Great Lakes Shipbuilding Boom Draws Millions in Orders
The Great Lakes shipbuilding revival spreads from Cleveland to Detroit Toledo Duluth Buffalo and Chicago with orders for 46 vessels at Cleveland alone worth over 8 million and plans for 30 more. Foreign buyers and canal incentives fuel the rush as yards race to fill contracts across Lake Erie and adjacent ports.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Duluth
Buffalo
N. C
Great Lake
Panama Canal
Europe
New York
Welland Canal
England
Lorain
Ashabula
O. Ecorse
Manitowoc
N. Y
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Michigan
Ohio
Superior, Mich
Calumet Docks
Norway
Eastern
Lake Erie Wards
Atlantic
American Shipbuilding Company
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Boston
Alaskan
Lorrain Yards
Creat Lakes
Alexander MacDougall
Collingwood
Freight Congestion Deepens at Vladivostok Harbor
At Vladivostok 28 steamers crowd the harbor as pier cranes fail to handle heavy loads. Ice and extreme cold hamper unloading while lighters must move locomotives. Demurrage climbs with ships unloading under 100 tons daily and charges reaching 1500 dollars a day.
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Associated Press
Vladivostok
Russia
Japan
Lake Baikal
Good Fishermen in Great Demand on English Coast
Grimsby reports a severe shortage of skilled fishermen as war needs pull crews into naval service. Despite mine sweeping and naval duties, fish stocks remain steady and prices have quadrupled. Trawler owners offer high wages to attract workers amid reduced fleets and restricted fishing zones.
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Grimsby
Eng
North Sea
British Isles
Royal Naval Reserve
Admiralty
Mount Mitchell National Forest as National Playground
Chief Forester Graves leads to open Mount Mitchell region as a public park. The Mount Mitchell National Forest will preserve primeval scenery and offer cottages and camps with mild rules for visitors and residents. The project expands auto boulevards and trails linking Asheville to vast sylvan lands for outdoor life.
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Appalchian
Mount Mitchel
Torets
North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
New National Forest
Elisha Mitchell
University of North Carolina
North America
Mississippi River
Dr. Mitchell
Locke Craig
General Assembly
Mount Mitchell National Forest
Asheville
Mount Mitshell National Forest
National Forest
Southyard
Dessie Wood of Wilbon Attempts Suicide
Fuquay Springs reports that Dessie Wood known as Spasm of Wilbon attempted to kill himself with a gun at A. J. Wood’s home near Wilbon after months of pursuing 15 year old Annie Walker. Friends arrived in time to prevent the act.
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Fuquay Springs
Dessie Wood
A. J. Wood
Wilbon
Wood
Annie Walker
Davidson County Republicans Back Roosevelt Faction
Lexington February 28. The county Republican convention endorsed ex-Sheriff Pr. Le Brown of Wilkes for Congress. Delegates R. H. Biesicker of Lexington and H. F. Seawell of Carthage were named to the Chicago convention. They are known Roosevelt admirers, signaling possible intra party frictions tomorrow. Also noted, Gen. W. Walser delayed speaking. A lumber firm reported only 5 of 75 cars shipped to New England reached destination due to freight congestion and denied bills of lading from Southern routes.
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Lexington
Pr. LE. Brown
Wilkes
Congress
R. H. Biesicker
H. F. Seawell
Carthage
Chicago
Roosevelt
New England
Young Bride Admits Shooting Hotel Man in Texas
Fort Worth, Feb 28 Mrs Katherine Vance Harrison 15 year old wife of Charles Harrison nephew of Mrs Culberson wife of United States Senator Charles Culberson was released with her husband after posting 2500 bail each to answer murder charges. Police say she confessed to shooting W R Warren hotel proprietor whose body was found December 22 1915. The confession states she invited him into her car and shot him at an isolated spot after asking him to check a tire.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Katherine Vance Harrison
Charles Harrison
Culberson
Charles Culberson
Texas
Here
Warren
Petition drive backs Prohibition amid liquor interests opposition
Survivors from the French steamer Trignac are rescued near Hartlepool after the Bergsten arrives with news that twenty one crew members, the pilot and four passengers remain missing and presumed lost.
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Trignac
Lemion
Bergsten
Hartlepool
North Sea
Thve
U Boat Order Under Advisement In Berlin Report
Berlin reports no authoritative word on delaying or implementing the plan to sink armed merchant ships without warning. The issue remains under advisement and no decision has been announced.
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Berlin
Vila ‘Lonion
Dilution of Labor in British Munition Plants
London reports the Ministry of Munitions issues an illustrated book on employing unskilled women in munitions factories. Lloyd George states photographic records will aid factories in adopting women workers to boost production for the war effort. He urges employers and workers to embrace the policy across the country.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Ministry of Munitions
Sion
Cold Adds to Suffering in Mississippi Flood Areas
Natchez Mississippi February 28 cold weather rain and steel Sunday worsen conditions for flood refugees in Tensas and Concordia parishes and back country. Refugees mainly use drift wood huts along the river. Natchez relief committee expects more appeals for clothing and building material.
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Natchez
Miss
Tensas
Concordia
Germany Announces New War Tax Measures
Berlin reports the government has announced new taxation on war profits for individuals and corporations along with direct taxation. No estimated revenue from war profits is provided.
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Berlin
Germany
High Point Residents Tout Adler-i-ka Simple Mixture
Residents in High Point praise Adler-i-ka a buckthorn bark glycerine remedy touted as the most thorough bowel cleanser. Claims include relief from constipation sour stomach and gas with instant action and no griping. Distributed by The Matton Drug Co.
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High Point
Adler-ika
Matton Drug Co
General Emigration Likely After War New York Meeting
Reports to Leon Sanders at the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Society of America’s annual meeting suggest general emigration to the United States after the war is probable. Sanders notes Jewish suffering could limit emigration, estimating about 6,000,000 Jews are ruined and many are refugees relying on brethren’s aid.
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New York
United States
Leon Sanders
The
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Society of America
Citrolax Advertises Laxative Benefits and Claims
An old Mann Drug Co advertisement promotes Citrolax as the best remedy for constipation sour stomach lazy liver and sluggish bowels. The copy claims it stops a sick headache almost immediately and provides a thorough cleansing with no pain or nausea. It urges readers to ask for Citrolax.
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Mann Drug Co
Carolina and Yadkin River Railroad Schedule in Effect
The schedule lists expected train arrivals and departures at listed stations as of October 1, 1915. Times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without notice.
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R. R. Co
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Comstock Electric CO
High Point, N. C
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
Bank of Commerce
Arctic Ice and Coal Company
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