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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
8
Representatives of fire departments from across the state gather for the annual convention in Raleigh starting tomorrow. A preconvention business meeting, parade, and races are planned with apparatus arriving from eastern departments and practice underway.
Lincolnton suffers fiercest wind and rain storm in living memory. A 50 to 60 mph gale ruins crops and buildings, 10 inches of rain in 21 hours floods rivers and the pumping station, cutting all water and railway service and isolating the town with damages in the hundreds of thousands.
Paul Smith 32, vice president and general sales manager of the Chalmers Motor Company Detroit, leaped from a 10th floor hotel room at the Biltmore and was crushed in the street after a reported nervous breakdown following a $6,006,000 deal. He had arrived in New York the previous Monday and urged his wife to join him before vanishing through the window. Born in Vermont, Smith previously practiced medicine, worked as a cowboy, and served in stockyards before joining the automobile industry as a factory hand in Detroit.
A reader from South Norwalk Connecticut praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as wonderful. The ad notes hot weather worsens digestion and claims constipation headaches biliousness and other bowels issues improve quickly with the tablets. Sold by Mann Drug Co.
Public auction set for July 1 1916 at 12 noon in front of Bank of Commerce High Point to sell Lot No 19 in Block 2 West End Wrights plat Guilford County North Carolina part of a mortgage deed dated May 1 1915 assigned June 19 1915 to J F Hoffman. Mortgagee Wollins Horney Assignee Hoffman.
Asheville dispatch reports A E Holton of Winston-Salem a former U S district attorney may become vice chairman of the Republican state executive committee. Frank A Linney chairs the committee and is a governor candidate. The move aims to boost party organization and votes, with Marion Butler’s sanction noted.
Cleveland July 17 1916 Season begins with promise of speed and many contests. Over 2500 horses booked across ten midwest tracks for three months of racing. Total stakes exceed 400000 with five futurity events worth 40000 decided at venues from Detroit to Atlanta. Ordinary purses rise to 1200 and 1500 dollars. Driver Billy Andrews ill, Ben White to substitute. new tracks in Poughkeepsie and Atlanta. Montreal dropped due to war racing limits. Columbus absorbs Montreal week.
Exports of munitions and general merchandise from the port of New York for the week ending Saturday totaled 89,525,049 dollars, up from 47,645,992 dollars the previous week. The figures reflect a surge in wartime shipments as the city handles heightened outbound commerce.
A Charlotte to High Point trip on a Southern No 38 train ends with six boys aged 11 to 15 found guilty in Dr Dred Peacock's recorder court. They rode atop the engine seeking work, face possible costs or workhouse, and parents to be contacted. Other court items include drunkards paying costs, a bond forfeiture, and a case continued due to a key witness absence.
W. H. Ragan and E. E. Spencer attended the funeral of John R. Stewart, fatally shot Saturday evening, at the Alamance Presbyterian church this morning. Stewart, a well known county farmer, was held in high esteem as more than 1,600 people gathered to pay their respects.
Southeast readers report quick relief from Mayr's Wonderful Remedy for stomach, liver, and intestinal ailments. Letters from W. K. Davenport of Parker and J. F. Erwin of Winston-Salem claim significant improvement after one bottle, with an absolute guarantee and refund if unsatisfied. Hart Drug Company promotes the remedy with claims of permanent results and freedom from post meal distress.
Mrs Laura Beall of Plattsburg Mississippi reports lasting improvement after suffering left side pain and Bright's disease symptoms. She credits Foley Kidney Pills with relief from backache rheumatism and general aches. Bladder troubles also improved. Mann Drug Co. sells the remedy.
Creditors of John A. Arey deceased must present verified claims to administrator L. E. Ritchie within twelve months from July 14, 1976. Notices will bar all claims not presented and proven. J. Allen Austin, Attorney. July 14, 1976.
Travelers risk severe bowel complaints on trains and ships without Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad urges readers to carry the remedy, noting it cannot be obtained on trains or steamships and is obtainable everywhere.
Great relief follows a note from Moore's Hill Indiana where Frank Moseley reports constant side and back pains vanishing within 48 hours after using Foley Kidney Pills. The advertisement claims the pills restore kidney activity and stop sleep disturbing bladder ailments.
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