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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1916
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Associated Press material and editorial roles, with garbled lines about a conference or congress in March 1872 and a High Point North Carolina posting note. Readable facts are limited to generic references to newspaper roles and a dated event.
The article argues allied forces now rival German capabilities in guns and supplies, with advances in aircraft, poison gas responses, armored motor vehicles, and sea power shaping a possible draw or peace terms. It notes German superiority earlier, Entente gains, a Bosporus tunnel rumor, and satirical asides about sparrow control and pumpkin pie as Congress adjourns.
City council to elect a truant officer to enforce the compulsory school law with Superintendent Marr the best candidate. Proposals include raising the school age to 14 or 16 and extending attendance to six or eight months to advance industry and attract capital. Also commentary on Maine results, wage comparisons, and political rhetoric.
New York cotton futures opened with renewed firmness and light selling. Early advances of 2 to 7 points drew heavy realizing noted by traders, but offerings absorbed and prices climbed for December and January to 15.97 and 16.07, with nearby contracts showing barely steady starts.
Chicago market notes show wheat prices moving downward with selling pressure and light demand. Opening prices for December fell to around 147% to 148% and May near 148% to 149%, followed by a moderate further setback.
The piece discusses a feud between Greensboro and High Point over a bitulithic tie named Warrenite, noting hopes for amity after proposed wording to substitute Warrenite for bitulithite. The Fayetteville Observer quotes express desire for unity and an end to strife between the cities.
An editorial note claims constipation seeds many diseases and urges keeping bowels regular. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a laxative that also improves appetite and digestion and are obtainable everywhere.
A reader letter argues that despite wartime prosperity wages rose, yet a global crisis looms. It cites biblical prophecy to claim only the second coming of Christ can settle raging labor tensions and predicts an imminent end to industrial strife.
The Belgian legation filed a protest alleging German military authorities seek a loan of 1,000,600,000 francs from Belgian banks and that Mr Cartier, head of the National Bank of Belgium, was imprisoned for refusing consent. The Overseas News Agency denied seizure and said the bank agreed to the loan, while U.S. officials did not see a need for intervention.
Asheville reports say Fred Moody surrendered to officers in Waynesville after killing Charlie Brown at a lumber camp last Friday. Moody allegedly stabbed Brown in self defense during a quarrel, Brown died Sunday, Moody paid medical bills and stated he acted to save Brown's life. Both men were well known in Haywood County and worked at the lumber camp.
Advertisement asserts aging can be delayed by liver and bowel care. It claims Chamberlain's Tablets ease constipation and biliousness, are easy to take and effective, and available everywhere.
A patent medicine advertisement argues catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated systemically. It explains inflammation of the Eustachian Tube and mucous linings as the cause, claiming Hall's Catarrh Cure heals via the blood and offers a $100 reward for uncured cases. The ad lists price and contact details for F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio.
On September 22 at 10 o'clock the Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad Company will sell at public auction at their station Kawaw.
Mrs. J. B. Whittaker of McDuff Virginia says ten years of sick headaches and stomach trouble disappeared after using Thedford's Black-Draught. She keeps it on hand for her children and reports fewer illnesses in the family. The purely vegetable remedy has aided digestion and relieved indigestion, colic, wind, and nausea, selling for 25 cents.
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