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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
4
A terse report lists staff roles including managing editor and business manager with initials and abbreviated titles. No full names or dates are provided in the fragment.
The state board of health urges boiling drinking water and vaccination due to rising typhoid cases, especially in flood‑affected areas. Surface washings threaten wells and springs. home wash remains a key transmission route. Officials also advise cooking flooded vegetables and fruits and chlorinating polluted wells.
The Charlotte Observer explains a missing two-column report on Joe Cannon's Lakewood Park speech due to a press room elevator mishap during late production for New York explosion coverage. The paper rejects any deliberate suppression and notes all cities received full coverage except a few northbound editions.
The piece notes whispers of Hughes learning from Roosevelt and warns Democrats to curb Bryan campaign efforts for Wilson. It claims the Deutschland visit improved U S German sentiment beyond diplomacy and mentions disappointment over border violence. It also discusses Washington’s wet district status boosting congressional contenders.
The cotton market opened steady with declines of 4 to 10 points but soon rose as December touched 14.19 and January 14.20 after one hour. Prices for nearby contracts showed October at 13.95 December 14.14 January 14.27 March 14.40 and May 14.58.
Chicago on August 7 saw wheat prices weaken amid liberal selling after Liverpool claimed black rust damage in Canada remained unconfirmed. Opening bids slipped but recovered before ending still below prior levels with September around 1.3334 to 1.34 and December near 1.37% to 1.38.
Two freckled and red headed boys trade words as each is barred from playing by their mothers. The freckled boy quotes his mother calling the other a bad boy while the red headed boy replies that his mother also bans play and calls the freckled boy the worst in the neighborhood then asserts they are both regular fellers.
An advertising notice urges every family to keep Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy during hot summer months. It claims the product has no superior and is worth many times its cost, urging immediate purchase.
London July 22 the ministry of munitions has mobilized private firms into a national program turning out shells and weapons for 5 million troops. Dr Christopher Addison leads a vast enterprise expanding to 55 shell factories and 14 filling plants with 2 million workers including 800000 adults and hundreds of thousands of women. The effort consolidates tool makers distributors and employers across the country to deliver heavy shells and trench warfare munitions at unprecedented scale.
Berlin Aug 7 The German Oriental Correspondence Bureau reports heavy criticism from Turkish economists over Turkey’s new differential tariff. They fault sugar duties raising from 30 to 46 percent ad valorem meant to boost sugar beets, arguing climate favors cotton and that grains will suffer. They also target 20 to 60 percent duties on maize barley wheat and rice, warning high rates push low value crops and hurt quality. Industrial duties are seen as too few to protect nascent Turkish industries.
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