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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1916
Page
2
Chicago railroads spent sixty six million nine thousand on improvements and maintenance during the period reported, reflecting heavy public and private investment in railroad infrastructure and operations. The outlay underscores a sustained push to expand capacity and modernize lines across the city.
Chicago reports a comprehensive plan costing about 66.69 million dollars for new freight and passenger terminals. The freight yard will cover 12 blocks with 18 tracks and 400 cars under ground and covered driveways. The passenger terminal, to be shared by several lines, will rise near Canal Street and open eight exits. Construction employs about 1,000 workers and aims to ease street congestion and speed freight and passenger movement.
Chicago May 29. Notice of contest involving the entire North Carolina delegation to the Republican national convention was received by Secretary Reynolds. The contest covers four delegates at large and 17 district delegates, but will not be considered at the June 1 meeting due to late notice. The case may go to the credentials committee on appeal. The report also notes related court remarks and other trials in the same era.
An ad noting Davis Old Colony Wagon Paint protects wagons and farm implements and keeps equipment looking like new.
London May 27 Eighteen persons were killed and a score of others injured in an air raid on Bari on the Italian Adriatic coast according to a Reuters dispatch from Rome. The victims were largely women and children.
The piece extols a ideal town named My-Town praising its schools churches homes and moral aims. It celebrates Chautauqua Seven Joyous Days and urges safeguarding health and morals to make My-Town the best town. The author Dederick Van der Plasse signs the poem.
Pursuant to a Guilford County Superior Court decree in the guardianship of Fernier Leaen, the undersigned will sell the Bellevue Hotel Property in High Point at public auction to the highest bidder. The brick structure has about twenty five rooms on a square lot of one hundred feet each side near the railroad station. Terms: one fourth cash, and three installments at four, eight, and twelve months with 6 percent interest. title retained until paid. May 15, 1916. George C. Leach, Commissioner.
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