High Point's Name Origin and 1859 Charter Chronicle
Surveyors chose the name High Point after a stake marked on the site during railroad surveys. The piece traces High Point's charter dated May 26 1859, its first mayor Nathan Hunt and early leaders, postwar growth, and the rise of factories and textiles shaping the city into a southern manufacturing hub with 125 plants and 14 000 workers today. It notes Emerywood development and civic projects including a $1 000 000 exposition building and a $500 000 high school.
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High Point
Greeg
Old North Carolina Railroad
Dyer
Jarrell
Salem
Fayetteville
South
Guilford County
General Assembly
North Carolina
Guilford
Sors
Robert C. Lindsay
John Carter
Sewell Farlow
Eli Denny
Jeremiah Piggott
House of Commons
Henry T. Clark
Senate
Ull
R. C. Lindsay
Nathan Hunt
City of
Reuben Sechrest
Wiley Bowman
J. H. Tate
T. F. Wrenn
M. J. Wrenn
W. P. Ragan
Emerywood
Southern Furniture Exposition
Commercial National Bank
Sheraton
High Point College
Do Women Have Souls Analyzed In 1920s North Carolina Note
Mamie York summarizes a student article critiquing H G Wells and Otto Weininger arguments that women lack souls. It traces historical attitudes toward women, noting Biblical and Jewish norms, and highlights education barriers and slow progress for girls and women in 19th and early 20th century America and Prussia.
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England
Prussia
America
Boston
North Carolina
Woman's rise in education politics and business noted
A U S page highlights Miss Utah Mac Elizabeth Letts of Ogden who will represent Utah in the International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston. It reviews women's progress from education and business to politics, citing British suffrage 1882 and US suffrage 1920, praising female achievements and questioning Nature's view on women's intellect.
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Mac Elizabeth Letts
Ogden
Utah
Galveston
Tex
Great Britain
England
Britain
Lady Astor
America
Mr. Wells
Manufacturers Take Notice of Deaths
Atlantic City May 14 AP In addition to the death of Samuel Finley Patterson of
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Atlantic City
N. J
Samuel Finley Patterson
Are You An Economic Jaywalker
An advertisement emphasizes thrift in shopping at J. C. Penney Company stores. It promotes the cash only policy as a saver and says customers learn to follow good judgment and avoid extravagance, forming a habit of economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Penney Company
Roanoke Rapids Attends Resolution For Departed Cotton Officials
After his election to lead the American Cotton Manufacturers Association last year the passing of several members was noted in a closing session resolution. Names include James Alexander Laurinburg Rogers W. Davis Charlotte J. M. Edwards Forest City John S. Efird Albemarle George N. Hutton Hickory W. N. Johnson Red Springs B. Frank Mebane Spray J. W. Mendenhall Lexington Thomas D. Peck Warrenton Frances Marion Pickett High Point.
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Roanoke Rapids
N. C
American Cotton Manufacturer's Association
James Alexander
Laurinburg
Rogers W. Davis
Charlotte
J. M. Edwards
Forest City
John S. Efird
Albemarle
George N. Hutton
Hickory
W. N. Johnson
Red Springs
B. Frank Mebane
Spray
J. W. Mendenhall
Lexington
Thomas D. Peck
Warrenton
Frances Marion Pickett
High Point
Greensboro Man Held in Jacksonville on Charge of Fals Pretenses
Greensboro bureau reports Joh Bishop of Greensboro is held in Jacksonville Florida on a charge of false pretenses. A local automobile financing firm alleges Bishop made false representations to obtain a loan for a car. He will be returned if plans of the cancer go through. if he resists, return will be sought.
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Greensboro
Joh Bishop
Jacksonville
Fla
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Surveyors of North Carolina Railway
WM. P. Ragan
Bell
Tine Diamands
Stamey’s Jewelrs Gifts
TAZ
TAO
Southern Mortgage Loan & Land Company
Wachovia Bank Building
Wr. Wells
Mamie York
H. G. Wells
Mr. Walls
Otto Weininger
Neitzche
Weininger
Moses
Durant
Miss
THE
New York
N. Y
Redpath
By Kent Straat
U.S
Orr
Jcpenneyco
South Main St
Jaciel
Jaciel Compact
Crigan
Coty
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Stamney’s
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