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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1916
Page
6
Baseball results from multiple cities show varied scores with rain interruptions and seven inning periods. Notable games include American League actions with Detroit over Philadelphia and Boston over Pittsburgh, plus Norfolk routing Newport News and Charleston edging Jacksonville.
In a set of abbreviated results, Buffalo defeated Richmond 16 to 9 in seven innings due to darkness. Toronto led 5 to 0 over Baltimore in a partial game, Providence and Rochester were tied 0 to 0 after five innings with darkness, and Newark Montreal faced rain interruption.
A traveler recalls watching dairy workers milk cows during a vacation and continuing to observe them with milk pails beyond the pump site.
Willis fears voter turnout may affect who wins this fall and asks Gillis what would happen if no one votes. Willis wants to know which candidate would be elected without participation.
London reports fame for the inventor of the steel helmet credited with saving thousands of British lives in recent western front offensives. Officers and soldiers describe bullets and shrapnel striking the helmet yet leaving wearers alive, with many wounded but spared worse injuries and ready to return to duty.
Rome reports a papal ship named the Nuncius sails the seas for the first time since 1870 when popes lost Rome. It carries Manager Vassallo di Torregrossa to Argentina as Apostolic Internuncio, with immunity from beligerent powers and neutrality observed. Vatican officials call it a wartime necessity and a potential new papal policy.
A furloughed soldier recalls trench rats reacting to German poison gas, becoming uneasy and signaling approaching gas as a defense aid for Allied troops.
Two years ago Miss Emma Verburyke of Lima Ohio suffered frequent stomach trouble and biliousness. She could eat little and became dizzy and sick at times. After taking Chamberlains Tablets she improved rapidly and recommends them as obtainable everywhere.
The message argues that keeping a full cold storage with ARCTIC ICE lowers ice costs compared to using smaller quantities. It emphasizes steady supply to reduce unit price and urges readers to maintain a continuous storage.
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