Panama Canal Year in Review under Goethals Report
Governor Goethals annual report details ten months after opening through June 30, 1915. It covers vessel traffic through the canal, slides blocking channels, earth removal, costs, fortifications, and health gains with malaria and typhoid reductions, plus labor transport and civil government expenses.
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Atlantic
Pacific
OSS
Colon
Culebra
Gaillard
Wiailla
Atlantic Entrance
I . Sf
Cucaracha
Caleora
Congress
Republic of Panama
Canal Zone
Treasury Department
Canal
Burying Bones Of Those Who Fell In The War Of 1870
Correspondent reports in Baveilles France that German forces have exhumed and reburied unburied remains from the 1870 71 conflict. French and German skeletal remains were sorted by side and placed in a formal cemetery division with monuments marking the graves. Animal bones appear mixed among the human remains in the catacombs.
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Associated Press
Baveilles
France
Rumors on Wilhelm II Illness Stir Berlin Anxiety
Zurich dispatch reports alarming rumors about Emperor William II's illness spread in Berlin via the Exchange Telegraph. The Zurich correspondent says the rumors may be exaggerated but provoke serious anxiety in the German capital.
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London
Switzerland
William
Zurich
Exchange Telegraph Company
Berlin
There is Some Howling Too
Bob Gonzales notes in the Charlotte News that the hit hyphen howls, a vivid line capturing the scene and mood. The columnist observes the striking phrasing and its impact on local readers.
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Bob Gonzales
Ministers Consider Salary Cuts Amid War Economy Push
London reports that after urging unions to defer wage demands ministers are urged to set an example by unseen salary cuts. A liberal paper defends the current scale arguing a minister's full attention is needed and large income reductions could cause private financial issues and distract from state affairs.
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London
Trade Union Congress
Charlotte Merchant Killed Crossing at Railroad Crossing
Edward C. Miller 53 a well known Charlotte merchant was killed when struck by a train while crossing a track near Cornelius on Saturday at 5 pm. The Southern Power Company workers were en route to their annual banquet on the special. Miller left a wife and three children. He had a farm in Iredell and operated Willer Dry Goods and worked for Foreman Shoe Company at the time of his death.
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Charlotte
Edward C. Miller
Cornelius
Willer Dry Goods Company
Foreman Shoe Company
Vaderland
Aegean Sea
Egypt
Lemnos
Southland
New Zealand
Linton
Victoria
Mudros
General Headquarters
H. M. S. Southland
Mudros Bay
Australan Imperial Forces
Smith
21St Battalion
Frank Foster Charged in Prominent Farmer Killing
Asheville reports John Hayes a prominent farmer near Tryon N C is dead from buckshot after a shooting Sunday in the presence of two young women. Frank Foster of the same area is held by authorities after allegedly stepping from behind a bush and ordering Hayes to move. A coroner s jury found Foster responsible for the shooting.
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Asheville
John Hayes
Tryon
N. C
Frank Foster
Hayes
Foster
Stamey Plans to Erect Business Building on Commerce Street
O A Kirkman and W D Summers and wife conveyed a 2375 by 90 foot lot on Commerce Street to W L Stamey for 4000 dollars. The deed, recorded after about a year, shows Stamey intends to build a business structure next spring, mirroring the Jones Ragan building next door.
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Registrar of Deeds
Guilford County
O. A. Kirkman
W. D. Summers
Commerce Street
W. l. Stamey
Jones-Ragan
Germans Build Ambitious Rail Link From Argonnes To Bagdad
Reports describe a German engineer feat turning a mine into a makeshift railway linking the Argonnes front to Bagdad. The system uses narrow gauge lines with benzol and steam locomotives to move troops supplies and wounded, with rebuilt autos serving as luxury cars behind the front.
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Argonnes
United States Bans Foreign Cotton Lint From Mails
Washington law seeks to prevent pink bollworm and other pests by barring foreign cotton lint sent through the mails. Exceptions apply to samples from Nuevo Leon Coahuila Durango Chihuahua Tamaulipas and lower California. Disinfection required for any freight or express samples before distribution.
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Washington
Eclard
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Nuevo Leon
Coahuila
Durango
Chihuahua
Tamaulipas
California
Federal Horticultural Board
Department of Agricuture
Some Consolation
A Detroit Free Press humor item presents a jailed man who finds consolation in jailhouse routines, noting that once he lies down no one wakes him to check that the back door is secure. The exchange underscores domestic irony and the perverse comfort found in confinement.
Slap in Post Office Sparks City Dispute
City Solicitor Vinson slapped A. W. Cline, former editor of the Davidsonian, after receiving an insulting letter. The confrontation occurred Thursday morning in the Thomasville post office, with the slap being the only blow exchanged.
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Vinson
A. W. Cline
Davidsonian
Thomasville
The
Cline
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Mumeree
Given
Goethals
Charlotte News
Stacles
Bagdad
Melbourne
Australia
Red Star Line
Deco
Spr
Argennes
United States
Parker R. Anderson
Detroit Free Press
Gannon
Fetzer
Waterman
Mann Drug Company
Toyland
Alexander's Toyland
Santa Claus
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
Bank of Commerce
High Point, N. C
Harris Bros
Norfolk
High Point
Philadelphia
Atlanta, GA
Florence, S. C
Norfolk, VA
Hagerstown
Roanoke, VA
Winston-Salem, N. C
Thomasville, N. C
CarOlina & Yadkin River RailwAy CO
F. J. Sizemore, T. M
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