Bold Bandits Hold Up Burroughs Pay Car
Five unmasked bandits in Detroit on Burroughs Adding Machine payroll robbing at Burroughs avenue seized five bags from a pay car carrying about 330,000 dollars. Guard Rudolph Cooper was shot in the thigh and struck with a pistol butt. Police flooded the area with multiple patrols but the robbers disappeared after a 36 mile chase.
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Burroughs Avenue
Woodward
Cass Avenues
Woodward Avenue
Rudolph Cooper
Burroughs
Tao
P. O G. Chapman
Burroughs Company
Thomas Leheaban
Halla Glock
Arave Arlongside
Cooper
Second Avenue
Notice to Creditors in Estate of John A Arey
State of North Carolina Guilford County Superior Court notice to creditors of John A Arey deceased. J J E Ritchie has qualified as administrator and creditors must file verified claims within twelve months to avert bar. Date July 14 1916. L E Ritchie Administrator. J Allen Austin Attorney.
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State of North Carolina
Guilford
Superior Court
L. FE. Ritchie
John A. Arey
J. J. E. Ritchie
L. E. Ritchie
SERIES INVESTIGATIONS OVER INFANTILE PARALYSIS BEGINS
New York August 3 leading pathologists and bacteriologists from across the country will launch a series of investigations into the infantile paralysis epidemic. Dr Simon Flexner is expected to preside. sessions run today and Friday. By this stage 38 persons over 15 have contracted the disease and a child of Dr Thomas Chalmers died yesterday at Queensborough Hospital.
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Simon Flexner
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Thomas. Chalmers
Queensborough Hospital
Troops Ordered to Finlay Returned to Fort Bliss
El Paso Texas August 3 Major General Bell ordered troops to return to Fort Bliss after a search around Finlay found no hostile Mexicans partly due to misidentification of a ranchers party. Cavalry and infantry units had been sent yesterday following Finlay reports. Pursuit of two Mexican fugitives linked to Monday clash near Fort Hancock continues.
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el Paso
Tex
Finlay
Bell
Fort Elisa
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
Nationa
Fort Hancock
San Ignacio
Gonzales
Juarez
Antiquated fossils moved to new biology building
In St Paul Mem August 5 the Anthoachae ra corundulta pharcenecimmunis and related skeletons formerly in Pillsbury Hall at the University of Minnesota have been relocated to the new biology building. The skeletons are of prehistoric animals.
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St. Paul Mem
Cruel Operator Strikes Back at Editor in Untitled Page
An operator targets a local editor in a bold act of retaliation. The incident appears connected to a dispute over coverage and prompts questions about press freedom and safety for newsroom staff.
General Carr Boosts Marion Flood Relief Effort
General Carr arrived to aid flood victims in Marion with local relief efforts. He offers loans on easy terms to rebuild homes washed away and coordinates with Joyner and state agencies to support schools roads and farm aid while urging swift road work by the War Department to reopen mountain routes.
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Marion
General Carr
State Relief Committee
Tal Carr
Joyner
State Board of Education
Relief Committee
State Department of Agriculture
Solemn Serious Senate Echoes in Executive Session
Washington readers glimpse a tense executive session as senators grill nominee Abram Elkus for Turkish ambassador. Senator Penrose asks about character while Senator Stone defends him as liberal and intelligent, urging patriotism guiding his future campaign.
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Washington
Senate
Ator Stone
Abram Elkus
Brussels Refuses to Pay Five Million Mark Fine
London reports Brussels will not pay a 5,000,000 mark fine imposed by German authorities after a Belgian capital demonstration on the national fete day. Acting Burgomaster Lemonnier has written to General von Bissing denying the levy as illegal since it targets the public for patriotic sentiment.
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London
Brussels
Hague
Exchange Telegraph Company
Lemonnier
von Bissing
Belgium
Husband of Nordica Loses Fight for Estate
In Freehold New Jersey Judge Lawrence admitted the 1914 Nordica will leaving most of the singer’s fortune to three sisters and rejected the 1910 will naming her husband George W. Young as chief beneficiary.
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Nordica
Free Hold
N. J
George W. Young
Lillian Nordica
Singer
Lawrence
Mme. Nordica
Lehigh Valley Income Surges in Fiscal Year Report
New York reports the Lehigh Valley railroad earned net income of 7,666,439 for the year ended June 30, up 1,343,994 from the prior year. The gain represents 12.7 percent on common stock according to the just released statement.
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Lehigh Valley
New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
No Deck Paint To Resist All Weather
The note questions why one should choose deck paint that resists weather and how it will look and wear over time. It suggests concern about appearance and durability when selecting protective coatings.
Passenger Engine Blows Up Near South Bend
Reports say a Lake Erie and Western passenger engine blew up seven miles west of South Bend Indiana. The engineer and fireman are dead with a baggage man and brakeman in a dying condition. It was due into South Bend at 10:35 from Indianapolis and the fate of passengers is unknown.
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South Bend
Ind
Hee
Lake Erie and Western
Indianapolis
Osborne Proposed for Governor by Democratic Conference
New York August 5 Thomas Mott Osborne warden of Sing Sing was proposed as a possible Democratic candidate for governor at a conference chaired by Charles F Murphy leader of Tammany Hall. The proposal was greeted enthusiastically and stood as a reported possibility.
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New York
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing Prison
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Osborne
Notice to the Public on Funeral Designs and Services
Notice to the public advertises funeral designs and services offered by Frank H. Ford formerly High Point Floral Co. with contact phone 363 of 1798 while building new houses and handling regular business.
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Frank H. Ford
High Point Floral Co
Sale of Jersey cattle and horses in High Point
By order of the Western District Court of North Carolina a sale of horses cattle and Jersey heifers occurs August 5 at 1100 in the morning in High Point. Items include a registered Jersey bull three years old with high milk yield and several Jer say heifers some bred to the bull. Sale subject to court confirmation. BE F Field receiver.
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Hk. W. Gray
North Carolina
Eish Se Tomlinson and
Rava Stable
High Point
J. C
Ull
Jersey
Ec Field
Southern Railway Schedule Listings From Asheboro Trains
The timetable shows No. 38 at 12 53 p m No 22 at 3 37 p m No 46 at 10 43 p m and No 142 from Asheboro at 7 05 a m No 136 from Asheboro at 12 15 p m No 134 from Asheboro at 5 40 p m Note inconsistent OCR.
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Asheboro
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