Our Foreign Trade Upends Past Milestones in 1916
The fiscal year ending June shows exports at 4.345 billion and imports at 2.181 billion, totaling over 6.5 billion in foreign trade, a record high. Exports surpassed one billion in 1882 and are now quadruple that level, while raw cotton exports fell by 240 million as other items rose. The trend explains why the South benefits less from national prosperity.
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Cates
High Point
New York
Tierarara
Riga
Fruits and Vegetables In Heat Diet Advice
Dr S G Dixon Pennsylvania health commissioner urges fruits and vegetables are vital in hot weather eaten raw supports berries apples radishes onions and salads. caution urged on green foods handling between garden and table and market sanitation. wash raw fruits and vegetables thoroughly before serving to avoid flavor loss.
Cotton and Finance Cotton Steady at Advance
The cotton market opened steady at an advance of 6 to 10 points with the July, October, and December futures quoted around 2.83 for July and 13.38 for March. Prices then fluctuated, with October near 13.03 and December near 13.19 before firming later in the hour.
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Associated Press
New York
Wheat prices ease after better weather boost
In Chicago on July 14 better spring crop weather pushed wheat prices down. Opening quotations fell from percent ranges to 1.09 for July and 1.11 for September, with further moderate declines followed by a partial rally.
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Chicago
England to Panama steam line eyed for voyage
Washington reports Elders and Fyffes plans to call vessels at Norfolk on outward trips to coal due to Avonmouth shortages. A direct England to Virginia coast passenger service could emerge, linking Jamaica and Panama travel. Three steamers Cayuna Camito Coronado exceed 6500 tons gross.
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Washington
England
State Department
Armstrong
Elders and Fyffes
Avonmouth
Kingston
Colon
Port Simon
Norfolk
Virginia
Seamaica
Panama
Cayuna
Camito
Coronado
No Electrocutions At State Prison Today
Releigh July 14 There was no double electrocution at the state's prison today. Both victims Thomas Merrick of Wilmington and James McColl of Lillington have been respited the former for four weeks and the latter for five weeks. The next electrocution is July 18 when John Savage of Washington will pay the extreme penalty for murder.
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Releidh
Thomas Merrick
Wilmington
James McColl
Lillington
John Savage
Washington
Uncle Sam Has Awful Time Keeping Fish In Rivers
Washington reports fish stocked in Colorado and Wyoming streams last year escaped into irrigation ditches and fields where many were eaten or died. A government official laments the difficulty of preventing fish from hiking into farm areas.
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Washington
Sam
Colorado
Wyoming
German submarine Deutschland voyage to ship diamonds
London reports that the Germanys submarine Deutschland aimed to carry a consignment of diamonds to the United States. The diamonds could not previously be exported, according to a Reuters Amsterdam dispatch.
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London
Reuter
Amsterdam
United States
Masonic Lodge Meeting Announced With Remedy Advertisement
Masonic notice calls a Numa F Reidlodge meeting tonight at 8 for Joined Work. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended for every family to have during hot weather. The remedy is advertised as superior and widely available.
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Numa F. Reidlodge
Eating Pleasure and Appetite in Normal Stomach Health
The passage links healthy appetite with proper stomach function and cleanliness. It asserts loss of appetite signals the stomach needs cleansing and stimulation to restore normal digestion and pleasure in eating.
Creensborg Young Man Dies After Poison Act
Greensboro July 14 Fuller Hollady 43 drank carbolic acid at the family home 404 Lexington avenue about 3 pm. Teasing by fellow workers at South Atlantic Lumber Co. and fear of arrest for a supposed machinery accident is blamed for the act. Funeral at Liberty near Mount Zion Church.
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Greensboro
Fuller Hollady
David Hollady
Lexington Avenue
South Atlantic Lumber Company
Liberty
Mount Zion Church
Missionary Speaks on Cholera Remedy Across India
In Des Moines Iowa a lecture recalls an Indian interior mission trip where a bottle of Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy saved a life. The speaker asserts the remedy is effective in India as both preventive and cure for cholera and stains its use for milder bowel complaints in the United States.
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Des Moines
Iowa
India
Liver Cures Stomach Woes Says Tollo Water Claim
An ad claims stomach trouble stems from an inactive liver and promotes Tollo Water liver baths to clear bile tubes and detoxify the stomach and bowels. It asserts quick relief within 30 minutes and urges purchase from J. A. Hart Drug Co in Dawson Springs Kentucky.
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Dawson Springs
Kentucky
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Summer Troubles With Hay Fever Relief
Hay fever afflicts thousands and asthma sufferers endure torture. Foley's Honey and Tar gives relief by allaying inflammation clearing air passages easing rasping cough and soothing. This wholesome family remedy contains no opiates a bottle lasts a long time. For sale by Mann Drug Co.
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Foley
Mann Drug Co
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