City Audit Shows Progress and Sound Finances in High Point
Mayor Fred N Tate releases a six month and two year audit by Scott and McCullough detailing floating debt of 63 693 14 and net general fund deficit 281 64. The report highlights substantial improvements, sinking fund near 25 000 dollars, and departments operating within revenues. The city invites public review in the clerk’s office.
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High Point
Fred N Tate
Messrs. Scott & McCullough
Charlotte
N. Y
Geo. G. Scott
Bombardment of Forts of Smyrna Resumed
Allied warships resume shelling of Turkish forts in the Gulf of Smyrna and report a landing near the ancient site of Ephesus about 35 miles southeast of Smyrna. Messages from Mitylene confirm renewed bombardment and ongoing action around the Dardanelles forts.
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Smyrna
Associated Press
Athens
London
Gulf of Smyrna
Mitylene
Dardanelles
Ancient
Ephesus
Mocksville Hit by Serious Morning Fire
Salisbury reports Mocksville was visited by a major fire at about 10 oclock this morning. A department store the W O W rooms and several frame buildings were destroyed with damage running into thousands of dollars. Full details are not yet available.
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Mocksville
Associated Press
Salisbury
China Seen Favoring Ultimatum, Says AP Report
A Tokyo extra edition cites a Youmira report claiming Japan has approved an ultimatum to China. The paper suggests China’s president may seek the measure to justify accepting several Japanese demands.
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Associated Press
Tokio
The
Youimira
Japan
China
Richmond Man Shoots Self in Office
Richmond on May 4 W F Labonta formerly purchasing agent for the Chesapeake and Ohio railway shot and instantly killed himself in his office yesterday. Ill health said to have caused the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
W. F. Labonta
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Sisters Reunited After 49 Years Near Catawissa
Two sisters J W Yohe of Blomsburg and Mrs Raup of Franklin Township lived 12 miles apart for 59 years yet never knew each other until a chance meeting. Their parents died in 1880 and 70 years later in Catawissa the siblings were separated to New York and Rupert. A reunion followed as Mr Yohe learned of his sister-in-law’s whereabouts at a farm sale and the sisters wept together.
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Catawissa
Dispatch
J. W. Yohe
Blomsburg
Raup
Franklin Township
Columbia County
New York
Rupert
Mr. Yohe
Germans Claim Success in Fight in Flanders and Galicia
German statement reports heavy losses for Russia in west Galicia where Austro German forces pierced lines. Russians said to have 21 000 killed and prisoners. 16 artillery pieces and 47 machine guns captured. Germans also report taking five positions in Flanders.
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Associated Press
Berlin
London
Galicia
War costs Britain over five billion this fiscal year
London May 4 David Lloyd George stated in the house of commons that if the war lasts through the current fiscal year Great Britain will spend more than five billion dollars.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
David Liloyd-George
Great Britain
Kronprinz Wilhelm Seized for Internment at Portsmouth Yard
The German auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm was captured today by a U S naval tug and taken to Portsmouth navy yard for internment until European hostilities end.
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Newport News
Kronprinz Wilhelm
United States
Portsmouth Navy Yard
Foley Kidney Pills Promoted By Mann Drug Co
The copy touts Foley Kidney Pills as safe and prompt relief for middle aged men and women suffering rheumatism joint pain and sleep disturbing bladder ailments. Mann Drug Company advertises the remedy.
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Mann Drug Company
Adv
Kidney Pills Restore Vitality in Elderly Couple
Mr and Mrs T B Carpenter of Harrisburg Pennsylvania credit Foley Kidney Pills with a full cure from long standing kidney trouble. They say at seventy they are as vigorous as thirty years ago and report relief from sleep disturbance back ache rheumatism and aching joints in this Mann Drug Co advertisement.
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T. B. Carpenter
Harrisburg
Foley
Mann Drug Co. Adv
Barnes' Shoe Shop Ad at 139 South Main Street
D Cohen's store offers first class shoe repairing under R M Barnes at 139 South Main Street. Forty one years of experience guaranteed satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Cohen's
South Main Street
Winston-Salem Man Saved From Death
J. K. Erwin of Winston-Salem North Carolina suffered long with stomach disorders after tried treatments. A dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cured him and he praised the product as life saving. The ad urges readers to try with money back guarantee from Hart Drug Co. ad.
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J. EK. Erwin
Winston-Salem
N. C
Mavor
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Tate
Fred N. Tate
Flanders
Crermans
England
Kronprinz
Barnes’ Shoe Shop
R. M. Barnes
Hart Drug Co
Postoffice
High Point Steam
IGB Grbeam
Arctic Ice Cream Company
Greensboro
Matton
J. E. Erwin
Eagle Theatre
Jones & Jones
la Berta
Mr. and
Mrs Billy Snyder
Hiram Green
Springers
LaBerta Troupe
the Eagle Theatre
Ring Drug CO
Point Theater
Jim
Grace Cunard
James Ford
Skipper Simpson
Oe Eng Home Institution
Home Banking Company
the Bank
Enterprise
J. Elwood Cox
W. G. Bradshaw
C. M. Hauser
V.A. J. Idol
Rose
Vitagraph
Peggy
Fifth Ave. S & A
Rose Theatre
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