Allied Army at Dardanelles Battles Verbose Report
London May 3 The British War Office released details of the Dardanelles operation begun April 25. Allied forces disembarked on six beaches securing Seddul Bahr Sari Bair Cape Tekeh Helles and Kum Kaleh as French troops attacked Yeni Shehr. Casualties noted among ships and landing crews with intensified fighting through April 27 28 29 and fleet bombardments of Maidos and related batteries.
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Associated Press
London
British War Office
Dardanelles
Seddul Babr
Cape Tekeh
New Zealand
Sari Bair
Gaba Tepe
Cape Helles
Morto Bay
Kum Kaleh
Yeni Shehr
Seddul Bahr
Hornt
Totts Battery
Writhia
Sahr Bair
Bouldly
Kum Kalch
Nagara
Straits
Maidos
Elizabhe
Great damage by forest fires in Caldwell County
Lenoir May 3 reports from several sections show ten days of forest fires causing unprecedented destruction. Five thousand acres of Grandin Lumber Co land burned, with hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber lost and multiple barns and homes destroyed. Damage also hits Hutton and Bourbonnais yards. fires blamed on carelessness, including cigarette stubs and brush piles.
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Lenoir
Grandin Lumber Company
Hutton and Bourbonnais
Fly Killers Too Busy With Swat Campaign
The Consumers' League in St Louis starts a fly swat campaign offering 10 cents per hundred flies. Women and students collected over 60 000 flies in a day, causing cash shortages and certificates of indebtedness as they redeemed with prizes. Baden school tally of 24 000 flies shocks organizers. An official investigation found local breeding sites to explain the surge.
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Consumers’ League
Baden School
Halls Ferry Road
Newby Street
General business improves and shifts to creditor status
The article notes a brighter general business climate with rising cotton prices and increased manufacturing activity. It attributes improved outlook to war impacts, inward improvements, and a growing export demand that is turning the U S from debtor to creditor, with expectations of sustained prosperity and capital in the country.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Election on Bond Issue for Guilford County Building
Guilford County voters are called to a June 1 1915 election to decide on issuing 250000 in bonds to fund a county building and court house. Ballots read For County Building or Against County Building. Registration opens April 29 1915 and closes May 22 1915 with officials to report results by June 2.
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County of
Guilford
Guilford County
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
General Assembly
Carolina and Yadkin River Railway Schedule 1913
Schedule shows train arrival and departure times at listed stations with a disclaimer that times are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice No. 22 departs daily in the morning from the origin station.
A girl and a young man in a civic echo of divorce
A witty reflection on honesty and deception in relationships and society. The speaker notes a girl who boasts of cooking to a youth while telling others she cannot. The text lampoons liberty and appearances masking truth, hinting at hidden divorces and crafted facades.
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
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W. C. Boren
W. C. Tucker
J. A. Rankin
T. A. Wilson
W. C. Jones
Board County Commissioners
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Carolina & Yadkin River
High Rock
Denton
Gordontown
Thomasville
High Point
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W. E. Price
A.A. Ridge
Liberty
Holland
Bank OF Commerce Bldg
W. F. Clayton
Bank Commerce
J. M. Hedgecock
Chas. E. McManus
Dentists Bank of Commerce
High Point, N.C
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph CO
Detroit Gas
N. C. Public Service
North State
Bell Phone
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