British Donors Support War Expenses Across Empire
Treasury officials report a steady stream of cash gifts from across the empire and from neutral countries to fund the war. Donors include children, workers, officers, and pensioners, with sums from a shilling to thousands of pounds and notes explaining gifts as substitutes for front-line service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Treasury
Canada
England
Sandakan
British North Borneo
St. Louis
Matsqui
British Columbia
Fanning Island
Gilbert Islands
Ontario
Summit
New Jersey
China
Saskatchewan
Russia Asked to Prosecute Political Leader for Treason
Petrograd reports the Patriotic Anti-German Society of 1914 petitioned the government to prosecute M. Balatzel for high treason. He edits the Black Hundred Weekly Russky Grajdanin and criticized Mr. Asquiths declaration on accountability for international crimes, calling for Russia to pursue a separate peace with Germany. A deputation will be sent to Sir George Buchanan to convey Russian sentiment.
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M. Balatzel
Black Hundred
Russky Grajdanin
Mr. Asquith
Kaiser
Great Britain
Mary, Queen of Scots
Joan of Arc
Russia
Asquith
Society
Germany
George Buchanan
Elephant of Sparks Circus Kills Keeper in Kingsport Attack
Walter Eldridge, a 19 year old assistant keeper from Virginia, was slain by Mary the female elephant during Sparks' circus acts in Kingsport. After striking Eldridge with a stick, the elephant crushed him with her trunk and tusk. despite shots from residents, she stood over his body and later performed stunts that night.
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Bristol
Tenn
Walter Eldridge
Sparks’ Circus
Salisbury
N. Y
Kingsport
Eldridge
High Tobacco Prices Hit Winston-Salem Market Record
Winston-Salem reports a new leaf market record with an average of 18.80 per hundred pounds. Z W T Bynum, who has supervised sales for 39 years, notes this year’s prices are the market’s highest. G E Webb of the Southern Tobacco Journal forecasts 20 cents per pound for the year, five cents above 1913 14. The crop is lighter and brighter, meeting rising cigarette demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Z. WT. Bynum
G. E. Webb
Southern Tobacco Journal
Hall's Catarrh Cure affidavit filed in Toledo office
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swore an oath on December 6, 1886, promising one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice describes the remedy as blood-borne and mucous surface acting and notes sale by druggists for 75 cents, with accompanying family pills for constipation.
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State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Hal's
Withdrawal of police guard at Golden Belt plant ends tension
Durham reports the police guard at the Golden Belt Manufacturing plant withdrawn after 15 workers walked out last Friday. President T. B. Fuller says the mill runs at full capacity and no bad blood exists, only financial differences. Also noted is a county poultry judging contest with $40 in prizes and arrangements by A. G. Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Golden Belt Manufacturing Company
T. B. Fuller
H. V. Umstead
A. G. Oliver
Insanity on Decrease in Ireland Says Belfast Official
Dublin reports a drop in insanity in Ireland, mainly among women. The Belfast asylum superintendent cites improved living standards and liquor restrictions as the cause. He says many formerly poor people now live in comparative luxury and hopes neurotic disorders will fall notably among women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Ireland
Belfast
Annual Virginia Excursion to Richmond and Norfolk via Southern
The Southern railway operates a low fare excursion from North Carolina to Richmond and Norfolk on Thursday September 14 1916. A special train with day coaches and Pullman sleeping cars leaves Charlotte at 6 30 p m. Fares apply from named stations to both cities, tickets valid only on the special outbound and on regular trains back to and including Sunday September 17th. Pullman reservations should be made in advance.
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Virginia
Richmond and
Norfolk
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Richmond
Charlotte
N. C
Pullman
September Excursion to Washington on Southern Railway 1916
Annual excursion from North Carolina to Washington D C via Southern Railway departs Charlotte at 7 PM on September 20 1916 arriving 6 15 AM next day in Washington D C Special train includes standard Pullman sleeping cars and high class day coaches Round trip fares apply from specified stations with tickets valid four days in Washington Last Washington excursion of the season offering a nominal travel cost
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Washington, D. C
Southern Railway
North Carolina
Washington
D. C
Charlotte
Manning Leads in South Carolina Nomination in Near Victory
Virtually complete returns show Governor Richard S. Manning ahead of former Governor Cole L. Blease by about 5 000 votes in the South Carolina Democratic primary. With 18 precincts unreported Manning 70 916 Blease 66 181. Remaining votes unlikely to exceed 1 500. Milk prices draw federal inquiry as producers claim rising costs and shrinking net returns. The Agriculture Department to appoint an expert to study nationwide cost of milk production and price justification. Mocksville reports a second fire destroying a two story house owned by G G Walker. loss about 1 500 with only partial insurance and few belongings saved.
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Columbia
D. C
South Carolina
Richard S. Manning
Cole L. Blease
Manning
Blease
Department of Agriculture
W. J Spillman
Office of Farm Management
Walker
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National Biscuit Company
Mer
Asia
India
M. Butlazel
Elephant OF Sparks’ Circus
Golden Belt Plant
Concord Salisbury
Lexington High Point
Greensboro
Gastonia
Morganton Winston-Salem
North Wilkesboro
Gaso Os
Mount Airy
Hickory Statesville
Albemarle
Abiandiate Points
Ceroneg
Siler City
Junction Point
Ington
Leonard Beavans
Mocksville
R. P. Anderson
G. G. Walker
Hart Drug Company
J. A. Hart Drug Co
High Point, N. C
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