13 Aug 1914
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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
1
Great Clean Up Sale begins Friday the 24th and runs eight business days through next week. Lot of $1.00 shirtwaists for 25c, white wash skirts 25c, remnants at 1-2 price. Three coat suits that sold for 14.50 size 14 16 for 3.08. All other suits half price.
Belgians win a key open-field victory and hold forts despite German pressure near Liege. News from coast to coast reports heavy firing at sea off New Hampshire, refugees arriving in New York, and U S business and grain markets bracing for wartime shifts. Officials note limited accurate war news due to censorship while America ramps dye and tobacco production to meet possible shortages.
Discussion suggests using steel poles shared by the North Carolina Public Service and North State Telephone to mount trolley and electrical wires. City officials aim to remove obstructions and improve the White Way once streets are mended, with the mayor possibly endorsing the plan.
The editor and family toured Spokane a new village four miles below Moffitt's Mill via Asheboro Franklinville and Ramseur. The trip noted dry roads and promising crops especially tobacco and corn. Pell settlement near lower Randolph shows rapid growth from 140 acres to strong tobacco yields with families settling nearby. The piece highlights healthy surroundings good water well drained land and locals anticipate larger development along Randolph routes with schools churches and rural improvements.
A Cambridge University advance by Professor Rowland Giffen yields a five parent wheat that combines traits from all, thrives in exposed Fen country, grows three to three and a half feet tall, and is suitable for milling. Other Cambridge grains include Browick, a Red Fife cross noted for heavy cropping.
Deeds filed yesterday to be recorded include W. H. Kidd transferring a High Point lot to Lou Lanier for 145 dollars. Bert L. Bennett sells High Point property to Maude Idol for 1000 dollars. Maude Idol transfers to Ethel W. Williard in High Point for 250 dollars. Ethel W. Williard then transfers a High Point lot back to Maude Idol for 500 dollars.
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