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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
2
The Odd Fellows home singing class from Goldsboro visits High Point for a concert at the First Reformed Church tonight. A large, well trained group is expected with no admission charge and a silver offering collected.
London May 13 AP report describes a real eighteen foot whale weighing about a ton found floundering near Battersea Bridge in the Thames above Parliament. The fish was killed with a boat hook and measured on a wharf while royal perquisites are noted for the tail and head.
Rome May 20 A correspondent reports a Rome hotel porter learned humility during King Nicholas of Montenegro's incognito visit to Queen Helena of Italy. The king in plain attire asked to see Baron Romano Avegzano and the porter asked who should be announced. The king identified himself as the King of Montenegro with a gracious smile.
Wilmington June 21 The 16th annual North Carolina Merchants Association session adjourned at 1 o clock after suspending by laws reelecting all old officers by acclamation and adopting a resolution toward ostracizing firms run by disloyal individuals.
Buenos Aires reports the government has chartered two transports at fifty dollars per ton to carry Argentine wool and hides to the United States. The charter covers the outward voyage only and will yield revenue of five hundred thirteen thousand six hundred thirty dollars per voyage.
Mrs. Frank P. Wood of Morrill Maine reports relief from rheumatism and kidney trouble after starting Foley Kidney Pills. She notes her husband also benefits, saying he was lame and unable to stoop but now feels no pain, per Mann Drag Co.
Paris May 16 Camille van der Marden, condemned for murder to rob an elderly woman, refused clemency. The judge called him a monster who did not deserve to live. His attorney sought clemency for commutation, but he refused to sign. President Poincare received a letter asking no pardon, signed Van der Marden. He will be executed.
Washington officials uncover methods by which contingent fee contract agents suppressed bidding in government war orders inflated prices and manipulated bids in raids on contract brokers offices. The Department of Justice seizure of correspondence reveals agents double crossing clients by representing competing contractors.
The timetable lists trains to and from High Point Thomasville Gordonton High Rock and Denton with No 21 and No 22 services. It warns schedules are not guaranteed and notes daily and Sunday departures with times around 9 00 and 9 35 A M and P M.
The Amos Furniture Company offers a handsome Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet for sealed bids starting today. Bids open now and close Saturday night June 29 with the highest bid winning the cabinet and all proceeds supporting the High Point American Red Cross chapter.
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