Merchants Favor Hobacen Market in High Point
High Point merchants back a new tobacco warehouse to be built by the 1920 season, arguing it will capture Winston Salem trade and boost local prices as farmers plan to double tobacco acreage. The chamber of commerce group aims to hire the warehouse and invite outside operators to run it.
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Elf
High Point
Mercantile Group
Chamber of Commerce
Winston Salem
Twin City
Winston-Salem
Tobaccoco
Big Bill Mason To Be Freed After Long Criminal Career
The notorious burglar known as Big Bill Mason, aged seventy five, has had his sentence commuted and will be released in a few days. He spent much of the last fifty years evading police and in prison. His history includes a 1890 escape attempt from Sing Sing, a duel with Inspector McClosky, and multiple gunfights with officers. Mason once shot a policeman’s helmet off during a bold escapade before capture.
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Sing Sing
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Post Offices High in the Alps Reach Skyward
In the Alps several post offices sit at 6 000 to 7 000 feet with a letter box used for multiple daily collections located about 14 600 feet above sea level.
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Alps
Mew Coal Company Emerges in England
A London report notes a new Mew Coal Company forming amid wartime industry expansion. The venture plans 30 million dollar capital and aims to oversee about five million tons of coal production annually, signaling a major shift in national energy and steel integration.
Miner Hours and Machinery Promise Boost for Coal Exports
A speaker argues that organization and modern coal industry equipment will yield big dividends. He warns that a 48 hour week is crucial to meeting export demand, claiming work hours are misrepresented and mining workers were effectively underutilized at eight hours a day.
SHTETLERS ENTER CANADA IN FIRST SIX MONTHS
Winnipeg report states 17,878 immigrants arrived in western Canada in the first six months of the year, bringing money and plans. Figures come from the department of immigration and colonization.
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WHST
Canada
Innipeg
Mat
Western
Department of Immigration and Colonization
Immigrants Boost Farm Families and Property Value
Personal property valued at about $8.67 million marks a 2,388 increase in settlers and roughly $651,617 more property than the prior year. Newcomers hail from many nationalities, most born in the United States, and many are farmers with families.
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United States
Pershing De Stefano Starts In Life With Letter
San Francisco report notes one year old John Joseph Pershing de Stefano set to win in life after receiving a personal letter from General Pershing. The newborn bears the general’s name in a gesture the article calls a lasting treasure for the child’s future.
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Joseph Pershing de Stefano
Hfe
America
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