Heroic Lt. Hellyer Credited For Survival In Battle
London report details Lieutenant Hellyer of the Fourth East Yorks Territorials who survived after his left arm was blown off and right arm badly wounded. Soldiers in his unit kept an exposed main artery from bleeding by rotating the duty of pinching it, with no surgical aid available for three days in a trench. Separately, a New York court dismissed a $45,000 debt collection suit by Watts & Watts of London against the Austro-American Navigation Co. as war prevents foreigners from enforcing debts against enemies.
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London
Hellyer
Fourth East Yorks Territorials
Boulogne
New York Dispatch
Veeder
United States
Watts & Watts
Austro-American Navigation Company
England
Austria
Martha Washington
New York
Francis Joseph of
Trustee Sale Notice in Mount Airy Deed of Trust
By deed of trust dated April 18, 1914 Tom Valentine and wife grant W F Carter as trustee power to sell. The property of about 1.9 acres near Patrick road, including a mule named John, will be sold for cash to the highest bidder in front of Mount Airy town hall on June 15 1915 at 1 PM.
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Tom Valentine
W. F. Carter
Surry County
Mount Airy
Patrick Road
Korner
John
Spar- Orchard Company
Tobacco Doing Well In Warsaw Reports
Reports from tobacco crops in Warsaw indicate the crop is well ahead of last year. Ideal weather over the past weeks has overcome early transplanting delays and growers anticipate one of the best crops in quality and yield in years. Some plants are knee high and growth is rapid.
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Warsaw
Many Crops in One Year
The Sanford Express highlights Thomas Grace of Colon Lee county as an intensive farmer. On about 1.5 acres he plants cabbage and Irish potatoes first, then cotton, with plans for peanuts turnips and five crops in a year. At 68 he relies on animal manure, has no hired help, and aims to profit from multiple harvests.
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Charlotte Observer
Thomas Grace
Colon
Lee County
The
Sanford Express
Grace
the Express
North Carolina
Col Theodore Roosevelt Sustains a Broken Rib
New York May 27 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt sustained a broken rib after a fall at Sagamore Hill while mounting a horse. The injury was discovered by his physician and he was bandaged and continuing light activities with discomfort. The accident occurred as he prepared to mount his saddle.
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New York
Col
Theodore Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Murderers Beheaded in Part of Switzerland
A recollection recalls the Swiss practice of beheading with a red and black cloak used by a Lucerne headsman in 1864 before Berne abolished capital punishment. A 1729 Tessin salary list shows grisly executions and related duties, ending with Tessin joining the Swiss confederation.
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Lucerne
France
Galicia
Switzerland
Berne
Tessin
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Tina
ARD Oil
New Jersey
Baltimore
F. L. Smith Holto. Co
Cortright Metal
W. E. Merritt Company
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