High Point Council Keeps Hog Pens Unchanged In 1916
At the January 1916 city council meeting High Point decided not to change its hog pen regulations for now. The discussion also covered hiring firemen as special police with limited powers and a per-conviction income, plus debate over streetcar and moving picture privileges for officers and showmen.
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High Point
Lyon
Smith
Terry
Ingram
Pickett
Chit Ingram
Public Service Company
Postoffice Department
Washington
Stree
Postoffice
Kidney Ailment Relief Touted By Salts Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Jad Salts a grape lemon lithia blend claimed to flush and ease stressed kidneys and bladder irritation. It promises relief from dull kidney pain and nocturnal trips, urging a spoonful daily in water before breakfast. The text then shifts to a local council note about mayoral influence on a filing cabinets bill and a refunded poll tax for D J Johnson.
Prominent South Carolina Man Dies by His Own Hand
John Crawford a Lancaster native and son in law of Charlotte banker B D Heath died by suicide yesterday after breakfast. He led Lancaster finances as city treasurer and headed the insurance department at First National Bank. Surviving are wife Lola Heath Crawford and two children. A public meeting on a southern military training camp plan will be addressed by Sen Leonard Wood in Charlotte January 12. Ford Motor Co Charlotte plant aims to assemble seven hundred cars monthly starting within a week.
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Charlotte
John Crawford
Lancaster
D. C
B. D. Heath
Martin Phifer Crawford
Lizae Twitty Crawford
Lola Heath
Crawford
City of Lancaster
First National Bank of Lancaster
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Fort Oglethorpe
Ford
Ford Agency
Fire mystery in West Durham poisons district impact
Fire officials investigate the origin of a large West Durham building blaze housing two mercantile stores and a tailor shop. Total loss around 12500 with 6000 insurance. authorities deem possible arson but offer no motive. The report also notes a prior fatal incident and public health vaccination actions amid a growing Trinity campus wall project.
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Durham
West Durham
FE. G. Davis
J. Winnicoff
R. G. Wearny
James S. Davis
Christian
J. Mangum
Oxford
Mangum
Southern
Company
Superintendent of Health
Trinity College
Trinity Park School
Trinity
North Carolina
James B. Duke
Nature’s Law of Obedience Commands All
A concise aphorism on nature enforcing order through obedience. The text asserts that nature acts as a servant when followed and as a master when ignored, highlighting a universal principle of natural law.
If You Are Troubled By Dandruff Try This
A brief product-style prompt suggests a remedy for dandruff itchy scalp and hair shedding. The text invites trying an unspecified treatment to address these concerns.
Refreshments for Troops in London and Homeward Return
The Victoria station troop buffet grew from improvised beginnings to a highly organized system backing British effort. About 4,000 soldiers are fed daily with tea coffee cocoa sandwiches bread and cake funded by private donations and run by Mrs. Kenward Matthews and Miss Perry. Soldiers arrive on trains from Aldershot and training camps, while volunteers and guards guide, answer questions, and ensure smooth passage for homebound men.
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Associated Press
London
Victoria Station
Victoria
Portsmouth
Southampton
Brighton
Folkstone
Dover
Aldershot
Home Guards
Soliers
Tommy
Tke Robinson Crusoe
Serbian Kings Cared Little For European Politics
Belgrade dispatch notes the Serbian royal library shows limited political writing before Peter II. The collection added under Alexander and Peter II centers on fiction amatory poems, military marches, and general information about arms factories. A Vienna librarian catalogs the holdings, with political books shipped to Vienna for study by conquerors.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Peter
Putiloff
Creusot
Armstrong
Krupp
Konak
Vienna
Vienna Royal Library
Alexander
Praga
Aleaander
General advance of 44 percent in English food prices
The Board of Trade reports a 44 percent overall rise in English food prices since the war began. Sugar and tea up sharply, meat costs up 40 to 50 percent, flour bread and dairy products up roughly 30 to 45 percent. Between Nov and Dec 1915 prices rose less than 2 percent. annual comparison shows a 24 percent increase since 1914. Berlin shows a 61 percent rise in ordinary foods from 1914 to 1915.
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London
England
Board of Trade
Berlin
Sage and Sulphur Tonic Promises Dark Hair
A nostrum ad claims a 50 cent bottle of Wryeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound can turn gray or faded hair dark and lustrous quickly. It asserts the remedy darkens evenly, stops dandruff, scalp itching, and hair loss, restoring a youthful appearance after one or two applications.
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Wryeth
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Erty
McGhee
Superior Court
Jarrett’s
Haynes
Davis
Was
D. J. Johnson
J. R. Tabor
Friends School
South Carolina
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Vic
Toria Station
Lee
Ceer
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Norfolk, Va
Richmond
Yea
Triangle
Charlotte, N.C
Charleston, Ww
Charleston
S.C
The
Piedmont Building & Loan Asociation
Wachovia Benk & Trust Co
W. C. Idol
Coupg
Q8&c
Fond 7 SC
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