger Sullivan leads with 45 of 58 delegates to St. Louis. Mayor Thompson loses wards in Chicago.
Washington reports from the Comptroller of the Currency show national banks in the United States have stronger resources and higher deposits as of March 7. Total resources reach 13.828 billion, deposits 10.79 billion, with substantial year to year gains in loans, profits, and reserves.
Douglas Ariz April 18 two alleged plots in behalf of Felix Diaz were disclosed by de facto Mexican officials from Agua Prieta Belisaro Garcia former town commissioner was arrested but expelled from Sonora and Alberto Garcia a former Vella colonel was arrested in Tucson Ariz authorities said an extradition attempt would be made the plots aimed to seize Agua Prieta Naco and Nogales.
Shipments of strawberries are expected to start Thursday of next week from this section with 900 to 1000 cars moving under refrigeration. The Chadbourne district is anticipated to produce about two thirds of the total.
A naval radio message from Guaymas Sonora reports several Americans killed or wounded in bandit raids. The United States ordered the cruiser Denver to San Blas to investigate and report back to Washington.
An OCR fragment lists train and travel tickets from High Point, N C to New Orleans and Lyttle Georgia for National events. It notes sale windows in April and March with final limits in late April and early May and provides contact details for W T Saunders and R H DeButts for more information.
The Christian Endeavor union presents Mrs Church's Baby tonight at the Methodist Protestant church with no admission fee but a silver offering for the union. The play traces the society's growth from its inception to now. previously at Friends church, it was well rendered. It will also be shown in Greensboro tomorrow night for 5c.
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