Why Verdun Fortress Hold Captivate European War Debate
March 29 1916 analysis on Verdun why Germans push to capture Verdun, crown prince motivations and German domestic pressures. Discusses French lines, Sarrail defense, Argonne attempts, Meuse aims, and potential crown prince succession implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Serbia
Berlin
Teuton
France
Crown Prince
Verdun
Sarrail
Alsace
Lorraine
Argonne
Meuse
St. Mihiel
Weeks Remains in Fog of Presidential Possibility
The text notes weak enthusiasm for Weeks as a Republican nominee and keeps his name in the fog as a potential candidate. It references the ongoing annual dispute between the Greensboro News and the Charlotte Observer over the Mecklenburg declaration of independence and mentions a War Department probe into the Columbus raid tied to Pershing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro News
The
Charlotte Observer
War Department
Columbus
Jeam Crones Ig Qualified to Handle the Submarine
A brief note states Jeam Crones Ig is qualified to manage the submarine project. Details about the program or deployment are not provided in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quesg
Russians Lose Up To Eighty Thousand Men On Front
Berlin dispatch reports Overseas News Agency estimates Russian casualties in the offensive against Field Marshal von Hindenburg total at least 80 000 along a 75 mile front. The piece notes 60 Russian divisions engaged, ongoing fruitless attacks, and German positions with strong fortifications and machine guns resisting Russian incursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Tuckerton
Marshal von Hindenburg
von Hindenburg
Dutch Shipping Firms Declare Large Dividends
The Hague March 29 Dutch shipping companies report record profits due to wartime conditions and global mercantile shortages. Solleveld van der Meer and Th van Hattum Steamship pay 100 percent dividends from $4,000,400 gross profit. Hilligersberg at 140 percent. Zeevaat 50. Triton 40. Netherlands Lloyd 25, with net profits above prior years. Freight rates to Netherlands East Indies expected to rise to about three times prewar levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hague
Netherlands
Messrs
Solleveld van der Meer
Th. van Hattum
Steamship Company
Hilligersberg Company
Zeevaat
Triton Company
Plan Boulevard from Durham to Chapel Hill
Durham March 2 Committees from the Chapel Hill board of trade and Durham chamber of commerce will meet next Thursday to discuss plans for a Durham Chapel Hill boulevard. Seven miles of the 12 are offered by boulevard builders. five miles remain estimated at no less than 30000 dollars. The aim is to create the prettiest boulevard in the United States and a road that is among the most traveled in North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Board of Trade of
Chapel Hill
Chamber of Commerce of
Durham-Chapel Hill
Boulevard Construction
R. ©. Everett
Chamber of Commerce Committee
United States
Everett
North Carolina
Outlaw Charles Mace Waives Preliminary Hearing
In Morganton on March 2, Charles Mace waived preliminary investigation at a magistrate hearing before Justices Hallyburton and Wicksey. Remanded to jail without bail, he was escorted by Sheriff Berry amid a large crowd. Relatives retained Avery and Huffman to prosecute.
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Morganton
Charles Mace
Willis
Lincoln County
Hallyburton
Wicksey
Spainhour
Mull
Avery and
Huffman
Mace
Berry
Pomona and Jamestown rack up tight eleven inning tie
In Greensboro on March 29 Pomona and Jamestown battled through eleven innings before darkness ended play with the score tied at 1. Pitchers dominated and fielding aided the stalemate as Johnson and Stafford combined for Pomona and McKinley Hodgin and Vance for Jamestown.
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Greensboro
Pomona
Jamestown
Hse R
H. EF
Johnson and
Stafford
McKinley
Hodgin and
Vance
Cotton and Finance Cotton Steady At a Decline
New York March 29 cot ton opened steady at unchanged prices to a decline of 4 points. Early trading showed May at 11.93, July 12.64, October 12.13 with offerings heavy. Futures later steadied with May 11.96, July 12.07, October 12.15, December 12.29, January 12.33.
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New York
Market actions in New York early trading March 29
Coppers, motors, and war issues lead early trading with gains from fractions to a point. Major movers included Wencott, ShaddockArizona, Reading, and Erie with blocks of 1.000 to 1.5000 shares. Rails slipped slightly while American Smelting fell a point and Mercantile Marine preferred weakened. United States Steel held steady then gained, Crucible Steel slid back from earlier gains. Specialty equities rose somewhat with few exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wencott
Shaddock-Arizona
Reading
Erie
Mercantile Marine
United States
Crucible Steel
Pershing Faces Harsh Terrain in Search for Villa
The article compares General Pershing’s task to trap Villa in the Chihuahua desert to two historic captures. It notes Aguinaldo’s two year pursuit by General Funston and Geronimo’s 1886 surrender by General Miles as relevant parallels. It reflects doubt about Pershing’s success amid vast, waterless desert and rugged, uncharted terrain.
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Pershing
Chihuahua
Villa
Funston
Aguinaldo
Geronimo
Miles
Oth
Wheat rises on crop damage and weather reports in Chicago
Wheat moved higher in Chicago trading as rumors of winter crop damage and adverse spring belt weather supported the market. Early quotes showed May futures around 1.12 and July near 1.09, dipping then rising more than 10 cents above Tuesday's close.
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Chicago
Resemblance Only In Club Smoke Exchange
A club patron hands Flor de Tooras cigars to members and calls it similar to a cigar. A victim, after taking a puff, asks what it is, noting the resemblance but seeking clarification.
Panic at Kerneosville auditoria fire barely contained
March 20 near panic as audience left the Kerneosville auditorium when a hanging stage lamp ignited the ceiling. The lamp burned out its hooks, oil caught, and the ceiling burn was smothered by staff. No injuries reported though a dramatic stampede occurred during evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernersville
Auditorian
Sears
The
Auditori
Hyphenates Considered Hyphenatics for Violent Citizens
A reader questions using Hyphenates as a designation for a group of citizens with violent tendencies suggesting Hyphenatics as a more fitting label and raises issues about descriptive accuracy in nomenclature.
Travel notices for congresses and camps from High Point
High Point to New Orleans for Southern Sociological Congress with tickets on sale April 11 12 15 16 17 final limit April 30. National Real Estate Exchanges trip tickets on sale March 24 26 final limit April 3. High Point to Lyttle Ga near Chattanooga for National Training Camp at Fort Oglethorpe tickets on sale April May June. Contact W T Saunders High Point or R H DeButts Charlotte for limits.
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New Orleans
Southern Sociological Congress
Lyttle
Chattanooga
Fort Oglethorpe
W. T. Saunders
High Point
N. C
R. H. DeButts
Charlotte
Vienna War Food Purchases Reach 20 Million
Vienna reports from the nineteenth monthly municipal record show over 20 million dollars spent on foodstuffs for retail and distribution to citizens since the war began. The city provided nearly 16 million free meals to residents, with January totaling 48040? meals.
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Vienna
Creditors Meet Over L A Morris and Brother Bankrupt
A creditors meeting was held in the Roberson Earnhardt and Smith office to decide on reclaiming stock on West Green street and setting aside the mortgage. Referee Allen Austin reserved judgment for the present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Morris and Brother
Roberson, Earnhardt and Smith
West Green Street
Allen Austin
Train timetable fragments from Asheboro notes
Railway schedule snippets show trains numbered 141 135 143 142 136 134 with arrival or departure times around 12:15 p m 5:40 p m 7:05 p m and 7:48 p m, from and to Asheboro, indicating incomplete listing of services.
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Sis
Asheboro
Local Traffic Office Notices From Asheboro
Evening service schedule lists daily express runs except Sundays. For details contact L D Burkhead, Agent, Asheboro NC. E D Eyle, H S Leard, Traffic Manager. Gons Passy Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L D. Burkhead
Ashehoro
Lutheran Lenten Service Tonight At Church
The mid week Lenten service at the Lutheran church will be held tonight at 7 20 p m. The public is cordially invited to attend.
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Lutheran Church
Kidney Pills Praised By Mrs Wells For Relief
Mrs A G Wells of Box 90 Route 5 Rocky Mount NC reports taking Foley Kidney Pills and cannot praise them enough for the relief from aches pains sore muscles and stiff joints indicating kidney disorder symptoms may be helped by the remedy.
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A G. Wells
Route 5
Rocky Mount
N. C
Foley
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Bigh Point Enterprise
Associated Press
WN Keener
J. P. Rawley
North States
Bel
Congress
Paris
Mecklenburg
Bor
Der
For
Jeam Crones
BRIG
J. J. Pershing
Venetia Smith
Independent Insurance & Investment Co
O. E. Mendenhall
W. R. Morrow
Hart Drug Co
Southern Railway
High Point Buggy Co
Main Street
Enterprise
W. E. Price
Fletcher
South Main Street
John G. Greene
West Commerce Street
Pickett Cotton Mills
H. A. Moffitt
North Main St
Greensboro-High Point Road
Guilford
Hickory Crewe and
Deep River Churchs
High Point Road
W. C. Boren
Ch.m. Board County Commissioners
Carolina & Yadkin River
R. R. Co
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
Morris
Ashbevero
P. m
High Point Dental
DR. Hendey
DR. Fox
W. F. Clayton
Bank of
Commerce
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
Bank of Commerce
Norfolk
Southern
N. B
Aberdeen
Intermedi
Aid
Star
Gqn
Pasy
J. A. Hart Drug Co
Lutheran Service
Comstock Electric CO
High Point, N. C
Green Drug Co
Washington Street
J. W. Harriss
Dred Peacock
C. E. Kearns
F. N. Tate
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