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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1916
Page
4
The snippet names W. N. Keener as editor and J. P. Rawley as business manager, noting their leadership positions in the newspaper staff.
An editorial urges High Point voters to support a street improvement bond on March 7. It argues progress compares with other North Carolina cities, warns of foreign influence, and states bonds won’t raise taxes while enabling wider participation in streets via petitions.
The Stagnators of the Boy Scouts of America met at Hal Reynolds’s home on Steele Street. A debate on the resolution money causes more crime than poverty earned a positive verdict from nonparticipants.
February trading closed with broad gains as most active issues advanced, rail and Baldwin Locomotive remaining lower. Metal shares led the day with Utah, Butte, Superior and American Zinc showing renewed activity while American Smelting and United States Steel held modestly higher. General Electric rose 1 1/4 points along with other war issues. American Coal posted notable gains in high priced ties.
Chicago trading on February 19 showed liberal reevpte northwest weighing on prices. Opening bids moved near yesterday's close to up to 1.50 percent for May and about 1.24 percent for July before broad declines pulled quotes lower across the board.
An ad from Leonard Beavans Stamey company claimed 10 yards of domestic cloth for 10 cents but misprinted as 1 cent. Locals know the store offers good bargains, but the 1 cent misprint was viewed as excessive. The correct price 74 cents per yard was deemed a fair value and drew quick interest.
In Guilford county yesterday two transfers drew local notice. The Brown Real Estate Company sold to G. W. Clark four lots in the People’s Realty holdings for a nominal sum and other valuable considerations. G. W. Clark and wife sold two parcels to the Brown Real Estate Company, dairy and West Bragg street lots in Greensboro Morehead township, for cash and other value.
In Washington on February 18 the House Democratic caucus approved repeal of the free sugar clause of the Underwood tariff law as a party measure. The vote stood 84 to 20.
In High Point communities people tout Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mixture as the most thorough bowel cleanser, claiming quick gas relief and instant action without gripping. The Matton Drug Co. promotes the product for a wide range of stomach issues and even claims use in appendicitis.
Vienna dispatch reports officers favor older troops age fifty to sixty six for endurance discipline and steadier conduct. While younger men excel in certain tasks older soldiers cause fewer sick days, comply quickly with orders, and fight with measured strength, suggesting postwar value in industry and commerce.
A historical home remedy recommends Hamburg Breast Tea as a safe inexpensive treatment for colds. The instructions: take a tablespoonful, brew in boiling water, drink a teacup full, and use at any time day or night. Claims include opening skin pores, relieving congestion, and loosening the bowels to drive the cold from the system.
A vintage ad touts St Jacobs Oil as a 25 cent remedy for backache lumbago sciatica and rheumatism. Rub into the pain and within fifty counts the soreness is gone. The oil is described as harmless non burning and effective in one use.
The piece reflects on how a single word can wound or heal. It cites ancient maxims about speech and urges cheerful, gracious language. It speaks to everyone, from man to maid, emphasizing kindness, support, and hopeful words as essential.
In Oklahoma City the house of representatives saw a violent clash over the election law registration clause. Representatives Nesbitt and Sams exchanged blows, chairs and tables were overturned, ink wells flew, and Arthur H. Geissler, Republican state central committee chairman, was knocked senseless in the mêlée.
Washington February 19 A 2 575 000 emergency appropriation was asked by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels for repairs on battleships torpedo destroyers and submarines aiming to speed maintenance and readiness.
Called communication Numa F. Reid lodge No. 344 Monday evening February 21 1916 730 p.m. Work in Ek A degree. Charles Hoertel Master H F Hunsucker Secretary.
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