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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1916
Page
8
A playful column touches on climate, social quirks, and local chatter. It notes a proposed musical, a cautious view of Richmond as a football draw, and a joke about a giant new hotel stalled at ground level.
Washington advices say the North Carolina publishers association pressed the federal trade commission over skyhigh newsprint costs. They claim manufacturers share some fault, urging the attorney general to act now as smaller papers face suspension. The Enterprise warns of rising prices from $48 to $143.20 per ton.
An editorial from the Charlotte Observer warns that city dwellers moving to rural life often misjudge farming gains. It cites failed cases of suburban farms, rising production costs, and personal ruin, contrasting idealized visions with weather, markets, and management realities. The piece notes a related local parcel post sale by The Earnest Workers of the First Reformed church this evening.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Commercial National Bank of High Point North Carolina will be held in the Directors Room of the bank on Tuesday January the 1917 at 10 o clock in the morning. V A J Idol Cashier. Dec 10 1916.
The Salvation Army plans to distribute baskets with good things to eat to every deserving family in and around High Point this Christmas. Donors can contact workers or call 739 for pickup by the captain who will visit those in need.
The annual stockholders meeting of the Piedmont Building and Loan Association will be held at 8 p m on January Veth MIT in Wachovia Bank and Trust office in High Point North Carolina. Directors to be elected for the ensuing year and other business to come before the meeting. All stockholders urged to be present. Dated December 1916. W idol Secretary.
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