Great Lakes Shipbuilding Boom Sends Orders Soaring
The Great Lakes shipbuilding revival accelerates with Cleveland alone booking 46 vessels worth more than 8 million dollars and talks on 30 more. Detroit Toledo Duluth Buffalo and Chicago report rising orders from American and foreign buyers amid steel shortages and Panama Canal impact.
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Cleveland
Associated Press
Chicago
Great Lakes
Detroit
Mich
Toledo
Duluth
Buffalo
Great Lake
Europe
New York
Welland Canal
England
Lorain
Ashabula
Ecorse
Manitowoc
N. Y
Michigan
Superior, Mich
Calumet Docks
Norway
Eastern
Lake Erie
Atlantic
American Shipbuilding Company
Toledo Shipbuilding Company
Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company
Boston
Alaskan
Lorrain Yards
Alexander MacDougall
Collingwood
Vladivostok Faces Growing War Freight Congestion
Correspondence from Vladivostok reports worsening cargo backlogs with 28 steamers tied up and insufficient pier capacity. Ice and extreme cold slow unloading as lighterages handle locomotives and steel cars. Demurrage mounts up to 1500 dollars daily while 3000 rail cars sit at Lake Baikal awaiting movement.
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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 the war draws crews to naval service. The old steam fleet has declined from over 600 vessels, wages rise for capable men, and fish prices have quadrupled amid continued high demand across the nation.
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Grimsby
Eng
North Sea
British Isles
Royal Naval Reserve
Admiralty
Dessie Wood of Wilbon Attempts Suicide
Fuquay Springs reports indicate Dessie Wood also known as Spain attempted self harm at A J Wood home near Wilbon on Friday. After months of pursuing 15 year old Annie Walker and being blocked by her mother notifying regional authorities he seized a gun but friends arrived in time to stop the act.
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Fuquay Springs
Dessie Wood
A. J. Wood
Wilbon
Wood
Spain
Annie Walker
Mount Mitchell National Forest to Open as Public Park
The Mount Mitchell region in Western North Carolina becomes a national forest and park area under the U S Forest Service and state support. Chief Forester H S Graves oversees arrangements to offer cottages camps and trails for permanent or temporary visitors, preserving the site as a people friendly outdoor life center with historic and scenic appeal.
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Mount Mitchel
New National Forest
Elisha Mitchell
University of North Carolina
North America
Mississippi River
Mitchell
Mounit Mitchell
Locke Craig
North Carolina
General Assembly
Mount Mitchell National Forest
Asheville
Ato
National Forest
Davidson Republicans back Roosevelt followers in county gathering
Lexington February 28 County Republican convention endorsed ex sheriff P. E. Brown of Wilkes for Congress and nominated R. H. Biesicker of Lexington and H. F. Seawell of Carthage as delegates to the Chicago convention both known Roosevelt admirers The meeting was harmonious with chairman T B McCrary and secretary R H Biesicker named and a lumber firm reported severe rail car congestion hindering shipments to New England with only five of seventy five cars reaching their destination since November.
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Lexington
P. E. Brown
Wilkes
Congress
R. H. Biesicker
H. F. Seawell
Carthage
Chicago
Roosevelt
T. BE. McCrary
W. G. Fitzgerald
New England
Young Bride Admits Shooting Hotel Man in Texas
Fort Worth, February 28. Mrs. Katherine Vance Harrison, 15, wife of United States Senator Charles Culberson's nephew, released after bail posted. She confessed to shooting hotel proprietor W. R. Warren near here on December 22, 1915, claiming past wrongs and luring him into a country spot with her husband.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Katherine Vance Harrison
Charles Harrison
Culberson
Charles Culberson
Texas
Warren
Petition Drive for Prohibition and Trignac Rescue Report
To preachers in High Point North Carolina ask congregation to endorse a petition urging speedy passage of the Sheppard Gallinger National Prohibition Resolution and to forward signed copies to Senator and Representative. In Hartlepool the Borgsten rescued five Trignac crew members as twenty one others remain missing.
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High Point
N. C
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
Lomion
Borgsten
Hartlepool
North Sea
Fhve
Trignac
U Boat Postponement Report Under Advisement
Berlin reports no authoritative word on Germany delaying the plan to sink armed merchant ships without warning. The issue is said to be under advisement with officials awaiting final decision.
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Berlin
Vila ‘Lonion
Germany
Dilution of Labor in British Munition Plants
London reports the ministry of munitions released a detailed illustrated book on employing unskilled women in munition factories. It features photographs and notes showing processes once done only by skilled men. Lloyd George argues wider adoption will boost ammunition supply for the war effort.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Ministry of Munitions
Sion
Flood Refugees Suffer More Weather and Shelter Woes
Natchez Mississippi reports cold weather rain and sleet worsened conditions for flood refugees in Tensas and Concordia parishes and back country. Refugees mainly African American built crude driftwood shelters along the river as levee workers provide support. Natchez relief committee expects further appeals for clothing and hut materials.
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Natchez
Miss
Tensas
Concordia
Germany unveils new taxes on war profits and corporations
Berlin reports announced taxation measures by the government aim at war profits of individuals and corporations and direct levies. No estimated yield from war profits tax is provided.
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Berlin
Germany
High Point Praises Simple Adler-i-ka Mixture
High Point residents acclaim Adler-i-ka, a buckthorn bark and glycerine bowel cleanser praised as thorough and fast acting. One spoonful relieves constipation and gas with instant effect, and it is said to have no gripping side effects. The Matton Drug Co. is mentioned as a source.
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High Point
Adler-ika
Matton Drug Co
General Emigration Likely Unlikely After War
New York reports to Leon Sanders of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Society say postwar emigration to the United States is unlikely. Sanders notes Jews face severe wartime ruin with nearly 6,000,000 affected, many refugees relying on brethren for aid.
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New York
United States
Leon Sanders
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigration Society of America
Citrolax advertised as laxative remedy
An advertisement for Citrolax by Mann Drug Co promotes Citrolax as the best remedy for constipation sour stomach lazy liver and sluggish bowels. It claims quick relief from headaches a thorough flushing without pain or nausea and a cleansed wholesome system.
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Mann Drug Co. Adv
Train Schedule in Effect October 1 1915
Schedule shows expected arrival and departure times for listed stations with caveat that times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice.
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Forester Graves
Western
H. S. Graves
Icr
Davidson County
Young Bride
Carolina & Yadkin River
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Cement
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Serenn
Sinngerane
Ansteupetnt
Thomasville Seer
Ordoniown
W. E. Price
High Rock
Denton_e
Gordontown
Homnegville
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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