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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1916
Page
6
Grimes confident he can win by more than ten thousand as candidates discuss second primaries and party strategy. Book contracts, paper costs, and the commission plan for selecting elementary school texts are outlined amid campaign chatter and May 30 Raleigh dispatches.
A German wartime inventor, Will, unveils an artificial hand with independently moving fingers. Steel finger segments hinge to a palm, with wires from elbow or shoulder to enable gripping. The Munich German Museum sponsored the concept and offers to fund wider production and lab outfitting.
The 1916 senior class held a full day of ceremonies from 9 30 in Gerrard Hall to sunset. They elected permanent officers Francis Bradshaw president Hugh Hester secretary and George Royall treasurer. A Mangum medal contest followed with William Umstead Francis Clarkson and Samuel Pike as contestants. The class gifted a 25000 life insurance policy and chose a five year reunion over a one year reunion.
Mrs. Redkamp of Covington Kentucky reports to a neighbor that Foley's Honey and Tar quickly eased her child’s croup after a couple of doses. The remedy is cited as helpful for coughs colds and whooping cough by Mann Drug.
Raleigh and Charlotte tied early results with zero scores. Greensboro led with a 4 goal surge over visitors. Asheville posted 11 runs against an opponent, while Winston-Salem and Durham posted one and three respectively.
Pittsburgh beats Cincinnati 6 to 1 while Philadelphia trails Brooklyn 0 to 3 and New York edges Chicago St Louis 3 to 0 with rain affecting play. Boston remains 0.
Washington 5 Philadelphia 5 ended in the ninth to permit Washington to catch a train. New York 0 Boston 3. Detroit 2 St. Louis 8 6.
In a sequence of matches reported for multiple cities, Atlanta defeated Little Rock 4 to 0, Birmingham beat Memphis 4 to 6, and New Orleans routed Chattanooga 1 to 7. Nashville received rain in its Mobile clash.
In Newport News Petersburg posted a 4 1 win while Norfolk defeated Rocky Mount 6 to 5. Portsmouth routed Hopewell 17 to 0 in a series of late season score updates.
Albany 0 Augusta 4. Columbia 2 Montgomery 3 ten inings. Macon 4 Jacksonville 6. Columbus 3 Charleston 0.
Providence 4 over Richmond 3 Rochester 0 over Toronto 5 Buffalo 6 over Montreal 10 Newark 3 over Baltimore 6.
American Association results show Indianapolis beat Louisville 4 to 2 and St Paul defeated Minneapolis 9 to 8. Columbus and Toledo had rain with no other games scheduled.
Storm yesterday at about six damaged E C Hendersons home on the Lexington road between Mechanicsville and cemetery road about a mile from town. One room and its furniture were destroyed though Mrs Henderson and her child were not inside, having stepped outside moments earlier. The bolt caused a power outage and the report suggested additional damage nearby.
Sam Pike presents history while W B Umstead contributes class statistics and prophecy. W Cecil Rymer writes a last will and testament, Thomas Linn offers a legal notice, and Robert House pens a class poem.
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