Facts About High Point 1917 Industry Report
The Industrial Department of the Commercial Ga outlines High Point's 1910 furniture production exceeds U S exports. Five percent of U S furniture is made there. By 1914 High Point ranked eighth in population but fourth in value of city products in NC and surpassed only by one SC city. Population rose 25 percent since 1914 and finished products 33 1 3 percent. Property valuation for taxation in 1914 was 11 million 20 dollars. Post office receipts grew from 81 thousand 3449 in 1910 to 641 thousand 765 19 in 1915, an eight hundred eighteen percent gain. Banks doubled in ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
United States
North Carolina
South Carolina
High Points
Bank of the United States opens in Carpenter's Hall
Historical note records the Bank of the United States opening in Carpenter's Hall Philadelphia. The item marks a milestone in early American banking and civic life with brief dated context.
Fragmentary notes on Europe and U S events spill into year end
The piece jumbles comments on Europe’s fighting and U S naval losses with snatches about politics, publishing, and a Boston Globe editor. It mentions a lyric of unrest, a joke about the New York Bar, and a stray reference to a Raleigh landlady and a plane bored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Enterprise Wishes for a Happy New Year to High Point Readers
The High Point Enterprise extends best wishes for a joyful prosperous New Year to all readers. It recalls a memorable past year and anticipates an even better year ahead. The paper thanks readers for their support and pledges to serve them even better in the future.
City council faces hog pen ordinance decision in High Point
Editorial urges careful council action on whether to bar hog pens within 75 feet of residences or keep the current rule. It calls for health consultation, envisions a sanitary thriving city, and predicts a cautious General Assembly session in Raleigh. The Enterprise notes its extra edition will publish crucial news when available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Allies reject German peace proposals in early war phase
The allied powers refuse to enter peace negotiations, signaling a continued war. U.S. readers are not surprised as optimism for immediate peace fades and German terms are awaited as the next move in the conflict. The piece notes carnage thresholds and evolving strategies ahead.
War ends seen distant as peace idea grows
The speaker argues ties near defeat force a continued war for months or years if no immediate peace. Yet the world is stirred by advancing peace notions and may wait years before any ceasefire materializes, though progress is hoped to arrive in the remote future.
Soldier’s Request for Haircut and Shave While in France
At a soldiers hospital in France a wounded Tommers asked the matron to visit a nearby village. She considered it unwise but agreed to help. He asked for a haircut and a shave from a shop in the village, and she offered to fetch it herself on her way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Tommers
Tommy
Boston Transcript
Mathematics exam reply misreads work rate problem
A student answers a riddle about twenty men reaping a field in eight hours. He writes that since the field has already been reaped by the twenty, it could not be reaped by fifteen. The examiner records the humorous paradox in periodical Tit-Bits.
City boy rejects electric school switch tale
A country boy watches electricians installing an electric switch at a public school and proclaims he will return to town, refusing to attend a school that disciplines by electricity. The quip highlights early attitudes toward new technology in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electroians
New York Times
Difference of fortune in the mine debate
Hewitt asks if he can profit from the mine and Jewett doubts the venture as risky inheritance of a fortune, contrasting opinions in Town Topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hewitt
Jewett
Hat Delivered Sparks Tearful Exchange in Puck Note
A playful back‑and‑forth between lovers appears in a Puck note with lines about a hat ordered home for 30 dollars. The missive hints at affection and longing as the sender confirms the gift and the recipient replies with yearning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
New Smoker’s Invention Uses Bottom Ignition
An electrically ignited pipe lights tobacco at the bowl bottom to prevent moisture buildup in the stem, a new device in smoker’s inventions.
Wishing and New Year Cheer Across Seasons
A playful 1916 1917 era note on New Year customs describes greeting friends on the holiday with good wishes for themselves and others. It playfully covers the hope for marriages in spring and the penalty of loneliness in summer, ending with a toast to a prosperous year.
High Point to Ban Shanty Hog Pen, Move to Country
The Greensboro News notes High Point faces a clash over the hog pen and its stench. City growth prompts sanitation concerns and a push to remove swine housing, guiding the rural relocation of the porcine industry to match other expanding towns.
The Last Thing and The Electric Vanity Mirror
The piece notes Perkins is down and out and paying cash for everything. It then discusses a new boudoir vanity wrinkle, an electric hand mirror with a battery powered bulb to illuminate the face.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Imich Pun
THE
Associated Press
Mo Brown
J. P. Rawley
North State
Poa, N. CC
Industrial Department of the Commercial Ga
Bank of the United States
Carpenter's Hall
Philadelphia
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Covington
Robert Wallace
Wallingford
Conn
Prospect, Conn
Europe
Mr. Hughes
New York Bar Association
Boston Globe
7 Corporation
Watts
Rtle
Terprise
Sult
North Carolina General Assembly
Ses
Sion
General Assembly
Sembly
Germany
High Point and Hog Pens
Greensboro News
Broadway
High Point Enterprise
Onnie
P. O
Washington _ street
H. Harris
Bro
Ingram
J. J. Welch
White Oak Street
Virginia Avenue
Nellie W. Scoggings
Enterprise Offics
Lindsay Street
J. T. Ryan
Lead, Inc
I. L Goldman
Comemree Street
Mattison Machine
J. G. Wilson Corporation
Norfolk
Morris Plan Company
High Point Morris Plan Company
Bank of Commerce
Bell-Ans
Southern Railway
North
SOU. RY
Madame Johanna
Winston-Salem
Salem College Memorial
O’hanlon
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!