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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1916
Page
4
The fragment shows "MEMBER OF THE ASSOCI ATED PRESS. W. N. KEENER.Managing Editor J. . RAWLEY.Business Manager" with garbled spacing and trailing characters, indicating a masthead line listing staff roles rather than a event or report.
A lengthy 1916 overview discusses Allied sea dominance, German land strength, and the shifting balance on both fronts. It notes Austro-Hungarian and Russian fronts, Western Front pressure, and the potential outcome if Allied momentum holds. It also highlights Christy Mathewson leaving the Nationals to manage the Reds, praising his integrity and leadership.
The cotton market opened firm with initial gains of 3 to 10 points then added 1 to 2 points. October rose to 13.23 and January to 13.45 before the first hour, with further advances pushing October to 12.29 and January to 13.49, a net rise of 4 to 15 points and about $1.50 per bale over two days.
Chicago market notes show wheat futures sliding on July 25 as cooler conditions weigh on demand in the black rust belt. Prices opened several tenths lower with September around 1.21 and December near 1.24, then eased further through the session.
Four boys Will Boone Roy Alford James Manly and George Matthews were freed in the recorder's court when no witness could affirm they bet money on a game in the college barn. Matthews turned state's evidence but without proof of actual money. John Partin pleaded guilty to drunkenness and paid costs.
At Cold Storage Plant on South Main Street a buyer can purchase two full blooded Holstein bulls for one dollar and fifty cents each.
Newton July 25. Labor teams and constantly arriving material push the Southern Railroad temporary bridge over the Catawba toward completion. Pile driving began Thursday and a 400 foot trestle rises as river bends and rock wear complicate the site. The four spans rest nearby being cut for removal while a ferry line forms below the bridge.
A commotion service was held aboard the Neckar in Baltimore for the captain and crew of the submarine Deutschland. Rev. Otto Apitz conducted the service and prayed for a safe voyage home. The Neckar was brilliantly lighted and a banquet followed.
In High Point North Carolina Mr Ferguson will visit to demonstrate Pot Tops for gas stoves. The Economy Stove Top Co of Trenton New Jersey requests courtesy shown to him during the visit.
The planned picnic at High Rock by the South Main Street Methodist Sabbath School has been postponed indefinitely. Advertisement appears in issues 25-26.
The Lewis family expresses gratitude to kind neighbors and friends for acts of kindness during their time of bereavement.
Durham reports overrun by rain with a washed away concrete dam of the Little River Manufacturing Company eight miles from the city. Lowland waters from Col Beneham Cameron’s plantations rise several feet over half a mile. Herbee Creek floods its banks washing away bridges and highways while corn fields and large tracts of land are submerged.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages and that the suppliers offer a hundred dollar reward if it fails. The advertisement explains internal action and blood purification and invites testimonials from purchasers. It lists F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio as owners and claims availability from druggists for 75 cents.
Our splendid humidor cases comprehensive stock and exact care and skill in keeping the cigars in first class condition make our establishment the one to which critical smokers come for their cigars. Try us.
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