High Point and the birth of good roads and prohibition
Historic notes from J Harper Johnston recount High Point’s 1845 1859 rise shaping two movements good roads and prohibition. Plank road bulk transport connected Salem to Fayetteville with tolls and rough traffic before rail expansion and the 1859 charter. The first High Point saloon triggered early prohibition in the city.
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High Point
Greensboro
J. Harper Johnston
Salem
Forsyth County
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
William Welch
Guilford
Randolph
Johnston
Cross Roads
Thomasville
Jimtown
North Carolina Railroad
Great Southern
Macadam
General Assembly
North Main Street
United States
Billy Welch
Bank of Commerce
Dave Coble
Mr. Johnston
Dr. Lindsay
Lindsay
Broad Street
Redding
Boxing cards set for Brooklyn and Boston bouts
Billy Miske faces Charley Weinert in a 10 round bout in Brooklyn. Jack Dillon clashes with Battling Levinsky in a 12 round fight in Boston.
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Billy Miske
Charley Weinert
Brooklyn
Jack Dillon
Battling Levinsky
Boston
Tanlac credited with restoring Mrs. Burchfield’s health
F W Burchfield of 226 Dewey Street testifies that after two Tanlac bottles his wife’s appetite improved she gained six pounds and now handles her work with renewed energy. Drummer Edward Hales Drum and Tanlac Man endorse the claim and note Tanlac’s general benefits for digestion nerves and vitality. Genuine Tanlac sold at Hart Drug High Point and other area stores.
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Taniac
High Point
Hart Drug Store
Randleman
Randleman Drug Company
Thomasville
Thomasville Drug Company
87 Year-Old Man Praises Foley Kidney Pills
An eighty seven year old H H Adams of In & Mo reports a severe kidney attack but credits Foley Kidney Pills with improvement. The advertisement states the pills build up weakened kidneys and cleanse the blood, aiding bladder troubles, sold by Mann Drug Company.
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H H. Adams
In & Mo
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Bank of Commerce High Point to Convene Annual Meeting
The Bank of Commerce in High Point North Carolina will hold its annual stockholders meeting in the directors room on Wednesday January 17 at 1030 a m. to transact business. H A Millis cashier announces the notice to stockholders.
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Greensboro
Morehead
Central North Carolina Railroad
Southern
High Point
Charlotte
Goldsboro
The
Bank of Commerce
N. C
Senate Acts On Education Bureau Reporting Regulations
The senate, without objection, edits a resolution by Senator Chamberlain of Oregon. It calls on the secretary of interior to report the Rockefeller and Carnegie foundations regulations with the bureau of education and to provide a statement of bureau officials whose salaries are paid by the foundations.
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Washington
Senate
Chamberlain
Oregon
Secretary of Interior
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Bureau of Education
Bradner Buys Powell Interest in Bradner and Company
On December 29 1916 B H Bradner purchased B R Powells interest in the concern of Bradner and company and all owning this concern are urged to come and settle their accounts so the purchaser may pay all bills owed by the old company Signed B H Bradner B R Powell
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Bradner
B. R. Powell
Bradner and Company
Mother's Joy Salve Praised by Dr Patterson
Liberty North Carolina physician Dr R D Patterson reports his boy recovered from pneumonia after using Mother's Joy Salve on the throat and chest. The temperature dropped from 104 to normal within an hour, according to the letter.
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R. D. Patterson
Liberty, N. C
Certificate of Dissolution for Manufacturers' Club Inc
The Certificate of Dissolution records the voluntary dissolution of Manufacturers' Club, Inc. at 117 South Main Street High Point Guilford NC, with J. H. Dobbs as agent. Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes attests the dissolution on October 14, 1916 after all stockholders consented.
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Manufacturers’ Club, Inc
South Main Street
High Point
Guilford
State of
North Carolina
J. H. Dobbs
I. J. Bryan Grimes
Raleigh
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Jamestown
Jamstown
Jarrell Hotel
Seaborn Perry
Jeremiah Pickett
Bellevue Hotel
Sebe Perry
Mr. Perry
Perry
High Pointer
Eli Denny
Matton Drug Company
Bob” Wheeler
Briggs
Bob
FW. Burchfield
Dewey Street
Tanlac
F. W. Burchfield
Hig Point
H. A. Millis
Lane
Education Bureau
B. H. Bradner, B. R. Powell
Bell Directory
Telgraph
State OF North Carolina
Department of State
J. Bryan Grimes
New York Life Insurance Company
F. A. Ogburn
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
J. E. Guy
Elwood Basement
South Main St
W. F. Clayton
Bk. of Commerce
J. Fred Tesh
C. E. McCmanus
North Carolina Public Service Company
Bulletin NO. Vil
North Carolina Public
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