Chamber of Commerce year 1926 highlights High Point progress
The article reviews High Point chamber activities in 1926, noting expanded services beyond new industries. It cites extensive publicity, a growing bureau, delegations and visitors, athletic promotion, civic projects, air mail service efforts, highway signage, and tax considerations. It urges a Baltimore style cooperative plan to attract and assist industries.
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Chamber of Commerce
High Point
System
World’s Workman
Review of Reviews
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
New York City
Out of
Arkansas
Mississippi
Virginia
Illinois
Missouri
Michigan
American Legion
Odd Fellows
Woodmen of the World
Baptist State Convention
University of North Carolina
High Point College
Baltimore
Chamber of Ecommerce
Five masked men post bond in flogging case
In Raleigh a group described as five alleged members of a masked band have posted $500 bond to appear in Wake Superior Court in January for charges related to flogging Dolly Jones, a white merchant, and Sam Green, a black helper. Capiuses have not been issued for six other indicted individuals in the same case.
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Raleigh
Dolly’ Jones
Sam Green
Wake Superior Court
Speedy trial promised in case of Horace Davis
Horace Davis, a Black man, is charged with attempting to assault a 14 year old girl near Oscar Dawson's farm. He was shot three times when found in the girl's room but survived without serious injury.
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Wilson
Horace Davis
Oscar Dawson
Davis
World voyage begins as captain sails first lap completed
Wilmington reports Captain Sigelskie of New York City finished the first lap of a round the world voyage in his 22 foot boat now in port. He described the trip as a preliminary portion before the full global voyage.
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Wilmington
Sigelskie
New York City
Tim
Cross Word Puzzle Proverb Reveal by Circled Squares
The puzzle asks to fill horizontal and vertical clues for old proverb. Readable items include Eth ical skin disease every naked within worrying or disturbed mother imitate ocean thread sleeps Italian river mangle dad opposite period female sheep vigilant thoughts binding questioned piece out exists wholly wing part seed half em moderately cold to clutch at smile broadly hastened like more symmetrical slash lengthwise influenced by a fixed idea sun god upper limb thin implement for cutting trees behold close employer of material three toed sloth preposition of place silly wand to soak flax talker imperfect corner to agree too to observe tiny high unoccupied sneaky organ of hearing morindin dye preposition of.
High Point gains praise in Dixie magazine tour article
Dixie magazine from Little Rock features a Camden chamber of commerce industrial tour that visited High Point among other southern towns. The piece credits local manufacturers, Southern Power, and a strong chamber for civic growth, citing a businessman who expanded from 300 dollars to assets near a quarter million and a biweekly payroll of six thousand. Photographs accompany the narrative.
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Dixie Magazine
Little Rock
Arkansas
Camden Chamber of Commerce
State of
Southern Power Company
Strong Chamber of Commerce
The
Ticle
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Basketball player James Connors dies from on court injury
James Connors aged 21 died in a Fall River hospital from a brain concussion suffered after colliding with a post during a semi professional basketball game in Central Falls Rhode Island on Saturday night. He passed away last night.
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Fall River
Mass
James Connors
Central Falls
R. I
Louis XIV Receives Grand Monarch Label Over Doctor Fight
Louis XIV earns the title for his handling of medical figures after undergoing a fistula operation in 1686. The procedure reportedly cost 200000 livres, illustrating the era’s high stakes in royal medical care.
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Louis XIV
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