Britain mobilizes war resources testing industrial scale
A British War Office attache describes how Britain met early war supply needs by mobilizing vast factory output. Weekly clothing needs rival yearly figures, with 90 million yards of woolen cloth and millions of shirts, socks, boots, blankets, and tents ordered. The piece notes self sufficiency, overseas shipments, and the drive to keep troops and allies provisioned amid wartime strain.
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New York
United States
Great Britain
Ulick Fitzgerald Wintour
British War Office
War Office
United Kingdom
Army Contracts Department
Doughton and Williams Schedule Eighth District Speakings
Initial appointments for the Doughton Williams joint debate in the eighth district are set with talks in Taylorsville on Sept 19 and Lenoir on Sept 20. General Bickett, Linney, and J W Van Hoy appear in various slots as the campaign plans expand toward Sparta and additional joint discussions across counties.
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Concord
Doughton-Williams
Taylorsville
General Bickett
Alexander Court
Linney
Mr. Williams
J. W. van Hoy
Doughton
Williams
Lenoir
Sparta
Superior Court
Ice in Cave Near Dubois Attracts Attention
Boise Idaho Sept 13 Two to three feet of ice fills a cave about a quarter mile long located 25 miles east of Dubois in Fremont County A lava formation about 30 feet wide and five to twenty five feet high shows uneven base from falling rocks Ice forms year round and settlers take ice and water for domestic use from the cave discovered by Frank B Spofford assistant supervisor of surveys under order from the commissioner of the general land office.
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Boise
Idaho
Frank 8. Spofford
Commissioner of
General Land Office
Dubois
Fremont County
Spofford
Spotford
Massachusetts to Pay Soldiers On Mexican Border
Massachusetts lawmakers at a special session opened yesterday passed a bill paying militiamen on duty at the Mexican border ten dollars a month until January 15 next year.
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Boston
Constipation the Father of Many Ills
Among the many human ills constipation starts many problems. Keep bowels regular to avoid trouble. When a laxative is needed take Chamberlain's Tablets. They move the bowels improve the appetite and strengthen digestion. obtainable everywhere.
Senator Simmons Not Cast Down Over Maine Result
Senator Simmons of North Carolina, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, says the Maine Republican win offers Democrats encouragement and reflects on protection and ship purchase issues. He notes Maine's strong protectionist history and predicts weaker protection sentiment elsewhere, while declining multiple speaking invitations due to health and NC campaigning.
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Washington
Simmons
North Carolina
Senate Finance Committee
Maine
National Press Club
Dingley
Blaine
Milliken
Fry
Union
West
Wilson
New England
Pennsylvania
National Democratic Committee
Rural mail carrier raise back pay approved for 1915
Washington reports Postmaster General Burleson secured comptroller approval to use unexpended 1915 funds to pay rural carriers back wages. The measures implement the salary increases authorized by the last post office bill, covering the difference between the new scale and the previous rate for the 1915 fiscal year.
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Washington
Burleson
Comptroller of the Treasury
Foley Kidney Pills Helped a Woman's Health
A Missouri reader reports two years of kidney trouble and a life changed by Foley Kidney Pills. She says she could hardly cook before and now feels like a new person. Sold by Mann Drug company.
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EK. Hartmeister
Foley
Mann Drug Company
Train Schedule Notice for Carolina and Yadkin River R R Co
This timetable lists expected arrival and departure times at stations along the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway. Times shown are not guaranteed and subject to change without notice.
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Carolina & Yadkin River
R. R. Co
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Prince Albert
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U.S.A
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Prince Albert Tobacco
P.A
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
Senator Simmons
Parker R. Anderson
High Point
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
Dentones
W. E. Price
Wainiota Cueade Reuse
Were Cae
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Archiv 1Ce & Coal CO
Bank of Commerce
Business Horizon
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J. H. Adams
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