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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1916

Page

2

States Plan Federal Aid for Good Roads Program

Washington announces a federal 150 million dollar five year program to aid state road building under the Shackleford Bankhead act. Funds are split with states matching dollar for dollar and allocations based on population area and rural mail mileage.

Houston Shackleford-Bankhead Wilson Congress Secretary of Agriculture Public Roads Nnal Engineering Logan Walea Paver Burleson United States Alabama Arizona Arkansas Californas Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Tninwis Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Pet Co Oak Aus American Highway Association The American Automobile Association Good Roads Treasury State Highway Department Federal Corps of Highway Engineers

Canadian Army Leaves to Rejoin American Colors

Private Harry F. Smith shifts paths from Camp Borden to Camp Willis. After resigning a Kenton commission on February 29, he travels to Detroit and Toronto, enlisting with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces 124th battalion and serving at multiple Canadian camps before returning south.

Camp Willis Columbus Harry F. Smith Camp Borden Canada King Harry E. Smith Kenton Smith Detroit Toronto 124Th Canadian Expeditionary Forces

Lexington Man Leaps Prom and Court Drama

Ernest KB Fortune of Erlanger mill village leapt 25 feet from the Davidson county courthouse second story while being arraigned for wife beating. He survived with possible spinal injury and was later jailed. Fortune, in his 30s, was subject to rumors of multiple wives. his wife testified to three hours of abuse. Davidson county Superior court reopens next Monday under Judges Furgeson and Webb. docket described as light.

Lexington Ernest Kb, Fortune Erlanger Mill Davidson County Fortune Recorder’s Court Salis Bury Sendersonville Davidson County Superior Court Furgeson Webb Shelby

Proverbial Quip On Pig Tail And Coat Buttons

A humorous old line remarks that a pig needs a tail as little as a man needs two buttons on the back of a frock coat. The wry comparison highlights practical indifference to vanity.

Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Sealed In 1886 Oath

Ohio notary records Frank J Cheney swearing as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co Toledo that the firm will pay one hundred dollars for each catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice claims internal intake cures by blood action and invites testimonials. Sold by druggists with 50 cent pills for constipation.

State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County Frank J. Cheney F. J Cheney & Co Hall A. W. Gleason F. J. Cheney & CO

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