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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1916

Page

8

Bride-10-BE Fled as Shells Fell on Verdun

Verdun France April 25 The Verdun mayor and seven municipal officials sheltered in town hall cellars amid bombardment. A railway worker mobilized in Vosges sought to marry. he had provisions for a wedding feast but his fiancee had fled. The mayor recounted the tale of the would be groom sharing wine and food with officials for three days as shells fell.

Verdun France Vosges

Club Week Promises Styles and Auto Deals in High Point

Atlantic Sales closes its display sale as club week nears. Allen Brothers showcase evening gowns coats and dresses while High Point Motor Company warns of limited car supply with a growing waiting list. Col Ford of High Point Floral urges flower orders and Col Fetter from Greensboro drums up business amid Guilford politics and big insurance talk.

Allen Brothers High Point Motor Company Wilson Col. Ford The High Point Floral Company A. W. Fetter Greensboro Fetter Col. Fetter Guilford

Japan Signally Honors An American Bishop

Bishop Merriman Harris, head of the American Methodist Episcopal mission in Korea, is honored in Japan before leaving for the United States. Emperor Yoshihito’s envoy awards the second order of the Sacred Treasure while officials and dignitaries praise his decades of work. A Kamakura residence offer is hinted if he returns to live in Japan.

Tokio Merriman Harris Korea Japan United States American Methodist Episcopal Mission Kamakura-by-the-sea Baron Ishii George W. Guthrie

Inside bathing for health and cleanliness

A health guide advocates drinking a glass of hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to “wash” poisons from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels before breakfast. It claims benefits include clearer skin better breath and relief from bilious symptoms and constipation.

Washington Club Man a High Point Visitor

Col Arthur E Randle a Washington club man who winters in Aiken spent a brief visit in High Point on Saturday. He left his auto in care of D Bones and continued by rail to Washington. Randle is noted for outdoor life and polo and golf promotion in Aiken.

Arthur E. Randle Washington D. C Aiken D. Bones Col. Randle John Jacob Astor Marshall Field W. Hoppin Randle High Point

Hemorrhages from Shell Explosions Rise in French Army

Paris reports an increase in hemorrhages caused by shell blasts as artillery fire peaks. Dr Leon Binet notes that compression or depression of air from explosions leads to pulmonary bleeding, with cases ranging from immediate fatality to temporary discomfiture, sometimes with no external wounds.

Paris Monsieur Leon Binet Monsieur Brnet

Methodist District Conference Opens Here Wednesday Night

Dr J H W Weaver of Greensboro will preside as the evangelistic revival opens at the South Main street Methodist church Wednesday night. The Guilford Randolph and Rockingham district includes 80 churches and 125 expected attendees. The conference continues through Saturday with sermons to launch ten days or more of revival services.

J. H W. Weaver Greensboro Methodist District South Main Street Methodist Church Guilford Randolph Rockingham Dr. Weaver

Punjab Aeroplane Fund Closes With 96000 Pound Total

The Punjab aero plane fund raised in Calcutta for supplying aircraft to the British army has closed at 96000 pounds. The sum will fund 48 armored aeroplanes.

Calcutta Punjab

Bondsman Requests Relief in Court Over Bond Forfeiture

Arthur Holmes pleaded guilty to indecent exposure in recorder's court and was fined five dollars and costs with drunkenness cited as the defense. The case against Will Gather for breach of the peace was continued to Wednesday as bondsman P W Kirkman petitions to relieve himself of a one hundred dollar forfeited bond for Williams who fled. Kirkman says he searched at a cost of fifty dollars and failed to locate Williams and should not bear the loss.

Arthur Williams P. W. Kirkman Wolson Williams Kirkman Wilson Recorder’s Court

Fragmentary OCR Note Notes Brief Readings

The readable fragments show repeated references to unspecified people and actions. No clear event, names, dates, or places emerge to form a concrete news item or summary. Further legible text is required to identify facts and compose a proper record.

White Frost Four Delivers Consistent Baking Reliability

The passage praises White Frost four as always reliable and satisfying for baking. It asserts that those who use it once will never switch to another product.

Trade at Home for White Frost Flour and Butter

The White Frost brands are presented as the highest standard of excellence, economical and uniformly high in quality. The flour is praised as the best by every test, making bread that is wholesome, toothsome, and delicious.

White Frost flour praised as family par excellence

An advertisement extols White Frost bread flour as unequal for white wholesome loaves. It claims economical use, superior results, and uniformly high quality, positioning White Frost as the best value on the market.

Milling principle and White Frost flour appeal

The note outlines three principles for mill products: first, good wheat. second, good milling. and third, fair prices for the best. It invites readers to place orders for White Frost flour, emphasizing quality and value.

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Atlantic Sales Company Washington Club St. Paul Methodist District Conference Punjab Aeroplane Fund Bondsman Court Arthur Holmes Will Gather High Point Milling Co Point Milling Co. Flour Carol Wachovia CNR Lnorth Carolina Po Nt Westcott Roberson W. C. Idol HART Drug Company the Bank of the Commercial National Bank N. C North Carolina Federal Reserve Bank O. E. Kearns J. H. Adams A. M. Rankin H. A. Millis G. A. Pollock, JR
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