High Point Industrial Fact Summary 1916 Overview
Population 1916 15 000 area four square miles elevation 940 feet mean annual temperature 58 degrees lowest death rate in state 11.6 per thousand water plant provides pure water cheap electric power 66 KWH banks five total capital and surplus 350000 deposits 2415599.27 increase ten years 100 percent annual freight bill 1500000 total value of manufactured products last year 8000000 locals produce 700 worth per each inhabitant annually-diversified industries and manufactures in city.
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High Point
City of Diversified Industries
One Hundred Years Ago Today 1817 Roane born in Tennessee
A daily history note recalls 1817 the birth of John S. Roane governor of Arkansas and Confederate general born in Wilson county Tennessee died Vine Bluff Arkansas April 7 1869. It also marks seventy five years ago in 1842 New Orleans celebrated General Jacksons victory over the British and fifty years ago 1867 Congress passed the neutral suffrage bill over the Presidents veto. Thirty years ago 1892 Rear Admiral C R P Rodgers died in Washington DC born Brooklyn November 14 1819.
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John S. Roane
Arkansas
Wilson County
Tenn
Vine Bluff
Ark
New Orleans
Jackson
C. R. P. Rodgers
Washington, D. C
Brooklyn
Paragraphics and Pithy Political Quips
A compilation of varied quips and asides on politics war and foreign affairs including references to Senator Overman Cuba Greece and public opinion. The piece mulls leadership missteps and peacenik sentiment while lampooning diplomacy and wartime policy.
The Gambler and the Peace Conference War Debt
A critical column argues that peace talks threaten Wall Street gains from war and war brides. It links speculation and munitions profits to a political drive against negotiations while proposing regulated ocean freight rates to curb price manipulation and defend farmers.
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Wall Street
Long and Short Stories in Colonial Newsrooms
The Greensboro Record champions brief clear reporting over lengthy narratives as journalism shifts toward concise prose. It notes that multi editor cuts trim flowery language, producing tighter summaries and quicker reader understanding, a trend echoed by The Enterprise in wire service edits.
Ocean freight rates steer Atlantic wheat prices
Regulation fixes cargo transport costs across the Atlantic to Liverpool, shaping domestic and foreign prices. Today wheat may fetch one dollar delivered to Liverpool, while overnight ocean carriage raises the price to one dollar twenty cents. The volatile rates govern many American commodities.
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Atlantic
Liverpool
Hell in Texas Verses by North Carolina National Guardsmen
A multipart wartime poem recounts the June to December voyage of North Carolina National Guard soldiers from Camp Glenn to Texas. It details drilling, marching, rough conditions, sand storms, snakes and lizards, cold nights, and card poetry sold on post cards. The piece closes with signatures from Squad No 11 and Company M, 1st NC Infantry, El Paso Texas.
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Norman W. Andrews
Perry F. Smith
Vivian L. Vail
Robert A. Allred
Artis L. Valentine
Everett L. Proctor
Charles Sechrest
Company M
1St
N. C. Inf
el Paso, Texas
Masonic Lodge 344 Call for Full Attendance
Regular communication of Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 344 set for Monday night January 8 at 7:30. This is the last meeting before Grand Lodge and full attendance is desired. A. F. Wall presides and P. V. Kirkman signs as secretary.
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Numa F. Reid Lodge
Grand Lodge
A. F. Wall
W. M. P. V. Kirkman
City manager Arthur Lyon stays cheery amid rain and mud
The optimistic city manager discusses street paving delays caused by heavy rain. He notes ditches dug to lower water and sewer mains will settle the dirt, reducing future sinking risk. He stays hopeful and continues overseeing mud clearing and sourcing cinders.
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Arthur Lyon
Mr. Lyon
Wall Street Leaks and Capitol Gossip Stir Debate
The New York World analyzes congressional actions around the Wall Street leak tied to the President notes to belligerents. It accuses Rep Wood and Rep Gardner of reliance on hearsay, notes a bear raid and possible campaign-fund links, and urges full fact-finding without repeating the scandal.
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United States
Wall Street
Washington
Wood
Gardner
Wilson
Democratic Campaign Fund
National Council of Defense
Baruch
Committee On Rules
Wal Street
New York World
Flint and flour corn yield under drought conditions
Flint and flour corn varieties often produce heavier yields than dent types in drought. They are unpopular due to many small ears and husking difficulty. Harvesting by animals mitigates this problem.
How Appendicitis Prevented with Adler-ika Mixture
High Point residents are advised that a few doses of buckthorn bark and glycerine mixed in Adler-ika can relieve or prevent appendicitis. The ad claims one teaspoonful cures constipation, sour stomach, or gas and promises quick relief for chronic stomach trouble, from The Matton Drug Co.
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Adler-ika
The
Matton Drug Co
Adler-ika claims to prevent appendicitis in high Point
An advertisement touts Adler-ika a Buckthorn bark glycerine mixture that allegedly relieves constipation sour stomach and gas. The copy claims one spoonful acts on both bowels and can relieve or prevent appendicitis with instant effect. Sold by Matton Drug Co.
Astonishing Adler-i-ka Mixture Promises Quick Relief
High Point residents react to Adler-i-ka a simple buckthorn bark glycerine mixture. One spoonful relieves constipation sour stomach or gas and may prevent appendicitis by acting on both bowels. Short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble. The Matton Drug Co.
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Matton Drug Co
Furniture and goods produced in Mobile factories proposal
Means and experience to establish factories for making furniture refrigerators caskets woodenware etc at Mobile Alabama ash oak gum and cedar did climate steamships to Europe West Indies Central and South America.
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Mobile
Alabama
Europe
West Indies
Central and South America
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High Point Enterprise
the Acociate Press
C. M. Brown
J. P. Rawley
North State
N. C
Congress
the Industrial Department of the
Senator Overman
Cuba
United States Senate
von Bethman Holwegg
Mexico
Wilmington Dispatch
Greece
Lawson
New York American
Wilmington
Greensboro News
Nero
the Gambler
Rives
New York
Greensboro
Record
Enterprise
John Samuel Jones
Associated Press
the National Guard
National Guards
Camp Glenn
Texas
Wil
the Land of Hell
Heaven
Devil
Hell
Paradise
Cal
the Bay of Sunshine
Redding
Smith Street
Snow Park
West Green
ED Servant
Morris Street
R. B. White
Bain Avenue
F. M
Blair Street
Ceni Stret
Park Street
Tom
Dewey Street
L. Welborn
City
Care Enterprise
I. L. Goldman
Comerce Street
Mobile, Alabama
Ries
Mobile Light & Railroad
Broadway
Red Feather
Billy Goat Hill
Myrtle Gonzales
Morris
Morris Plan Company
High Point Morris Plan Company
Bank of Commerce
Bell-Ans
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
J. Gurney Briggs
Mgr
Abbott Creek Church
B. J. Snyder
John Hayworth
Sanford Spurgen
Willie Hedgecock
M. A. Snyder
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