Paramount Pictures Debuts in High Point Advised
In a December 30 1915 letter Southern Paramount Pictures confirms to C Everett Wagner manager of Broadway Theatre High Point that Paramount Pictures has not been shown there before. The company states January 4 will mark the first Paramount release in the city and notes exhibitors must hold and sign the Paramount franchise for their city.
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C. Everett Wagner
Broadway Theatre
High Point, N. C
Paramount Picture
Paramount Pictures
Paramount
High Point
Paramount Features
Broadway
Food prices in United States in 1914 highest since 1860s
The 1914 wholesale prices across food and commodities rose to the highest levels since 1860s, with food prices up overall for 37 years except 1882 and 1832. Farm products and drugs showed notable increases, while clothing and metals fluctuated. The report covers prices from 1860 to 1914, noting war effects and long-term trends.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Porto Rico High School Students End Their Strike
In Arecibo Porto Rico high school students end a two month strike after protests over a detective search and a threatened move of the school. Principal Maurice H. Esser, demanded by students, remains in place as conditions return to normal.
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Porto Rico
Associated Press
San Juan
Arecibo
Commissioner of Education
Paul G. Miller
City
Maurice H. Esser
Colgate College
New York Emerges Largest City in Census Review
The Chicago Tribune reports New York City may be the world’s biggest metropolis, surpassing London by about a quarter million in 1914 figures. London’s population is corrected at 4,521,358 within the county, with Greater London at 7,251,358, while New York stands at 7,383,871 including suburbs, making the rival totals neck and neck in metropolitan terms.
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London
Greater London
New York City
County of
London County Council
Westchester
New Jersey
New World
German Aeroplane Attack Triggers Consul Arrests
London report says the German, Austrian, Turkish, and Bulgarian consuls at Saloniki were arrested on orders from General Sarrail after a German aeroplane attack on the city. British and French troops surrounded the consulates, seized staff, and destroyed archives.
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London
Vmsals
Saloniki
Cremeral Sarrail
Southern Railway Schedule Marthbound Trains
Southern Railway publishes March bound trains schedule with revised times. The notice lists departures arrivals and reduced service on select routes affecting daily commutes and freight movements. Access points include station timetables and official railroad bulletins for details.
Carolina & Yadkin River Railway Company Schedule 1965
Schedule in effect October 1 1965 shows train arrival and departure times at listed stations but times not guaranteed and subject to change without notice. W E Price general manager is noted.
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Carolina & Yadkin River
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Charlotte, N. C
Southern Paramount Pictures
Clyde M Shropshire, Maer
Marguerite Clark
Atlanta
Paramounts
Dustin Farnum
the Virginian
Mary Pickford
Geraldine Farrar
Carmen
New York
Grace Cunard
Francis Ford
the Campbells
Er Than
ISG
Chicago
Ond
Til
The
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia
Atlanta, GA
Florence, S. C
Norfolk, VA
Norfolk
Hagerstown
Roanoke, VA
Winston-Salem, N. C
Thomasville, N. C
CarOlina & Yadkin River RailwAy CO
F. J. Sizemore, T. M
Rotterdam
Berlin
Ment
Furssca
Southern Railway
I. m
W. E. Price
Ly Am Sciences
Thomasville
Jordontown
Asheboro
High Rock
Denton
Gordontown
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