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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1916
Page
3
Correspondents recount a secretive Kaiser's inspection behind the Somme lines. The emperor arrived in a gray automobile, reviewed troops, decorated officers, and urged loyalty as he praised their discipline before departing in his limousine.
In Chicago on September 20 the Fashion Art League hid door keyholes to the corset display room to prevent men from watching models change outfits. Designers praised the latest corsets as enhancing feminine figures for women artists and buyers.
Ada San promotes a remedy for fever throat ailments including croup and hoarseness in children. The advertisement claims effectiveness against colds and hay fever with a household tonic style remedy, typical of early 20th century near patent medicine prose.
Bisbee Ariz September 20 Aemrican Institute of Mining Engineers sessions warn of continued handicaps to chemical industries and paint and dye production due to manganese ore and alloy shortages. E C Harder USGS notes imports fell during the European war and prices rose from 37 to 100 dollars per ton, signaling growing US dependence on foreign supply. David B Roger WV geological survey adds ore exhaustion in the United States is rapid, with deeper horizons and potential deep sand oil and gas mining seen as partial solutions. Waldenmar Lindgren discusses South American precious metal resources as less abundant than North America's, urging progress and enterprise to boost output. Delegates head to Globe for remaining sessions.
London reports public fondness for Queen Marie of Romania, born a British princess, renowned for charity and deeds. She leads the Society of Goddesses of Romania, aiding poor children, and is noted for personal kindness aboard ships and a hobby of collecting scent bottles.
High Point officials invite sealed bids for a sewage disposal plant project including four Imhoff tanks and a sludge bed. Bids due October 3, 1916, 7:30 p m. at City Hall. Plans available from City Manager and consulting engineers for a $10 deposit. Bid security 5 percent of bid required.
London reports under Earl of Crewe the board of education moves to revise schooling postwar. The plan links science with industry and language study to ready youth for an economic postwar, though wartime science staff shortages challenge program rollout. Three committees will focus on 16 and under education after the war, science, and languages.
Washington report notes quiet home loving mosquitoes are not dangerous. Only the epcurine anopheles type are dangerous, with one in a hundred possibly infecting. Female mosquitoes pose greater risk than males. Doctors exposed to bites found malaria can be contracted after brief contact.
The Southern Railway offers a low round trip fare excursion from North Carolina to Washington D C on Wednesday September 20 1916. A special train of Pullman sleeping cars and high class coaches departs Charlotte at 7 PM arrives Washington 6 15 AM next day with tickets valid on return on regular trains except No 37. Final trip of the season with reservations advised.
Schedule in effect October 1 1915 lists expected arrival and departure times at stations but warns these times are not guaranteed as exact. The notice indicates timetable precision without guaranteeing actual performance and notes stations shown.
Sealed bids are invited for the sale of fifty thousand dollars in street improvement bonds issued by the City of High Point North Carolina. Bonds bear five percent interest payable semi annually and mature in three years. Principal and interest payable in New York or at the City Manager’s office. Bid date September 26, 1916. The city may reject any bid.
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