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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
6
A Russian pope conducts a midnight Easter service under a rain soaked tent near the firing line. Soldiers, Sisters of Mercy, and rough choristers join in the rite as Austrian rockets light the night. The pope raises the crucifix and proclaims Christ has risen amid mud, guns, and distant artillery.
Carolina Durham fell to Asheville 3 4 in a Caribbean style set of results in yesterday’s hockey action. Raleigh lost 2 to Winston Salem while Greensboro dropped 2 to Charlotte 3. St Louis won 2 to Cleveland 1 with no other games on the schedule.
Baseball scores show Pittsburgh defeating Brooklyn 5 to 2, Chicago 2 over Boston 1, St Louis 3 over Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 6 over New York 4 in 13 innings. Chicago beat Brooklyn? No official result.
Memphis defeated Atlanta 4 to 3 in a close contest. Other scores: Little Rock 3, Birmingham 1. Nashville 9, New Orleans 1. Chattanooga 3, Mobile 0.
Norfolk trailed Petersburg by a wide margin as final scores showed Petersburg 114 to Norfolk 4. Other area results include Rocky Mount 4 Portsmouth 4 and Houowell 2 with Newport News to be determined, reflecting a mixed set of low totals and close finishes.
Fragmented score list shows Montgomery five Augusta none and Macon six Columbus seven Charleston seven four Columbia one one Albany three Jacksonville four. No clear narrative or single outcome emerges from the partial data.
Reported results show a set of hockey style or city league scores with teams Toledo Louisville Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City St Paul Indianapolis Columbus. No dates locations or context provided for full event identification. Strong entities include city teams and numbers. lacks complete naming and framing for a full card.
In Newark the Aerials fell to Richmond 4 8 in 16 innings while Providence defeated Baltimore 6 4. Buffalo Toronto and Rochester Montreal were postponed by rain.
Oscar Holder was fined 25 dollars and costs in the recorder's court on Friday for an assault on G. Nelson last Monday. Holder struck Nelson with boards and billiard balls after an argument about paying attention to his wife. Julius Smith, presiding, said such an assault would normally send a man to the roads, but due to provocation and Nelson's reputation, Holder received only a fine.
Fayetteville on June 3 reports Arthur Smith, a negro, convicted of murdering his wife, was sentenced yesterday afternoon to die in the electric chair on Tuesday, August 1, by Judge Frank Daniels. He is the first man sentenced to death in a Cumberland court since the electrocution law took effect.
Express Agent Yost reports two pigeon shipments en route to High Point for liberation Sunday morning. Americus Flyme club of Baltimore sends four crates with about 200 pigeons. Queen City Homing club of Allentown sends one crate with about 50 birds. Baltimore birds go at 6 o'clock and Allentown at 6 30, racing 300 and 400 mile courses respectively.
London reports the Dutch wharf laborer known as the Human Ostrich died after a later illness in an insane asylum. Earlier he swallowed hardware weighing over three pounds and left with a coal chisel, coins, bolts, nails, screws and hooks. He later ingested soap and spirits and again recovered before death from fever and lung inflammation.
The five pointed star linked to Pythagoreans signals health on Cham berlain's Tablets. The ad claims quick relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation and urges readers to buy the tablets from any druggist, noting availability everywhere.
Chicago, June 3. Enthusiasm for the preparedness demonstration filled the streets as two parades, day and night, drew more than 150000 participants from diverse professions. The event featured judges, city officials, veterans, business leaders, and a large ambulance corps coordinated with Red Cross and hospital staffs.
Pittsburgh on June 3 observes the Stephen C. Foster home dedication with a day full of song. A lawn concert features Foster favorites such as Old Black Joe and Nellie Gray while his piano and relics remain on loan to the city.
Miss Bellriver, about 18, died at her parents home near Beaufot after a lightning strike set fire to the boarding house where she taught in Newport county. Found burned and prostrate, internal troubles followed despite hopes of recovery.
High Point Buggy Co offers automobile repainting with skilled service and reasonable prices. Valentines colors and varnishes used. Tops recovered Mohair or Rubber. Celluloid curtains lights and carpets furnished on quick notice. Ten to fourteen days for refinishing cars and tires can be ordered to save 5 to 10 percent.
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