City 510 approves two school zones
City council last night decided to create school zones on South Main and Park streets with a 10 mph limit near schools. Stop signs will be placed at Green and South Main, and parking on Green Street between Main and Rankin will be limited to the north side. An ordinance on tree electric current use will be drafted soon.
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South Main
Park Streets
Ingram
Green
South Main Streets
Green Street
Main
Rankin
Gilmer's Fifteenth Store to Open in Raleigh
Gilmer's Incorporated plans a January opening for its Raleigh store, the chain's fifteenth location. The four story building at the former city market site will house departments from ready to wear to a United Cigar shop, boosting 1920 gains across cities including Asheville Statesville Wilson Greenville Norfolk and Raleigh with over 100 percent yearly volume growth.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Raleigh
Gilmer Incorporated
Giltters Uind
City Market
United Cigar
Gilmer
United Cigar Department
Gilmer’s Incorporated
Asheville
Shelby
Statesville
Wilson
N.C
Greenville
S. C
Norfolk
Raliegh
Gilmer’s
Federal agents seize liquor and moonshine in southeast
Federal agents report 375 alleged moonshiners arrested and 77 illegal stills seized in the southeastern prohibition district during November. Some 3,788 gallons of liquor were taken, $473,026 in taxes and penalties paid, and 39 cars plus 10 other vehicles used in rum running valued at $13,700 were seized. Property seized and destroyed is valued at about $97,649.
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Louisville Ne
Ce. SS
Kentucky
Tennessee
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Wrong Groom Suit Ends in Damages for Swiss Father-in-Law
M Wader of Bienne Switzerland sued a detective agency for wrongly recommending an immoral suitor for his daughter and won 140 pounds with costs. The agency charged 500 pounds to investigate the man, who was deemed worthy. six months later the bride left to return with her dowry squandered in riotous living and gambling.
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Geneva
M. Wader
Bienne
Switzerland
Joss Sticks and Their Odorous Composition Revealed
A look at joss sticks shows they are bamboo stems rolled in a blend of fourteen fragrant drugs. One ingredient deters rodents and helps preserve candles while camphor keeps the sticks burning steadily.
Holiday Return of Willard Mendenhall From College
Willard Mendenhall a student at A and E college Raleigh is home for the holidays with his parents on Louise avenue.
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Willard Mendenhall
A. and E. Colioeea
Raleigh
Louise Avenue
Widows in Tet Meers Revealed in Census Notes
A terse note reports over 22 million widows linked to Tet Meers era data, signaling a surge in bereavement figures amid wartime disruption and social upheaval. The fragment underscores demographic impact on families and communities.
Inaugural Plans and Plant Resume Hint at Jobs
The Moffitt Underwear plant, idle due to few orders, plans to resume operations before January 1 and begins operator searches. The Enterprise notes an ad and potential hiring as former workers await news. President Wilson will accompany Harding to the capitol on inauguration day, with a parade to the White House. On Pacific islands, the janaca bird is noted as beautiful and unusual.
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Moffitt Underwear Company
Copany
Washington
Wilson
Elect Harding
White House
Capitol
Joseph P. Tumulty
Harding
Pennsylvania Avenue
Rotarians Approve Bounds For Highway Bond Issue
Winston-Salem Rotary Club endorsed a 2000 bond issue at its Zinzendorf hotel meeting. Discussion covered good roads and road maintenance with B S Womble as lead speaker. An intercity Rotary meeting with Salisbury and High Point guests is planned in January with District Governor W D Perrin to speak. Herbert Hoover relief appeal for European children was read and supported.
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Winston-Salem
Winston- Salem
Rotary Club
Zinzendorf
B. S. Womble
Salisbury
High Point
W. D. Perrin
Spartansburg
S. C
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
X-Ray Examines Prisoners in Michigan Penitentiary
The Michigan state penitentiary in Jackson has purchased an X-Ray machine to photograph inmate skulls to assess if surgical treatment can cure criminal tendencies. If brain pressure is found, Detroit surgeons will operate in the prison hospital. The warden and several judges may authorize release if treatments succeed.
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Harry L. Hulburt
Hindustani Students to Convene at Illinois U to 27
Hindu students in the United States will hold their ninth annual Hindustani Students Association convention at the University of Illinois from December 25 to 27. The Illinois chapter, Hindustani Club, is the largest outside Britain with 25 members. the national association counts about 250 members, including five women.
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Champaign
Ill
India
United States
Hindustani Students’ Association
University of Illinois
Ilinois
Great Britain
Dam Streams Flood Control Plans For Southeast
The Southeastern Water Resources Office of the U S Geological Survey outlines a plan to temporarily dam flood waters from western North Carolina mountains. Large basins would be built in mountain crevasses to store water until downstream floods subside, affecting streams feeding Tennessee South Carolina and Georgia rivers.
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Asheville
N. C
United States
Southeastern Water Resources Office
United States Geological Survey
North Carolina Mountains
Tennessee
South Carolina
Georgia
Ivy Poisoning Symptoms and First Aid Advice
The article notes ivy poisoning causes itching and burning with blisters. It cites the U S Bureau of Chemistry calling it a powerful vegetable poison and advises washing the skin with heavy soap and hot water without scrubbing to avoid rubbing in the toxin. Special attention should be given to the fingernails.
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United States Bureau of Chemistry
Sunday School Christmas Play and High School Bond Vote Notice
The First Presbyterian church Sunday school will present a Christmas program featuring a Coventry miracle play and The Angels Chorus on Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the South Main street church with Santa and gifts. Separate notice: Guilford County commissioners announce a January 18 1921 special election to issue bonds up to 600000 dollars for a new High Point Township high school, with registration and voting instructions.
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First Presbyterian Church
Chrrch
South Main Street
Coventry
Angels
Thelma Wineskie
Santa
Esther Minard
Notice to Creditors for T H Martin Estate Guilford NC
Having qualified as administrator of T H Martin deceased of Guilford County North Carolina this is to notify all persons holding claims against the estate to present them by October 1 1921 or be barred from recovery All indebted to the estate should settle immediately This September 29 1920 High Point Savings Trust Company Bd L Ragan Sec Treas Administrator of T H Martin De d 10 1 fri 6t
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T. H. Martin
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point Savings & Trust Company
Bd. L. Ragan Sec.Treas
Willard A. Smith
Notice of Willard A. Smith Estate Guilford NC
Notice to all claimants against Willard A. Smith deceased Guilford County North Carolina to present claims by October 1 1921 or be barred. Creditors urged to settle promptly. September 29 1920. High Point Savings & Trust Ed L Ragan secretary treasurer administrator.
Notice of Election on Bond Issue for High Point High School
Guilford County NC to hold election January 18, 1921 in High Point Township precincts to decide on issuing bonds not exceeding 600000 dollars to build and equip a central high school under the High Point Township Central High School District. The resolutions from the January regular meeting detail the bond proposal and funding plan.
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High Point Township
Guilford County
North Carolina
Board of County Commissioners
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U. S
Board of Commissioners
General Assembly of
W. C. Tucker
Notica
Will
Kimonas
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Hart Drug Company
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