High Point and Guilford County Facts from 1917 Feature
Monday January 15 1917 overview of Guilford County North Carolina detailing its 672 square miles of Piedmont plateau terrain. Notes watershed between Cape Fear and Dan rivers and elevations around 500 to 1 000 feet. Guilford Courthouse moved to Greensboro in 1808. Mild climate with 58 degree mean temp and annual precipitation about 47 59 inches. To be continued.
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Guilford County
Cape Fear
Dan Rivers
Guilford Courthouse
Greensboro
Alexander J. Dallas dies in Trenton at sixty seven
One hundred years ago today Alexander J. Dallas former secretary of the treasury under Madison and father of the United States Bank died in Trenton New Jersey. Seventy five years ago today Rev John N Neumann became a Redemptorist in Baltimore the first such profession in the United States. Fifty years ago today a Colorado statehood bill passed both houses but was vetoed by President Johnson. Twenty five years ago today Henry G Marquand donated fifty thousand dollars to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Alexander J. Dallas
Treasury
Madison
United States Bank
Trenton
N. J
Jamaica
W. J
John N. Neumann
Philadelphia
Order of Redemptorists
Baltimore
United States
Congress
Colorado
Johnson
Henry G. Marquand
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Weathered satire and wartime jabs in a Greensboro column
The piece mocks political rhetoric and public statements amid World War I. It lampoons alienists called to Congress, silent sentinels, von Hindenburg and Mackensen, and editor Godbey. It notes Romania’s fate, liquor debates, and bread riots with a biting, humorous tone.
National Guard and War Department Debate Over Reorganization
A critical column argues the Hay reorganization bill is a failure and the War Department uses the Mexican border to discipline national guardsmen. It advocates federalizing militia only as a reserve, saving money by cutting waste and paper use while noting many small papers close due to paper costs.
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War Department
National Guard
Hay Army
Congress
United States
Government to save 469000 by ending useless bulletins
A Washington dispatch reports the senate committee on printing recommends saving $469,000 yearly by eliminating government bulletins that are printed and scattered nationwide. The committee investigated and issued the report today.
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Washington
Senate Committee On Printing
Power of the Hills in Western North Carolina
The article extols stored electric power in western North Carolina hidden in streams and terrain. It argues harnessing this energy will transform factories and industry, noting mills in the Carolinas already use it to replace coal and predicting Western North Carolina could become a leading manufacturing hub.
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North Carolina
Who can blame Thaw for preferring an asylum over NYC trial
The column argues that Harry K. Thaw faced scorn after his 1906 murder case. It contends the insanity route in Pennsylvania could avoid harsh jury verdicts and public spectacle in New York City.
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Harry Thaw
Pennsylvania
New York City
Devil at His Elbow at Rose theater with Dorothy Green
Dorothy Green and Clifford Bruce star in The Devil at His Elbow at the Rose theater along with the final installment of A $10, 000 Sequel to the Diamond from the Sky shown today.
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Dorothy Green
Clifford Bruce
Metro
McIntyre
Rose Theater
Manager Stone Presents Murdered by Mistake At L-Ko Studio
The theater offers a screamingly funny farce Murdered by Mistake from L-Ko studios with a comic study cast. A one reel drama Green Eyes follows, plus an Animated Universal Weekly. Tomorrow the programs continue with Para mounts starting at the theater.
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Stone
L-Ko Studios
Green Eyes
Universal
Paramounts
German builders plan 16000 horsepower gas engine
Report notes German builders consider constructing a 16 000 horsepower gas engine. The item also mentions that in Switzerland gas locomotives have already been built.
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Switzerland
Ben
Constipation Poisons the System Poem Ad Claims
An advertisement touts Tollo Water from Dawson Springs Kentucky as a natural liver and bowel regulator. It advises taking a third of a tumbler with water before breakfast to relieve distress, wash out poisons, and improve mood and digestion, with ongoing use said to maintain regular bowels. Hart Drug Co. sells the product for 15 cents.
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Nature
Dawson Springs
Kentucky
Hart Drug Co
Home for delinquent women urged in North Carolina
The Wilmington Star urges the North Carolina General Assembly to establish a reformatory for delinquent women and girls, arguing a state tool is needed beyond punishment. It cites prior reform efforts, Christian ethics, and the need for state aid plus private endowments to implement humane care.
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The
Star
General Assembly
Ministerial Association of
Wilmington
North Carolina
A. A. McGeachy
Second Presbyterian Church of
Charlotte
McRae
Wilmington Star
Pay your city taxes and cold remedy ad
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar cough medicine for colds coughs and croup. Claims quick action in healing inflamed membranes and loosening phlegm with no opiates. For sale by Mann Drug Company.
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Foley
Mann Drug Company
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High Point Enterprise
MEM
the Sec Press
Asa Biggs
Co. M. Brown
J. P. Rawley
North State
Bell Telephone Connection
High Point
N. C
Mr. Weather Man
Sentinels
von Hindenburg
Mackensen
Godbey
Greensboro News
von Mackensen
Rumania
Macon
Berlin
Missouri
National Guardsmen
Army
United States Army
Tion
Ment
Power OF the Hills
North
South Carolina
States
United
Broadway Theater
North Main
Care Enterprise
Jack
A. T. Wishart
Baptist Church
Mangum Avenue
W. C. Coffin
L. Mazer
S. Fifth Street
Mediate
I. L. Goldman
Comerce Street
Gilmer
Wachovia Bank
L. S. Fox
Carolina & Yadkin River
R. R. Co
Whic
Southern Railway
Golly m
Thomasville
Ieee
SOU. Worth
P. m
Broadway
Paramount
Morris
Morris Plan Company
High Point Morris Plan Company
Bank of Commerce
Wachovia Bank and
J. Gurney Briggs
Mgr
High Point Township
East Washington Street
J. L. Parrish
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