Eighteenth Century Jitneys and Historic American Carriages
Historic American carriages show early ingenuity with crude tools. Conestoga wagons originated in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, using canoe shaped bottoms to manage loads on hills and were built by regional craftsmen. The Grant-era carriage cited as a rare, prized specimen remains with an American builder after Grant's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carriage Builders’ National Association
Pennsylvania
Conestoga Valley
Lancaster County
General Grant
New Brunswick
Trenton
N. J
Jersey City
Perth Amboy
New York
Perth Ambon
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Providence
Salem
Mass
Albany
Baltimore
Wheeling
W. Va
United States
Far West
Pike’s Peak
Bust
Grant
Films Fail to Stir War Sentiment in Paris Pictures
Paris reports that moving pictures have done little to boost patriotic feeling. Censors object to scenes of German prisoners and war destruction, while officials permit some front line filming. The piece notes a rise in American films and detailing early transport history in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Paris
Vivay
Epernay
Angers
Red Cross
Duplin County Couple Weds Quietly in Kinston
H D Maxwell of Duplin county wed Miss Sadie Tyndall of Pink Hill in a private Sunday ceremony at Rev W O Bodell’s home in Kinston. The couple, not eloping, plan to reside at the groom’s Duplin home and are described as socially prominent in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Tyndall
Pink Hill
Court Goes to Movies in Patent Suit Evidence
In a U S district case Mineral Separator Ltd of London vs Miami Copper Co Delaware, motion pictures were shown in court to illustrate ore processing. Expert Dr William M Grosvenor testified on screen about copper extraction, claiming the method saved users over 350 million dollars, a novel evidentiary exhibit in Wilmington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Dispatch
United States District Court
Mineral Separator, Ltd
London
Miami Copper Company
Delaware Corporation
Federal Building
William M. Grosvenor
Grosvenor
Dutch Sentries Guard Frontier as Belgians Try to Reach Holland
Dutch soldiers guard the Belgium frontier near Bergen op Zoom as young Belgians risk crossing the line to reach Holland and later England. German sentries tighten controls while smugglers trade in contraband and horses, with pickets and lines of fire guarding all approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bergen-op-Zoom
Netherlands
Belgium
Holland
Zeebrugge
England
Flanders
Germany
Traffe
Guilford County to Vote on $250,000 County Building Bonds
The Guilford County Board of Commissioners calls a June 1, 1915 election for the county to decide on issuing bonds totaling 250000 for a new county building and court house. Voters will choose “For County Building” or “Against County Building” on printed ballots.
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Guilford
Guilford County
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners of
General Assembly of
North Carolina
General Assembly
Durch
Ssing
What is in the mail from daughter
A mother asks what is in the mail while the father grimly lists items to wash and mend including kisses handkerchiefs waists and ribbons in a domestic exchange from the Kansas City Journal style.
Foley ad sample offering trial packet by mail
An old advertisement invites readers to mail five cents with name and address to Foley s Co Chicago to receive trial packages of Foley s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets via Mann Drug Company Ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley’ S Co
Chicago
Foley
Mann Drug Company
E L Howard Elected Mayor of Sanford in Tuesday Vote
Sanford May 5 In the municipal election yesterday E L Howard was elected mayor by 28 votes over T S Cross For alderman first ward E M Underwood and G Hatch second ward L M Privey W M Kelly third ward Rev G R Underwood J C Breg son fourth ward J F Makepeace and W R McAuley won seats
Carolina and Yadkin River Railway Company Schedule 1918
Schedule in effect October 14 1918 shows train arrival and departure times at listed stations but times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina & Yadkin River
Also Mentioned on This Page
America
General Washington
Peral Washington
Duplin County
W. C. Boren
W. C. Tucker
J. A. Rankin
T. A. Wilson
W. C. Jones
Beard County
N. C
Kansas City Journal
Ady
E. L. Howard
Sanford
A.A. Ridge
Agg Tmannenndience
Enaneersnalsnesnes
Sersinesrrsnes A.m
High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
Ome
A.m. m
W. &. Price
W. F. Clayton
Bank Commerce
M. Hedgecock
Dr. Chas
McManus
Dentists Bank of Commerce
High Point, N. C
Detroit Gas
N. C. Public Service
North State
Bell
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