Packers Demand British Settlement of Cargo Seizures
American meat packers urge the State Department to press Great Britain to release cargoes valued at about 14 million dollars held in prize courts. They accuse Britain of delaying settlements and threaten to suspend trade with neutral nations unless shipments are delivered to designated ports.
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State Department
Great Britain
United States
Chandler Anderson
England
Alfred R. Union
Anderson
Copenhagen
Germany
Consignors
Asquith
House of Commons
Washington
Allied Loses in Turkey 42434 Ships Dardanelles Casualties
The Allied forces suffered 42434 casualties including killed wounded and missing in the Dardanelles expeditionary force. The report notes the balance of naval and military losses, with further details on the contested cargoes and logistics for Great Britain, and includes local notices and community items from Hickory and surrounding areas.
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Ies
Dardanelles
Naval
French Conscription in French India Calls Men 18 to 43
In Calcutta on July 20, authorities announce all Europeans and their descendants born 1867 to 1897 in French India are summoned for military service. Those between 18 and 43 years old in every French family in India are affected. Contingents will sail for Europe from mid July to late August.
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Calcutta
India
Europe
Weather and community notes from Connelly Springs region
Unseasonably hot weather boosts ice cream sales at local stands. Prof N M Cordell and daughter Annie visit country near Connelly Springs. Nellie Ross and Minnie McKenzie are ill. Fannie Smith and Anna Fry visit relatives. J P Huffman reports Saints camp building near Chapel nearing completion. next meeting starts July 30 with ministers from Tennessee and other states. Other residents briefly listed visiting relatives and staying with family.
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N.M. Cordell
Annie
Connelly Springs
Nellie Ross
Fannie Smith
Rhodhils
G. W. Branch
David Bolch
Downie Mace
Enol
M. J. Lackey
Minnie McKenzie
J. P. Huffman
Saints
Tennessee
Anna Fry
East Hick
Ory
Marie McKenzie
Irene
Ophelia Berry
Drexel
B.C. Rowe
Sloan's Liniment Reliefs Aches After Hard Work
A vintage testimonial touts Sloan's Liniment as a quick fix for tired aching muscles from over exertion. It claims fast relief without rubbing and positions the product as better and cleaner than mustard. Available from all druggists for 25 cents.
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Sloan
Sean
Seaboard Excursion Portsmouth Norfolk August 3 1915
The Seaboard Air Line announces an excursion from Rutherfordton Charlotte Lumterton Ches ter and all intermediate stations to Portsmouth Norfolk on Tuesday August 3 1915. Round trip from Charlotte costs 4 dollars 50 cents. Train departs Rutherfordton 4 40 pm Charlotte 7 50 pm arrives Portsmouth 8 30 am next morning. Return departs Portsmouth Thursday night 8 pm August 5. Sleeper reservations advised. First class equipment with special coaches for colored people. For details see flyers or contact agents Jas Ker Jr T P A Charlotte.
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Seaboard Air Line
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Rutherfordton
Charlotte
Lumterton
Chester
Cary
Charote
Ports‘mouth
Pullman
Jas
Ker, Jr
Ohn West
Aligh
N.C
N. C
Northerly Yakutsk plant shuts down in summer
The most northerly electric lighting plant in Asia sits at Yakutsk, 2,000 miles from a railroad, remaining shut in summer while winter loads peak. The document also notes U S agriculture tests on foreign woods, timber faults seen in grain, and various other statments about crops, currencies, and notable people.
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Asia
Yakutsk
Bowman Pardon Granted by Governor for Second Degree Murder
Governor Locke Craig granted a conditional pardon to J W Bowman, freed immediately after serving five years of a ten year sentence for second degree murder in the Hafer case. He was paralyzed since confinement. judge and prominent local citizens supported release citing lack of conspiracy evidence and dangerous motive.
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Locke Craig
Battery Park
J.W. Bowman
Alexander
Craig
John Hafer
Bowman
Frank Propst
Hafer
Propst
Bowrman
Judge Council
Catawba
Southern Railway Passengers Soar With Minimal Fatalities
Atlanta July 18 officials reported that Southern Railway carried more than sixteen and a half million passengers in the year ending June 30 with only one passenger fatality on a train, caused by a violation of rules on a car platform. The company noted none killed in train accidents. In contrast, twelve automobile deaths at public crossings occurred in the same period, all preventable by Stop Look and Listen. The report cites safe handling of passenger trains and contrasts road safety figures.
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Atlanta
Ofirginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Kentucky
Southern Railway
Fairfax Harrison
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L. E. Zerden
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Asheville
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Ovid Webb
South Boston
Adelaide Johnston
Blowing Rock
James Shuford
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Hickory
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A. S. Abernethy
R. O. Abernethy
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Eroll Bolch
Laulee Wolfe
Reinhardt
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M. E. Church
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Miss Mann
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Chas. E. Hefner
A. K. Hoke
Henry Lael
W. Holman
A. T. Foy
F. L. Fry
Luther Marshall
P. L. Hefner
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C. J. Raby
D. P. Canipe
Charles Fry
E. M. Suggs
B. B. Hail
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M. W. Veach
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