High Point and Guilford County hailed in Piedmont history
The Industrial Department of the Commercial Club notes High Point lies in Guilford county on the Piedmont Plateau. Guilford was created in 1770 from Orange and Rowan, once including Rockingham and Randolph Randolph. It was named for Lord North, later Earl of Guilford, with Scotch Irish Presbyterians first settling the northeast, followed by Germans in the southeast and English Quakers in the southwest.
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High Point
Piedmont Plateau
Guilford County
Orange
Rowan
Rockingham
Tobacco County
Randolph
Lord North
England
Earl of
Guilford
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
One Hundred Years Ago Today in 1817 Birth of Theodore Parvin
A historical note recalls Theodore S. Parvin born in Cedarville New Jersey, founder of the Town State Teachers association, educator and librarian of wide repute. The item marks the anniversary as recorded in daily history summaries.
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Theodore S. Parvin
The
Town State Teachers’ Association
Cedarville, N. J
Joseph Hopkinson
Columbia
Philadelphia
Silent Sentinels and Shifting War Folkways
A satirical roundup mocks wartime censorship and political figures. It comments on Lawson and Congress contempt, Villa's fate, and hyperbolic threats. It notes a border correspondent jailed for criticising a colonel and jokes about Salvation Army tunes and onion shortages in Greensboro.
Reform school plan praised by editors across state
The Enterprise urges a state reformatory for fallen women, praising an appropriation by the General Assembly as the best, socially responsible use of tax funds. It notes national coverage of related crimes, argues for state leadership, and calls for a self-sustaining home to curb crime and sensational reporting.
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General Assembly
Guilford County Awakens To Progressive Growth
The piece extols Guilford County noting Greensboro and High Point as growth hubs. It highlights progress in good roads, saloon abolition, farm bureau revival, diversified manufacturing, and rising capital as the county begins a new era of development.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point
Guilford
Bureou
Trained Navigators and a Navy in Trouble
The piece argues that naval officers lack skill warning that two cruisers have run aground in the past two years causing ten to twelve million dollars in losses. It notes the Milwaukee, a first class cruiser serving as a tender to coast torpedo boats, is the latest to meet trouble on land.
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United States
Atlantic
Pacific
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
Milwaukee
Barriers of Society tops Broadway bill at High Point
Manager Stone promotes Red Feather release Barriers of Society at the Broadway with a starry cast. He plans to screen all Red Feather titles in the future pleasing High Point motion picture fans. Also at Mose theater Manager McIntyre presents Fox feature A Woman's Honor with Jose Collins and the final chapter of The 10 000 Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky, plus a multiple reel feature at Rose tomorrow.
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Stone
Red Feather
High Point
Menager McIntyre
Mose
Fox
Jose Collins
the Rose
Choice Potatoes for Table Use by Home Economists
United States Department of Agriculture guidance lists criteria for selecting potatoes for table use. Emphasizes smooth skin, minimal light exposure, medium size, firm crisp flesh, and even starch distribution to ensure uniform cooking and texture. When large or uneven, trim or cut to aid cooking. slice or pare for faster preparation and various serving methods.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Social Service Conference Program Highlights
The fifth annual North Carolina Social Service Conference in Raleigh January 21-24 features out of state speakers Miss Kate Barnard from Oklahoma on Behind Locked Doors Dr Alexander Johnson from Philadelphia and Edward A. Fitzpatrick from Wisconsin on Government and Social Improvement and W F Snow of New York on Social Hygiene. The program includes union mass meeting at Trinity Baptist Church and a full slate of sessions on dependent children social progress state welfare race betterment and organized womanhood with presiding officials and notable local participants.
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North Carolina Social Serviceonference
Raleigh
Kate Barnard
Oklahoma
Alexander Johnson
Philadelphia
Edward A. Fitzpatrick
Madison
Wisconsin
W. F. Snow
New York City
Baptist Church
M. L. Kessler
Thomasville
Clarence Poe
North Carolina
W. I. Poteat
Wake Forest
A. W. McAlister
Greensboro
State Board of Public Welfare
A. McGeachy
Charlotte
W. F
Conference On
C. B.mcnairy
Kinston
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Medicine Ad
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar cough medicine sold by Mann Drug Company. It claims quick and sure relief for coughs colds and croup, soothes inflamed throat and bronchial membranes and contains no opiates.
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Foley
Mann Drug Company
People s House Furnishing launches city campaign
The People's House Furnishing company starts a printer ink advertising drive to inform High Point residents and nearby areas about the store and its methods. Stephen C. Clark oversees the first daily ad for the large furniture retailer.
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People’s House Furnishing Company
North Carolina
Stephen C. Clark
High Point
People’s House Furnishing
Worth Attention of Women Warns on Kidney Trouble Cures
A reader from Alls Mo reports kidney trouble for two years with fatigue backache and side pains. After using Foley Kidney Pills she claims two 50 cent boxes cured her. Sold by Mann Drug Company in the ad.
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Fay Shelburg
All
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Fragmented Time Schedule Fragment
Schedule times listed with multiple ambiguous am and pm marks. OCR reads 1:22 a. 8:06 a. 12:29 a. 3:37 p. 5:55 p. 9:30 p. 10:03 p. 10:43 p. a. m. p. m. p m.
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High Point Enterprise
the Oed Press
M. Brown
J.P. Rawley
North State
Bell Telephone Connection
N. C
Congress
the Industrial Department of the
Regent's Park
London
Woman's Suffrage Association
Washington
Susan B. Anthony
Lucy Stone
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lawson
Tom W.lawson
Villa
Salvation Army
Enterprise
Underworld
Lumbus
Ohio
California
Gerard
Germany
Good Roads Agitation
Broadway Theater
Pose Theater
Pease
Gilmer
Wans TS
Jack
A. T. Wishart
Leonard Street
Mangum Avenue
Coffin
First Baptist Church
Hossiery Mill
L. Mazer
S. Fifth Street
Evans’ Store
Enterprise Office
Lead, Inc
I. L. Goldman
Eas Comemrece Street
Wachovia Bank
Carolina & Yadkin River
R. R. Co
Und
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
Gordon
V. Daily
Daily P. m. v
Broadway
Dorothy Davenport
Green Eyes
Paramount Picture
Ed Palo Morris
Morris Plan Company
High Point Morris Plan
Bank of Commerce
Wachovia Bank and
J. Gurney Briggs
Mer
High Point Township
Guy
East Washington Street
J. L. Parrish
D. 8
Southern Railway
North
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