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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
4
The paper urges High Point citizens to back street improvements, chamber of commerce social ties, and a public library. It notes past bond defeats, emphasizes local desire to fund upgrades, cites external towns as benchmarks, and frames voting on street bonds as the decisive step.
A negro evangelist speaks at the Gospel Tent on East Broad Street with Sunday programs including an illustrated lecture titled Heaven's Looking Glass at 4 50 p m and a sermon at 8 50 p m on What Is the Best Thing in the World. Monday features a 30 p m talk Response of God to the Voice of High Point. Reserved seats for white attendees and a call to bring friends and Bibles.
Southern Railway offers a first excursion of the season to Atlantic City on Thursday June 22 1916 with round trip fares from multiple North Carolina points. Return valid on all regular trains within fifteen days with stopovers in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Pullman cars available with advance reservations and special stop in Washington for breakfast.
Cotton and finance report shows July at 12.80, October 12.96, December 13.10, January 13.15, and March 13.30 as opening quotes. later declines of 5 to 6 points with liquidity firming and selling up to a shade above prior close. Active months traded near last night’s close before profit taking pulled prices back.
New York trading showed continued declines with early losses led by specialties and metals. Beet Sugar fell more than two points while zinc shares sank. St Paul Northern Pacific and Erie first preferred slipped slightly, offset by small gains for Norfolk and Western and Louisville & Nashville. United States Steel held near steady.
A sequence of High Point property transfers includes C B Welch and wife to J M Harvey for Lot 23 in BE H C Fields subdivision for 400 dollars. Welch to J H Croker for Lot nine in BE H subdivision for 275 dollars. A B Cook and Cora E K Welch acquire 5.22 acres in High Point township for 100 dollars. Home Investment and Improvement Co to C B Welch for a North Main street lot. Welch to Coral E Cook for 19 acres in High Point township for 10 dollars. David E White to Cora E Cook for three quarters of an acre in High Point township. A B Cook and others to C B Welch for 37.5 acres in High Point township for 10 dollars.
Frank Moseley of Moore's Hill Indiana reports relief from constant side and back pains after the first dose and complete relief within 45 hours. Foley Kidney Pills claim to restore kidney activity and ease bladder ailments disturbing sleep.
A promotional pitch asserts Davis Varnish Stain offers superior luster beauty and hardness. It claims lasting satisfaction after one trial and cites users proclaiming it the best finish.
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