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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1916
Page
2
R V Hamilton a Morrisville railroad employee testifies Tanlac cured his wife of two years of indigestion and chills. He says after one bottle she was relieved and by the third she felt renewed energy and no longer dull. Hart Drug Co advertises Tanlac in High Point.
Nome to resume regular steamship service from Seattle with the Uma tila sailing June 1 and the Victoria June 2. Nome, isolated since October due to ice and winter conditions, will receive cargo and passengers including miners and families after eight months.
Major Priestley of the Army Medical Corps details the typhus outbreak at the Wittenberg prison camp in Germany. He and five fellow doctors faced dire conditions, limited supplies, and brutal discipline as they worked to treat 15 000 prisoners in a ten and a half acre hospital area.
Paris May s. The Bank of France has taken in a billion and a half of francs in gold deposits and exchanges for paper money and government bonds since December 24, 1914. Receipts continue at five million a week and the bank’s gold reserve stays near five million francs. It has lent the government 7.1 billion francs at 1 percent, repayable within a year, with 3 percent if renewed, while backing exporters and financing foreign loans. It processed vast drafts, bills, and balances from merchants, totaling over 214,250,000,000 francs in the first full war year, and encouraged payments by check, possibly promoting a general shift to the American check system in France.
The Chicago Automotive Trade Association opened a large scale used car show at the Coliseum with about eighty dealers represented. No tracks or 1916 cars are on display. cars may be removed at night and others swapped in. Dealers pay 25 cents per square foot, each taking 100 square feet, with rebates expected to cover the cost. Admission is charged.
A British soldier’s wife in London gave birth to twins and wrote to the front asking for names. The reply from the husband in France was Shrapnel and Lyddit, and the twins were officially named accordingly.
Advertisement claims Chamin y gin liniment provides relief for chronic rheumatism and rheumatic pains, noting rain relief as a key benefit. Promotes availability "everywhere" and encourages trial.
The Navy achieved direct telephone communication with a battleship at sea for several hours. Secretary Daniels issued orders to Captain Chandler of the New Hampshire via wireless telephone, with hourly position reports. This marked the first time land headquarters maintained continuous telephonic contact with a ship, enabling rapid mobilization of operations from Washington.
Erlanger Mills pitcher Fesperman, formerly of Catawba, struck out 11 High Point hitters over five innings as Erlanger beat High Point 13 to 1 in Lexington. Barns also contributed on the mound for Erlanger.
Anna Hawn of Cedar Grove Missouri praises Foley Cathartic Tablets as the best liver pills they found, noting they do not nauseate or gripe and act freely on the liver. The ad recommends them for constipation bloating sour stomach gas on stomach bad breath and irregular action. Mann Drug Co. ad.
Davenport Iowa May 8 William J Bryan former secretary of state starts a tour on a special train sponsored by the Iowa Business Men's Temperance association to campaign for votes for women and temperance He will back a legislature that will vote to submit the constitution and suffrage amendment about 200 workers will be on the train with each town supplying workers to the next stop.
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