Postal Savings Bank and High Point hints of growth
The item notes postal savings bank expansion enabling accounts by mail with multi language leaflets and record gains in deposits. It also discusses the High Point area including the High Point Motor Co and jitney bus plans between High Point Winston and Greensboro, plus local social and business activity and roads comparison to Greensboro.
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High
Ford
Ford Company
High Point
High Point Motor Co
Woman's Club
Elk’s Club
Feature at The Point Show Sinking Lusitania Film
Moving picture show at The Point presents The Illfated Lusitania this Saturday with a dramatized sinking sequence. Also on Monday the final episode of the Million Dollar Mystery screens, promising strong suspense and action.
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Moving Picture
That Reminds Me Bees and Mischief as Neighbor Stunt Fails
A man who refused to subscribe had his boy borrow a neighbor’s newspaper. In the dash to fetch it a barbed fence caused injury and torn clothing. A cow caused chaos in the cornfield while a church cream spilled into kittens’ basket. A false teeth set and a runaway daughter add to the chaos.
Baby with six fingers and six toes born in Westmont
A baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Townsend of Westmont North Carolina has six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. The unusual feature marks a rare congenital condition observed at birth.
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Edward Townsend
Westmont, N. C
High Point Leads in Birth Registration Rates in State
North Carolina towns with 10 000 plus population show High Point at 32.2 births per 1000, Wilmington 30.0, Raleigh 29.8, Greensboro 25.4, Winston Salem 25.3, Charlotte 25.1, Rocky Mount 24.1, Durham 22.3, Asheville 21.3, New Bern 18.1. State Board of Health flags under-registration vs national rate 35.1 and highlights banner counties led by Clay at 46.0, followed by Dare Mitchell Martin Gates Madison Warren Lincoln Graham Avery Stokes Washington Wilkes Caswell Yadkin Cabarrus Ashe Davidson Beaufort Alexandria.
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High Point
Wilmington
Raleigh
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Rocky Mount
Durham
Asheville
New Bern
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Banner Counties
Clay
Dare
Mitchel
Martin
Gates
Madison
Warren
Lincoln
Graham
Avery
Stokes
Washington
Wilkes
Caswell
Yadkin
Cabarrus
Ashe
Davidson
Beaufort
Alexandria
North Carolina vital stats show uneven birth reporting
The State Board of Health notes Craven Currituck Camden Robeson Bertie Jones Duplin Lee Lenoir have poorest birth reporting while Raleigh Asheville Wilmington Charlotte Rocky Mount New Bern Winston-Salem Greensboro Durham High Point report best deaths. The board stresses laws require accurate reporting of both births and deaths to gauge state health trends.
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Craven
Currituck
Camden
Robeson
Bertie
Jones
Duplin
Lee
Lenoir
State Board of Health
North Carolina
New Bern
Raleigh
Asheville
Wilmington
Charlotte
Rocky Mount
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Durham
High Point
Cleopatra's Needle in Central Park From Egypt to New York
Cleopatra's Needle, the syenite obelisk in Central Park, weighs about 200 tons and originates from Heliopolis in the twelfth dynasty. It was brought to Alexandria by Cleopatra and was presented to the American people by the khedive of Egypt a few years ago.
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Central Park
New York
Heliopolis
Joseph
Alexandria
Cleopatra
Egypt
Navy Authorizes First Dirigible for Four Observers
Secretary Daniels authorized construction of the Navy's first dirigible. A Connecticut firm won the $45,636 bid to deliver the balloon within four months for the Pensacola naval aeronautic station. It will carry four student observers plus a four member crew.
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Navy
Daniels
Connecticut
Naval Aeronautic Station
Pensacola
Decline in Tosetti Brewing Licenses Under Prohibition Fears
Judge Landis of Chicago attempted to sell eighty nine Tosetti Brewing licenses but only one offer of 1200 was made and rejected. Values had stood at 2500 to 2800 a year earlier, blamed on anticipated local prohibition laws. Liquor interests brace for stricter rules as all saloons were closed over a weekend to enforce Sunday closing law.
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Judge Landis
Chicago
Tosetti Brewing Company
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Brevard Nixon
W. P. Ragan
Merchant's Association
Prince Progressive
Mecklenburg
Winston
the Postal Savings Bank
United States
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Postmaster General
Uncle Sam
Panama
Committee On Railway
Post Office Department
Railroads
Congress
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