Building Permits Rise in High Point to 1923 Total
Building permits issued in High Point during 1923 totalled $1,729,636 with major activity in December led by the Robbins Knitting Co plant a knitting mill and a dye house valued at $21,000. Fire Chief A B Horney notes this year marks historic construction in the city.
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High Point
A. B. Horney
Robbing Knitting Company
C. C. Robbins
Atorney
Robbins Knitting Company
F. H. Mendenhall
Ragan
Pershing Streets
Pershing Street
Russell
Ragan Streets
Ragan Street
Pete Antonakis
Centennial Avenue
Washington
Monthieu Avenue
W. L. Jackson
North Main Street
William Gray
East Washington Street
Catherine Brooks
Johnson Street
J. A. Ingram
Smith Street
W. T. Justice
Spring Street
John T. Ellis
South Main Street
Pickett and MacDonald
Walnut Street
Commerce
Green” Streets
Ed Kirkman
Leonard Street
J. N. McGrary
Pope Street
S. O. Peebles
Jacobs Street
J. N. McCrary
Leonard Streét
W. W. Snider
Tate Street
James Winchester
J. W. Jamison
Sery
Willowbrook Street
J. D. Brame
High Point Insurance and Real Estate Company
Jones
Union Furniture Company
Mallory Street
Rebbits Knitting Company
C. C. Hassell
Greensboro Road
E. W. Stack
Ward Street
John Clinton
Park and Wise Streets
J. W. Johnson
College Street
Tomlinson Chair Company
Holding His Own With Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
A reader recounts long term relief from stomach trouble after using Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. A friend’s brother in a distant city was said to be holding his own after taking a bottle on the reader’s advice. The ad promises removal of mucous and inflammation and offers a money back guarantee. Hart Drug Co and Randleman Drug Co are named with locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayr
Hart Drug Co
Randleman Drug Co
Randleman, N. C
Mulatto Indian Draws Sentence On Carrying Weapons
Wallace Jackson a mulatto Indian begins a six month sentence on the county roads for carrying concealed weapons in two cases. A German luger was found on arrest after a Dec 26 warrant, and he receives ten months for the first offense and two more months for the second. John Henry Johnson, negro, convicted of bicycle theft, gets 60 days on the roads. Judgement suspended on costs for Strickland Breach of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Jackson
Jackson
Friddie and
Stout
Country Club
John Henry Johnson
Ellet Wood
Bessie Strickland
Negress
Wet December Drenched High Point With Rain
December yielded 3.77 inches of precipitation in High Point with only six clear days. Snow fell several times but melted on impact, and rain was evenly spread across the month. the daily peak was 0.70 inch.
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High Pont
Norma Talmadge Stars in Smilin Through at Broadway
Norma Talmadge appears in the silent drama Smilin Through at Broadway Thursday and Friday in a dual role with Windham Standing and Harrison Ford. The film, directed by Sidney Franklin, features Alec B. Francis Glenn Hunter Grace Griswoll and others in a tale of love and betrayal with a powerful finale.
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Broadway
Norma Talmadge
Norma
John Carteret
Windham Standing
Harrison Ford
Alec B. Francis
Glenn Hunter
Grace Griswoll
Miriam Battista
Eugene Lockhart
Sidney Franklin
Allen Langdon Martin
Jane Cow
Mss
The Man Who Saw Tomorrow on Paramount
A new Paramount film shows Thomas Meighan meeting a psychologist who reveals future outcomes of marrying Rita, a South Sea trader’s daughter, or Helen, an English aristocrat. He lives both lives, then makes a choice with a surprise ending revealed to fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
Thomas Meighon
Rita
Helen
England
Wisconsin legislators eye tax repeal and highway funding plan
Madison Wis December 29 Repeal of the secrecy clause to the state income tax law and the offset for personal property tax are among measures to be submitted to the legislature opening January 19 Governor Blaine aims to strengthen the tax commission powers to investigate income tax affairs For eighteen years Blaine La Follette forces will control the state A surtax on land over 10000 is proposed by the highway department to fund development and maintenance Labor backs twenty seven measures including curbs on court power A referendum on prohibition and tariff issues looms Socialists push a program including abolition of the national guard Rural credits forestry and railway rate regulation are also on the agenda
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Madison
Wis
Wisconcsin
Blaine
Tax Commission
Blaine-La Follette
Highway Department
Organized Labor
Spicers Issu
Supreme Court
Anti-Satoon League
Whch
Nac Ol Guard
Railroad Rate Commission
Lurwellyn Laid to Rest Today
Funeral services for Melvin Llewellyn who was killed at the Robert G. Lessiter & Co asphalt plant are to be held at his mother in law’s home at 206 Centennial Avenue at 3 o'clock this afternoon with Rev. J. A. Sharke officiating. Burial will follow in Oakwood Cemetery. Llewellyn, 28, is survived by his widow and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Llewellyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Llewellyn
Avphalt
Robert G. Lessiter &Co
J. R. Sised
Centennial Avenue
J. A. Sharke
Oakwood
Llewellyn
Liewellyn Family Noted in Local Obituary Listing
Liewellyn family members from Sligh Point and Thomasville, including Leon ard Marvin Onie and Sam Liewellyn, with sisters Mrs Ros Stillmen of Thomasville and Mrs Lilly Frazier of Forsyth county, are named in a local notice.
Clothing Remittance Package Aids Russian Families
Reports from Russia to American relief administration show a desperate need for winter clothing. To meet this emergency a clothing remittance package will clothe an entire family for the winter. twenty dollars sent to administration headquarters in New York will equip and deliver a pack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
American Relief Administration
Soviet Remittance Scheme Draws U S Bank Ties
Several thousand banks and other organizations in the United States have agreed to receive money for remittances under an arrangement with the Soviet government. The program facilitates transfers from abroad to Soviet recipients through American financial institutions.
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Russia
United States
Free Delivery at Duty-Free Speed Promised
The statement promises packages delivered free of duty and with the greatest possible speed. It emphasizes swift service and no import taxes as a key benefit to customers.
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Mutual Life Insuranc Company
OP New Yvori
Kor Information
H. E. Biggs
Dist
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Greensboro
Gouraud
Dr. Bells Ping-far Honey
Agbv Ksors
Etary
Brezks
Dr. Bells
Wisconsin
Arene
Madic
Eagle Pencil Company
Lurwellyn
Thomas Meighan
Man
Tom Meighan
Tommy
Perley Poore Sheehan
Frank Condon
Alfred Green
Theodore Roberts
Leatrice Joy
June Elvidge
Eva Novak
Masons
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. R. Williams
Cr. E. Nabors
W. M. Wi. Herndon
See
L. W. Bowlin
Srae
Neal
Bay
cOal Co
Perry Street
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