Willard Moran bout sets New York boxing revenue record
Ticket sales for the Willard Moran fight near two weeks before ring entry total about 75 000 dollars with another 20 000 dollars held reservations. Original print run 125 000 dollars with 30 000 unsold. Demand skewed to 25 dollar seats. box and preserved seats sold at high prices. 40 percent of sales from out of town via mail and telegraph.
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Associated Press
New York
Willard-Moran
New York State
Middle West
South
New England
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Kansas City
No. Nev
Jetfries and Sharkey
Coney Island
Gibbons
McFarland
Brighton Beach
New York City
Goldfields
Sydney
Havana
Moffitt Widow to Receive Government Death Pay
Washington reports state the United States government may pay Mrs. Moffitt 1500 dollars as one year’s salary for Deputy Internal Revenue Collector Moffitt who died in 1896. A House claims committee bill limits death claims to a single year’s pay but favors granting the sum to the widow or her heirs this year.
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Washington
United States
Moffitt
Robert N. Page
Pou
House Claims Committee
T. J. Hoover
N. L. Freeman
Turner Farm
Asheboro
Turner
Miller
Chapman
Secretary of the Treasury
Robbery and Murder Shocks Virginia Town
Eight year old Louise Thomas crippled daughter of Henry Thomas of Craig county Virginia was assaulted and killed. Her body was found in Mill Creek with a large boulder placed over it. Hobart Doss nineteen son of Charles Dess boarding house owner at Fenwick mines is held in connection with the crime.
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Roanoke
Louise Thomas
Henry Thomas
Fenwick Mines
Barbours Creek Station
Craig County
Mill Creek
Hobart Doss
Charles Dess
Foley Kidney Pills Praised By a North Carolina Reader
A Rocky Mount reader writes that Foley Kidney Pills gave wonderful relief from aches pains and stiff joints, stating the benefits came quickly after starting the medication. The letter is part of a Mann Drug Co. advertisement.
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Mrs. & G. Wells
Route 5
Rocky Mount
N. C
Foley
Mann Drug Co. Adv
City Tax Deadline Set For March 25
City taxes payable by March 25 with penalties and added costs if unpaid. Property may be advertised for collection. By order of the City Council. A. Lyon, City Manager.
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A. Lyon
Hot water and limestone phosphate cleanse the stomach
A health note promotes drinking a glass of hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast. It claims to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, removing indigestible waste and toxins to improve appetite and appearance, with a small cost per dose.
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Promises Quick Stomach Relief
Stomach ailment sufferers nationwide report rapid benefits from Mayr's Wonderful Remedy. Letters from W. R. Davenport of Parker and J. E. Erwin of Winston-Salem praise the remedy, claiming lasting relief for stomach liver and intestinal issues. Sold with an absolute guarantee, refunds available. Hart Drug Company noted. February 1916.
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Mayr
Carolina
W. R. Davenport
Parker
N. C
J. E. Erwin
Winston-Salem
Hart Drug Company
Notice of Re sale in Jamestown Estate Land Auction
In a re sale order from the Superior court the commissioner will offer 85 acres in Jamestown township North Carolina for cash on March 4 1916 at 2 pm. The tract adjoins Luther Kennedy Ed Cox P H Hodson estate and others and excludes 20.3 acres previously sold. Bounded by Moravian road and Hodson Dean lines with described bounds.
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W. H. Ragan
Elizbeth Wheeler
H. O. Wheeler
Cyrus Wheeler
Ruth Davis
Jamestown Township
James State
North Carolina
Luther Kennedy
Ed. Cox
P. H. Hodson
Moravian Road
Hudson’s
Dean
Sale of Valuable Land in Guilford County NC
By order of sale of W H Davis administrator of McLewallen deceased a Guilford county N C court order sale will on March 20 1916 at 2 pm conduct public auction for cash on premises of four land tracts in High Point township Guilford county NC. Tracts include Main and Willis street parcels 27600 square feet 27.6k and 16000 square feet plus a 3000 square foot lot and combined blocks A and E as per the E A Bencini subdivision plot. Commissioner W H Davis and attorney W P Ragan oversee sale.
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Mason Want
Superior Court
Guilford County
N. Y
W. H. Davis
McLewallen
Claudie Ridge
High Point Township
North Carolina
S. Perry
Register of Deeds Office
Main Street
Register of Deeds
N.C
Lewallen
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State
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Army
Michigan
Aggies
Rochester
Syracuse
Swarthmore
Pennsylvania
Freeman
Hoover
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
High Point, N. C
Bank of Commerce
W. F. Clayton
Bank of
Commerce
L. J. Walton
South Main St
E. A. Bencini
W. H. Snow Lemds
Office of the Register of Deeds
Register of Deeds’ Office
Guilford
W. P. Ragan
North Carolina Public Service Company
N.C. Public Service CO
North State
Bell
SOR
High Point Motor Company
Cedar Lodge
Licits
Sanitary Dairy Products
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