Doings of the City Council Tuesday Night
The city council discussed buying a new northside fire truck, limited garage and hospital locations, and strict cleanup enforcement. They granted underground drainage and a spur track for the Furniture Exposition Building, planned sewer pump maintenance, and approved wiring upgrades for the fire alarm system.
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Northside
Furniture Exposition Building Association
Dewey Street
East Washington Street
Centennial Avenue
Ap Imhoff
Northside Fire Department
West End Company
M. P
Furniture Exposition
Long
Rankin Street
South Main
Textile team suffers loss to White Oak in Greensboro
No match for Textile team as White Oak again defeats High Point in Greensboro. The Textile lads, once thought strongest, now face doubt about their level. Mrs. J. E. Jones remains seriously ill at a local hospital.
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White Oak
Greensboro
Textile
J. E. Jones
Manufacturers Back Metric System Across Nations
World Trade Club of San Francisco on August 13 led a broad push by U S and Britannia manufacturers to adopt metric weights and measures worldwide. Prominent leaders including Theodore C Search and the Lord Mayor of Manchester supported legislation favoring metric units, backed by 5 000 delegates and numerous trade associations across industries.
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World Trade Club
San Francisco
United States
Britannia
World Trade Club of
Manchester
Theodore C. Search
American National Wholesale Grocers’ Association
American National Canners’ Association
Associated Steel" Manufact Oe
U.S America
American Association For the Advancement of Sciene
American Drug Manufacturers’ Association
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
American Pharmaceutical Association
American Institute of Makers of Explosives
National American Association of Retail Druggists
National American Association of Wholesale Druggists
National American Scale Men's Association
High Point Quiets Greensboro Defeat and Red Sox Loss
High Point won two games last week as Greensboro’s squad doubted locals. Saturday the Red Sox fell to Pegram’s pitching, the scoreboard showing 3 to 0.
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High Point
Greensboro
R. J.R. Red Sox
Pegram
Lyceum Attractions Planned For 1919 1920 Season
Canvassers tour this week promoting the new lyceum season for 1919 1920. Ten top billed acts from Redpath and Piedmont will be secured, with more added if sales allow. Citizens urged to buy season tickets to support the city’s intellectual uplift.
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Lyceum
Redpath
Piedmont
Free dental work offered at Mechanicsville high school
Dr. G W Holladay of Richmond plans free dental care at Mechanicsville High School all next week for rural High Point township school children aged 6 to 13. Hours are 9 to 5. County and state cover costs, with over $300 in services provided weekly at standard rates.
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G W. Holladay
Richmond
Mechanicsville High School
High Point Township
Holladay
Elizabeth Hargrave Returns Home After Visit
Elizabeth Hargrave, longtime cook for the editor’s family, plans to resume her kitchen duties after visiting her daughter in Bethsadia. She has served for 42 years and is famed for meals that avoid indigestion.
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Elizabeth Hargrave
Bethsadia
Effie Erwin
Phoenix
Arizonia
Denver
Colorado
Let Us Understand One Another and Differences Will Melt Away
High Point faces a labor dispute as hundreds of workers march to organize while manufacturers oppose union labor. The piece urges brotherly unity, arguing the community loses when tensions rise and calling for the golden rule to restore progress and happiness.
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High Point
Governor Bickett Fined as Speeding in Burlington
Governor Bickett was stopped for speeding in Burlington while en route to Raleigh. He pleaded guilty and paid a $6.85 fine, praising the Burlington officer for enforcing the speed laws without favoritism. He later mailed the payment to the Burlington mayor with a note commending the officer’s conduct.
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Burlington
Bickett
North Carolina
Raleigh
High Point Youth Is Arrested in Greensboro
Greensboro Aug 9 Confessing he left High Point due to factory shut downs and unable to leave town without theft George Johnson a white youth was sentenced to four months on the county roads after arraignment before Judge Jones in Municipal Court on larceny of 11 dollars from an elderly mercantile owner.
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Greensboro
High Point
George Johnson
Jones
First federal profiteering conviction in sugar sale case
Washington August 13 Attorney General Palmer announced the first federal conviction for profiteering in the drive to curb high living costs. District Attorney Lucey reported a retail grocer in Binghamton New York fined 500 dollars for selling sugar at 15 cents per pound. Details and applicable law were not provided.
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Washington
Palmer
Lucey
Binghamton
N. Y
Wilsons Message Stirs Congress and Senate Action
President Wilson's address to Congress sparks strong approval as he links peace treaty ratification to stabilizing postwar conditions. He urges immediate action on treaty, profiteering penalties, surplus sales, storage reforms, and price disclosure on goods released from storage to curb rising unrest.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
New Jersey
Two Major Liberty Bond Thefts Strike New York Brokers
In New York on August 12 Liberty bonds totaling 223000 were stolen from two brokerage houses in the financial district. Richard Whitney and Company reported the larger loss of 178000 in Victory notes entrusted to a messenger who vanished. The bonds were to Kidder, Peabody and Company across the street. police hunt for the missing courier.
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New York
Richard Whitney and Company
Kidder, Peabody and Company
Whitney
Government agent reviews excise tax on entertainments
A government agent visited yesterday to inspect firms liable for excise tax and those collecting fees for dances and entertainment events, ensuring proper government dues are remitted.
Joe Lee Visited Greensboro Today
Joe Lee from Greensboro was a visitor today and his friends and acquaintances were glad to see him.
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Capt
T. M. Stanton
Overseas
Joe Lee
Greensboro
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T. J. Gold
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Alf Moffitt
H. A. Moffitt
Fletcher Welch
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Frank Pell
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Sparta
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Ev. Geo. R. Brown
Lelia Pell
Randolphassy
R T. Chappell
Edwin
Chase City
Maggie M. Ring
John W. Patton
James W. Rose
West End
Tokio Kugimiya
Japan
Wesley Memorial M. E
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Ohio
P.W. Prather
Morning Republican
Geo. W. Holloway
Detroit
H.C. Kearns, Jr
Marion
R. J. R. Red Sox
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Elks
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Miss Venetia Smith
Steele Street
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Seattle
W. L. Stamey
Taft
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Stamey's
Lillian Smith
W. L. Smith
Pine Street
High Point Hospital
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