Southern Help in sale of bonds urged among railway workers
A letter from Fairfax Harrison urged Liberty Loan subscriptions by Southern Railway employees with a plan to purchase bonds up to 25 percent of yearly salary in 12 monthly installments. The scheme includes tax exemption, repayment protections, and a three-member committee to manage subscriptions, with notices directed to A H Plant in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway Company
Fairfax Harrison
Mr. Harrison
South
United States
A. H. Plant
H. C. Anstey
L. E. Jeffries
Washington, D. C
Plant
First American Conference for Democracy and Peace in New York
Socialist leaders and peace advocates plan to attend a conference at Holland House to promote speedy peace and oppose compulsory military training. The event is expected to push for antiwar measures, free speech rights, conscientious objectors, and US diplomacy democratization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Holland House
United States
Fascinating railroad romance of the Mur Nar line
May 20 Petrograd details the building of the 930 mile Mur Nar railway from Petrograd to Vola Bay Russia. Workers faced Arctic cold hunger and disease as Russians Austrians and Mongols logged and rebuilt under guard then massed labor from the Trans Siberian line aided completion after repeated setbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Kola
Big Auto Race for Cincinnati on Memorial Day
Cincinnati prepares for the Memorial Day automobile races at the new speedway led by the 250 mile sweepstakes with 2000 dollars in prizes. Amateurs race and aviation exhibitions are planned as top drivers Ralph Mulford Eddie Hearne Ralph De Palma Louis Chevrolet and others converge for the big event. Also noted is Mrs Nettie Emerson a prominent Pacific coast property manager in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Motor Speedway
Ralph Mulford
Barney Oldfield
Eddie Hearne
Ralph de Palma
Louis Chevrolet
Earl Cooper
Dave Lewis
Pacific Coast
Nettie Emerson
San Francisco
Sale of Valuables Under G R Robertson Mortgage
Under a 1916 chattel mortgage G R Robertson and wife Belle Robertson defaulted on payment. P H Johnson, mortgagee, will sell at public auction on June 5 1917 at 2 PM on 303 Thurston Street High Point Guilford County NC. Items include two chiffoniers Victrola furniture sewing machine Singer, gas range, beds, dining set, book cases and more. May 16 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Robertson
Belle Robertson
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
N. C
Thurston Street
High Point
Singer Sewing Machine Company
P. H. Johnson
High Point Deeds Recorded in Greensboro Register Office
Six deed transfers filed yesterday in Greensboro register of deeds concern properties in High Point. Transactions include The High Point Savings and Trust Co to Elizabeth Gordon for Lot 116 North Park valued at 120 dollars and to Miss Daisy Burton for Lot 187 North Park at 100 dollars.
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Register of Deeds
Greensboro
High Point
High Point Savings and Trust Company
Elizabeth Gordon
North Park
High Point Savings, and Trust Company
Daisy Burton
John M. Burton
T. V. Edmunds
J. L Clodfelter
Hedrick Street
Norfleet
Westview
W. B. Vail
D. N. Moore
Vail Street
Nannie Bh. Nance
Minnie Vail
Indiana dunes to become national park featured in May fete
A large open-air event is planned to promote turning the Indiana Lake Michigan dunes coast into a national park. The 20 mile by 1 mile stretch will host a pageant on history, a masque with dancing and music. About 1 000 participants come from Indiana Michigan and Milwaukee areas.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Michigan
Milnois
East
Notice of Mortgage Sale in High Point Guilford County
Mortgagee will sell at public auction on June 23 1917 at 2 PM the High Point North Carolina property tied to the 1912 mortgage by Mary Long and H B Long to J F Hoffman. Parcel described as Lot 36 Perry Addition with Reid Street bounds and referenced in Guilford deeds. Executora D H Parsons attorney 5 21 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary FE. Long
H. B. Long
J. F. Hoffman
Register of Deeds Office
Guilford County
N. C
High Point
N. Y
Reid Street
Sherror
M. J. Wrenn
Chas. Murphey
Perry
Office of Register of Deeds
Jd. F. Hoffman, JR
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Southern
Harrison
Southern Railway
A. G. Wells
Rocky Mount
Mann Drug Co
Porto Rico
United Cigar Stores
Ring
Rexall Store Bell
North State
Russian Line
D. H. Parsons
J. PF. Hoffman
W. F. Clayton
L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
J. E. Guy Elwood
Basement
City Transfer Co
J. A. Dalton
Jay
Osteopathic Physician Bank OF Commerce
American Chicle Company
Groams Eisai Gul
Speserny Gans
Frank Crane
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cneney & CO
Tomlinson Chair Co
Metallic Bed Co
Kerma
Wheeler
AL. J. Klapp
Admi
Woodward Bidg
Alty
W. C. Boren
Board County Com
Robt. Pickett
Tax Lister
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