City to Finish Centennial Avenue Paving
High Point will complete paving Centennial Avenue. City Manager Thomas J. Murphy said Central Engineering and Construction of Greensboro abandoned the job after months of delay. The city has rocmac on hand and orders for stone. material should arrive soon and the street could be finished within days after delivery.
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High Point
Centennial Avenue
Thomas J. Murphy
Central Engineering and Construction Company
Grensboro
Murphy
Countess Sarah Sster Haz y Dies in London
The death is announced of Countess Sarah Sster hazy widow of Count Maximilian Ssterhazy former Austrian Ambassador to London who died about 30 years ago. The Countess was American by birth and her first husband was General Griffin of Ohio who commanded the Fifth Corps in the Civil War. Her first marriage certificate was signed by President Lincoln.
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London
Dec. S
Sarah Ssterhazy
Maximiian Ssterhazy
Griffin
Ohio
Fifth Corps
Lincoln
Beautiful Christmas Windows Displayed at Allen’s by Cap Shields
Cap Shields packs three eye catching displays at Allen’s store High Point with a north window of dolls ranging from tiny to Santa Claus center window featuring ladies coats and a pre Christmas sale note and a south window of shoes. Background scenes in north and south windows evoke a snowy rural Christmas setting.
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High Point
Allens’ Atore
Santa Claus
Smuggling Smirk on SwissGerman Border Parade
A Basel report notes persistent petty smuggling into Germany despite stricter border surveillance. Cantonal Constable May, intending to patrol the border, triggered the arrest by sneezing loudly revealing a sack of pepper for smuggling and German money in his pockets, tied to prior operations.
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Basel
Germany
May
Mapéetion
Opponents of the Saloon to Meet in Washington
Temperance leaders gather in Washington for the Anti-Saloon League of America convention in the nation’s capital. The weeklong meeting features a jubilee after saloon closures, calls for a federal constitutional amendment, and speeches by Bryan, Sheppard, Borah, Webb, Fess, Wythe Small, Hobson, and Anna Gordon. The league, 23 years old, aims to unify churches and societies against drinking with about 1,080 staff nationwide.
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Washington
Anti-Saloon League of America
Sans
National
Organized Labor
Oranges
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Luther J. Wilson
League
William J. Bryan
Sheppard
Texas
Senator Borah
Idaho
Representative Webb
North Carolina
Fess
Ohio
Sam Wy. Small
Atlanta
Richmond P. Hobson
Alabama
Anna A. Gordon
The
Anti- Saloon League of America
Oberlin
J. H. Kynell
Church Extension Board
Methodist Episcopal Church
Archbishop Ireland
St. Paul
Alaska
Hawaiian Islands
Imperial ordinance backs war time coin issue in Japan
Japan approves an emergency one year issue of 30 000 million yen in bank notes and 10 and 50 sen coins to ease coin shortages after wartime business activity. The government will mint silver coins equal to the notes and hold them at the Bank of Japan for exchange and withdrawal. A patient testimonial endorses Foley Kidney Pills for kidney and bladder troubles.
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Ministry of Finance
Bank of Apan
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CAP
High Point Motor Co
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Averill
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