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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1917
Page
6
The Enterprise drafts 1917 resolutions pledging more for High Point than in 1916 and promises to work without interruption. Staff members pledge humorous, personal vows about news gathering, advertising, pay raises, and office antics as they aim to improve the paper and its community coverage.
Comptroller A H Plant announced November 1916 and five months ending November 30 comparing to 1915. Gross revenue rose to 7 USG 495 in November 1916, with expenses up 14 65 percent. Five month totals show revenue at 32 890 658. and expenses at 22 902 621, with substantial investments in roadway and structures.
Boston Mass January 1 Massachusetts observes New Year's Day as a legal holiday for the first time in state history. The addition followed a November voter decision expanding the official holiday list across the Commonwealth.
Overseer of the Poor W. Thackara Cozzens aged over eighty requests the city council for a doubled salary next year citing rising living costs. A Civil War veteran and G A R member, he notes egg and potato prices have surged and hints at possible commitment to the almshouse if funds are insufficient. The plea follows a prior cut in his department’s appropriation amid changing economic conditions.
The Philadelphia Press notes German cities fund Turkish student scholarships at universities. Hundreds of stipends exist though only 226 candidates have been accepted by the Constantinople selection commission. The piece urges American chambers of commerce to consider similar support. It also reports over 1,000 electric ranges were sold to Boston households in the year ending October 31.
McDuff Virginia residents tell how Mrs. J B Whittaker used Thedford's Black-Draught to prevent sick headaches and stomach trouble. She says it regulates weak digestion and aids relief, noting the vegetable remedy has helped over a million people in more than 70 years. Price 25 cents at druggists.
Washington experts urge careful selection based on age sex exercise and handling. Bulletin 467 notes meat digestibility is similar across fowl and table quality hinges on tenderness flavor and proper cleanliness and storage. It covers thawing methods cold storage and practical visual tests including feet eyes skin and bone characteristics to judge freshness and age.
The sunken Kosmos Steamship Sesostris of Hamburg has been raised by the Skinner Syndicate Seattle. After dry docking in Panama she will be registered as an American coastwise vessel and renamed Estrada Cabrera in Guatemala in honor of the president. Estimated value after repairs nears one million dollars.
Official ban on open-air religious meetings in Ugeno park sparks protest by Soroku Ebara a member of the house of peers. Authorities say evangelistic work since 1899 prompted the restriction and deny favoritism to Christianity.
Salt Lake City Utah January 1 Simon Bamberger was today inaugurated governor of Utah He is the first Democrat to occupy the position in the history of the state.
The Spanish government begins installing a telephone network to connect cities across the Canary Islands. The project aims to improve communications between major towns and islands, enhancing regional coordination and services.
A Paoli Indiana reader explains several cough types from dry to bronchial and a harsh phlegm producing cough. He cites relief after using Foleys Honey and Tar, noting it cured his cough entirely. Mann Drug Company handles the product.
Mortgagee W J Armfield Jr announces sale of land in High Point town ship Guilford County North Carolina at public auction for cash on January 9 1917 at noon at the courthouse door to satisfy a default. The property is Lot No 42 on the Roland Park Company plot as recorded in Guilford County deeds.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick healer for colds coughs and croup. It claims relief of inflamed throat breathing easier loosening phlegm and no opiates with sales by Mann Drug Company.
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 9 1917 at 10 o clock a m V A J Idol Cashier December 10 1916
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