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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
4
A clipped newspaper line lists the positions of Managing Editor Y Brawley and Business Manager in a newsroom, indicating their titular roles within the staff. The fragment shows traditionally named editorial leadership without further context or dates.
The article notes a fatal crash on Thomasville road blamed on blinding headlights. It cites editorials urging motorists nationwide to use dimmers when meeting other cars to reduce risk. The Richmond News Leader echoes calls for stricter safety to curb headlight related wrecks.
The Citizen reports Asheville favors the commission form after a two month trial and calls it superior to aldermanic rule. The piece notes progressiveness and willingness to adopt modern city methods while acknowledging some faults that time may reduce.
The Asheville Citizen notes Detroit losing momentum and shifts focus to a different narrative as a major hog raiser takes prominence over fish tales.
New York reports a quiet cotton market as early notices total about 2 000 bales. October futures rise to 16.02, December to 16.18, with the wider list up about 6 points. Opening futures show October 15.80 December 16.172 January 16.18 March 16.33 May 16.51.
Wheat prices developed fresh strength today in Chicago after an uncertain opening. December futures moved from weak to 1543-4 and 1.555, while May rose to 1543-4 to 1.455, with broad gains across the board.
This morning in the recorder's court the trial of auto law violators occurred. John W. Welborn was fined 83 and costs for 18 mph on Main Street. J Tawley and B Cummings, cited at 22 mph, paid costs after claiming they rushed to avoid a storm. Mrs Bascom Hoskins faced a charge for not slowing near a streetcar. the recorder acquitted her after defense argued the car moved slowly.
An Austrian agent named Larace and two Italians were ordered shot in the back by the Ancona court martial for plotting to burn Genoa and sabotage Italian industry. The conspiracy included explosions in Milan factories and plans to blow up Terni steelworks, aiming to delay military operations by months. Dynamite canes hidden in umbrellas or walking sticks lacked time fuses but were set to explode weeks later.
Manila reports Adriano Hernandez of the Bureau of Agriculture initiating a plan to set up ten government plants to manufacture rinderpest serum. Funds are secured, with plants to operate soon, as quarantine and immunization teams combat the cattle disease. A serum requisition from French Indo China will sustain operations until all plants run.
In Lynchburg Virginia Richard Frederick Riebschlager 26 a former fireman in the German Imperial navy shot himself in a local cemetery saying he could not return to Germany to fight He arrived in America aboard the Bremen I before the war and later worked as a machinist He left a note asking that the pistol be sent to his mother and father.
Government laboratories in Washington report a new dust powered engine prototype. The device uses dust as a fuel source and electricity to ignite the explosive charge, aiming to replace gasoline in future automobile carburetors.
Nicholas Flores accepted a compromise verdict to plead guilty to a simple incident against Mrs. C A Clifton. Judge Dalton fined him 10 dollars plus costs after a lengthy session that highlighted one of the court’s hardest cases in months. Several other cases were disposed of, including traffic and disorderly conduct charges, with fines ranging from five to ten dollars and various costs.
Dublin officials dispute claims that Irish regiments, especially the Dublin Fusiliers, are filled with English and Scottish recruits. The colonel says the battalion is mainly Irish and that transfers from English regiments reflect Irish links, while some English units recruit heavily from Irish settlers in England.
Mexico City announces strict quarantine orders at entry ports to curb infantile paralysis. The regulation bans entry of children aged five to 15 from U S areas where poliomyelitis is prevalent.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. Hall's Catarrh Cure claims to cure catarrh by acting through the blood and mucous surfaces. Slogan promises health improvements after short use and urges sending for testimonials. FP J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio advertises Druggists sell at 75 cents.
An ad warns that many illnesses begin with constipation and urges maintaining regular vowels. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a laxative to move the bowels improve appetite and strengthen digestion available everywhere.
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