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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1916
Page
4
Tuesday column urges council factions to bury hatchet and cooperate to improve city governance. It notes a library effort by the Woman's Club and suggests a chamber of commerce could follow. The piece mentions a potential 1916 political race involving Colonel, Wilson, Hughes, and a presidential contest.
The New York cotton market opened steady on June 13 with gains of 2 to 4 points and prices showing 12.87 for October and 13.04 for December in the first hour. Futures quoted steady levels include July at 12.77, October 12.91, December 13.05, January 13.13, and March 13.28.
Believers debate dune bug talk and tune brides with humorous exchanges. The dialogue centers on whether these topics influence wedding plans and social gatherings, reflecting a playful, rural community style.
New York on June 13 reports a return to normal trading with initial quotes largely fractional gains. Beet Sugar hits a new high at 87 1/2 while Airbrake gains again as a specialty. United States Steel remains barely steady and Mexican Petroleum shows clear weakness.
Chicago reports strength in the wheat market as early Liverpool quotes weighed on prices. Opening ranges showed a dip with July near 1.02 and September around 1.044, then a strong upturn pushing futures above yesterday's close amid improving domestic crop prospects.
London reports a new wartime issue: male supervisors to oversee 3000 munitions factories. Supervisors will ensure health and comfort, visit homes, and help boys save by logging earnings and guiding spending. The aim is to curb disobedience and encourage thrift among high paid workers.
Seward Alaska reports opening tourist season lasting to October with many Americans traveling to Alaska for leisure using wartime travel freedoms. Big game hunters seek Kodiak bears while locals carry rifles and note laws protecting bears but face widespread acceptance of hunting. Aleutian Islands stretch toward Japan making Attu far from New York and Chicago nearer Asia than Alaska’s western edge.
Mrs Louisa Bowlen Gurley aged 35? no 136. Born July 20 1840 she died May 2 1976 at her daughter Cornelia Wooddell’s home in West High Point Avenue High Point NC. She married Robert Gurley in 1860 and had nine children Irving Bettie Carrie Cornelia Mattie Charles William Ezekiel. A devoted church member of First Baptist High Point for over 50 years. She cared for family and neighbors in illness and hardship. Rev J M Hillard writes this tribute.
Detroit marks the close of the American Medical Association 67th annual convention with Public Health Day. About eight thousand visiting physicians attend a parade featuring more than 100 giant floats promoting right living. Floats come from Detroit clubs nine by the recreation commission 12 by women’s clubs and other groups.
Guilford county commissioners fixed the tax rate yesterday with no change from the prior year. The state will receive 27 2-3 cents per $100, the schools 20 cents, the money 10 cents, and roads and bridges 25 cents per $100 of property.
S H Murphy of Wellsburg New York, a druggist, testifies that Chamberlain's Tablets are the most satisfactory remedy for stomach troubles and constipation he has sold in thirty four years of drug store service. Obtainable everywhere.
A special train carried 344 delegates to the Minnesota state fire departments convention to Chrisholm for a tour of the world’s largest open pit iron mills. They observed steam shovels mining iron ore at 16 000 tons per day and then went 400 feet underground to watch ore removal. Governor Burnquist attended the event.
Mrs Redkamp of Covington Kentucky credits Foley's Honey and Tar for easing her neighbor's child's croup after a couple of doses. The reliable remedy is advertised to help coughs colds croup and whooping cough from Mann Drug.
Vienna announces milk tickets for infants. Babies under one year may receive a pint and a quarter daily, those under two get three quarters of a pint. The milk must be reserved in Vienna by dawn to meet the new demand.
E W Archer of Caldwell Ohio notes his family has used Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for years. He says they take it on extended visits and believe no family is without it. The remark highlights the value of forethought in avoiding sickness costs.
An ad claims the red five pointed star on Cham berlain's Tablets symbolizes health dating to the Pythagoreans. It promises quick relief from indigestion biliousness and constipation and notes the product is obtainable everywhere.
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