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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
4
The item shows the newspaper's managing editor and business manager names and notes second class mail status assigned at High Point North Carolina under the March 3, 1872 act.
Health officers and the Woman's club warn against using unboiled well water in High Point citing deaths and fever from contamination. They urge immediate connection to the city water system and boiling drinking water until then, noting city water tests show purity. The piece also references political dispatches, labor bills, and wartime headlines in a scattered, period voice.
Washington reports indicate border troops will remain for a winter campaign with 100000 extra soldiers offset by an army clothing purchase. The Reed amendment allows in active service voters to cast ballots and signals continued border duty. Pay increases of 20 percent for enlisted men and 10 percent for officers are proposed, plus a $2 million relief fund for militiamen families.
Bluebird Photoplays presents Undine as the third release in its series. Henry Otto directs Ida Sehwall in a visually lush adaptation drawn from the Foquet tale. Filming on Santa Cruz Island showcases sea, forest, and coast with dramatic sea diving feats and grotto photography.
The cotton market opened with advances of 1 to 3 points as moderate buying lifted October to 13.13 and January to 13.36 then 13.39, a net 7 point gain. Wheat futures climbed sharply in Chicago with initial rises of 1 to 1½ cents, drifting to an average 3 cent rise amid strong black rust damage reports. September opened around 1.21 and December at 1.24½ to 1.27.
The Senate approved amendments to the army appropriation bill increasing pay for regular army and national guard in Mexican emergency service, improving camp health conditions, and allowing field voting. The age minimum for enlistment was raised from 18 to 21 without guardian consent.
The measure states that boys under 21 may not be retained in the army without 30 days prior written consent from their parents or guardians. The amendment passed without a roll call, reflecting a change in enlistment policy.
Representative James Hay of Virginia's seventh district resigns from the House after 34 years and as military committee chair to become judge of the federal court of claims. He will leave September 30 and begin October term duties, spending time at his Madison home before returning to Washington.
R. W. Gray bankruptcy receiver will sell at Tomlinson and Ragan's Stable High Point North Carolina on August 5 1916 at 10 o clock in the morning. Items include three mules one horse one registered Jersey bull and twenty four Jersey heifers many bred to the bull. Sale subject to court confirmation. ER H C Field. 7-27 to 8-5.
A full blooded Holstein bull is available at the barn on South Main Street Cold Storage Plant for sale. Price listed as 1.50 dollars.
A Plattsburg Mississippi woman reports poor health last April with left side pain and Bright's disease symptoms. After taking Foley Widney Pills her condition improved and she now feels well. The remedy relieves backache rheumatism aches and pains and helps bladder troubles. Sold by Mann Drug Co.
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