History of the Old Plank Road Between Fayetteville and Salem
An essay by Miss Martha Hamilton recalls the 1848 1850 plank road built for a pine path from Fayetteville to Salem. Workers earned about 50 cents a day and tolls varied by wagon type. Pay stations lined eight mile intervals with tolls of three to five cents per mile. The road influenced High Point’s growth and spurred a later railroad, but timber losses ended the venture after eight years.
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Fayettville
Salem
Martha Hamilton
Hamilton
High Point
Miss Hamilton
North Road
Carolina
Fayetteville
Union Cross
Howell
Main Streets
Springfield
Forsythe
Stokes
Surry
Wilkes
Davie
Yadkin
Moorehead
North Carolina
Greeksboro
Western Cornel
Basiae
Cecece
Parkway to Have Fire Protection for High Point residents
High Point city council approved fire protection for the Parkway residents. Homeowners may lay the protective pipe at their own expense and the city will refund the money after 12 months with no interest. Work starts immediately and will benefit both Parkway and downtown residents.
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High Point
Dity Council
Parkway
Furniture City
Railway Board Exercises New Powers In Strike Case
Chicago January 4 The Railway Labor Board takes jurisdiction for the first time under the federal transportation act to settle a Norfolk and Western dispute with trainmen and conductors. A hearing is set for Monday as unions press for higher pay and changes in conditions amid a threatened strike. Clerical notes reference the unions and company positions on board submission and fundamental rights in labor relations.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Board
Norfolk and Western Railway
Order of
Brotherhood of
W. C. Turner
Order of Railway Conductors
Val Fitzpatrick
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Federal Board
Maher
Fitzpatrick
Labor Board
Banks Employ Women in Boston During War Emergency
The article notes a large proportion of Boston bank clerks are women. It describes reluctant hiring as a wartime measure and mentions women serving as expert clerks across bank departments as men went to war.
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Boston
Banks
Banking Principles and Future Opportunities
The text urges readiness for future opportunities by acknowledging limits on banking knowledge. It emphasizes that while opportunities may grow, deep mastery of banking principles and details is not required to seize them.
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Peniac
Taniac
High Point
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Randleman
Randleman Drug Co
Stokesdale
O. PB. Lenoir
Pomona
Pomona Mercantile Co
Caroline P. Stickle
Boston
American Institute of Banking
Tahiti Attracts Artists Papeete Tahiti News
Tahiti draws artists and writers eager to capture her scenery and culture. Influenced by Gauguin and Somerset Maugham, visitors rush to publish sketches and canvases as editors and galleries brace for a surge of South Sea material.
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Papeete
Tahiti
Associated Press
Cauguin
Gaugain
Somerset Maughin
South Sea Island
Bank lends radium to hospitals in New York
A New York bank provides radium loans to hospitals, supporting medical research and treatment. The arrangement aims to supply essential radioactive materials for radiology and cancer therapies, with safeguards and oversight in place.
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New York
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Missouri
Bas.nyerd
Parker Moon
Society of Friends
Quakers
Howard Avenue
Carthage
Parker
Tanlac
Sedan
Arthaghe
Railway, Board
Norfolk & Western
Penn
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Harding
Pennsylvania National Guard
Guilford Transfer Company
Wilson
Mme Assos Sere Verre
Cll
Arctic Ice and Coal Co
High Point, N. C
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