Shortage of able seamen hurts Panama trade plans
A veteran maritime observer says US ships face a critical lack of qualified officers and crew for Panama canal trade and Pacific routes. He notes reliance on Chinese crews and European officers, warns white sailors may fade, and cites rising pay and cadet programs in major lines to recruit youths for officer ranks.
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Panama Canal
New York
Pacific Coast
Far East
Australia
San Francisco
Japan
China
Seattle
Atlantic
West Indies
Ines
Southhampton
Eny
Cape of Good Hope
Stockholm
White Star
Cunard
Royal Mall
Steam Packet
Royal Mail Company
Liverpool
London
Parisian Sage Hair Restorer Promises Youthful Beauty
PARISIAN Sage a quick acting hair restorer sold in Monroe by English Drug Co. 60 cents a large bottle. Claims to cure dandruff in two weeks by killing the dandruff germ and to stop hair loss and itching. Promotes soft luxurious hair, not sticky or greasy, with fragrant scent. Warns against substitutes from other druggists. Giroux Mfg Co Buffalo NY.
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Monroe
English Drug Co
Giroux Mfg. Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Hundreds Plead for Friedmann Treatment
Government surgeons in New York report four hundred women and children mobbing Dr. Friedmann outside Mount Sinai Hospital to obtain tuberculosis treatment. Sixteen patients were treated, while other doctors were kept from the clinic as officials plan a government bulletin on the vaccine.
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New York
F. F. Friedmann
United States
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. S
Friedmann
John F. Anderson
Washington
Blue
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
William J. Strow
Sulzer
Board of
Repeata
President Wilson Tells Senators He Will Use Patronage Rule
The president declares he will not see office seekers in person except when invited, preferring to handle appointments through department heads. He aims to focus on national policy and government work, based on experiences as New Jersey governor. Senators Bryan and Fletcher of Florida visited the White House, but were asked to send recommendations to the Attorney General.
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New Jersey
Wilson
Bryan and
Fletcher
Florida
White House
Bind Telephone Girls Open New Field for the Blind
In Baltimore a program at the Maryland school for the blind places Elsie Sonderman as the pioneer who runs the exchange for Sheppard-Pratt asylum. Five other trained girls have joined, with plans for broader expansion using regulation switchboards and improved training to boost sightless operator efficiency.
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Baltimore
Elsie Sonderman
Sheppard-Pratt Asylum
Maryland School For the
Look to Your Plumbing for Digestive Health Advice
This ad warns that poor house plumbing risks disease, comparing digestive organs to house plumbing. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for quick relief if digestion troubles arise, claiming easy relief and urging purchase through dealers.
Higher priced man doing simple work creates leak
If you can find a place in your business where the higher priced man x doing work that the errand boy could do, you have discovered leak.
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Man x
Asheville Beef Prices Jump as Calves Slaughtered Fast
Asheville residents face higher meat costs as tenderloin tops 32 cents a pound while local calf supply dwindles. Market brokers blame many calves slaughtered for veal and predict prices will rise. Swain County bans calf slaughter under two years old, foreshadowing wider Western North Carolina impact. Police in New York report seven of 11 men linked to a taxicab robbery ring confessing and identifying leaders amid raids.
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Asheville
Market Mey
Swain County
Duncombe
North Carolina
New York
Joseph Taylor
Taylor
Tay- Her
Fifth Avenue
Shortage found in former superintendent Hayes account
Winston-Salem Methodist Children's Home trustees say former head H A Hayes shows $2,337.84 shortage in his maintenance funds with $3,913.74 likely missing from his personal accounts, total $5,531.58. Board directs continued reimbursement plans and delays criminal action until final audit. Trayes family seeks sanity evaluation at Richmond Westbrook Sanitarium. board orders prosecution if due process fails.
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Winston-Salem
Maren
Board of Trustees
Methodist Children's Home
H. A. Hayes
Hayes
Trayes
Westbrook
Hough to Die on April 25 in Camden Case
Judge Sease denied a new trial for John BE Hough convicted of murdering his father in law, R K West. The death sentence by electric chair was set for April 25 at the state prison after the trial where the jury weighed testimony from Hough, his wife, and other witnesses. Hough, 35, appeared unmoved as the sentence was read. his wife was not present.
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North Carolina
Hough
Camden Chronicle
Sease
John BE
R. K. West
Blakeney
Senso
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Main Fix For Rheumatism
A Sylvan ia Ga school principal Charles B Allen recounts severe rheumatism tied to stomach liver and kidneys and credits Electric Bitters with complete cure after four bottles. The ad promotes Bitters as relief for rheumatic pains arising from digestive and urinary system troubles, priced 50 cents and 1.00, recommended by English Drug Co.
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Charles B. Allen
Sylvania
Fledric Bitters
English Drug Co
Found a Cure for Rheumatism Advertisement
A Maplet on Lee writes of two years of rheumatism and inability to bring the hand to the mouth Five years ago the user began Chamberlain s Liniment and within two months was well and free of rheumatism since For sale by all dealers
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Lee Ay Mapleton
Chaberlain
Miracle Named By A Little Tot In Raleigh Church
In Christ's Church Raleigh a Sunday School lesson ends with a child praising Gowan's Preparation as a miracle. The ad-style tale extols the product's power in pneumonia, colds, and croup and touts quick, external relief with no drug habit danger. Mothers spread the word, urging timely use. three bottle sizes available at druggists.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Christ's Church
Gowan
North Carolina Postoffice Salaries 1912 List
The first and second class post offices of North Carolina for the fiscal year ending July 1912 and their salaries are listed. Asheville 2300 Chapel Hill 4400 Concord 3100 Elizabeth City Eller? Town omitted Raleigh 3400 Wilmington 3400 Winston-Salem 3300 Greensboro 3200 etc.
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N.C
North Carolina
Asheville
Chapel
Concord
Elizabeth City
Etteville
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Greensboro
Greenville
Henderson
Hendersonville
Hickory
High Point
Kinston
Lenoir
Lexington
Lumberton
Monroe
Morganton
Mount Airy
New Bern
Oxford
Raleigh
Reidsville
Rockingham
Rocky Mount
Balisbury
Sanford
Shelby
Statesville
Tarboro
Pau
Ville
Washington
Wilmington
Wilson
Winston-Salem
Turrentine named president of Greensboro Woman's College
Dr S B Turrentine of Shelby elected president of Greensboro Woman's College effective June 1 after an all day trustees session that adjourned at midnight. Mrs Lucy H Robertson elected president emeritus for life. she retires as former head of the college, the only woman president in North Carolina.
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Greensboro
S. B. Turrentine
Shelby
Greensboro Woman's College
Lucy H. Robertson
Robinson
College For Life
North Carolina
Turrentine
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Uncle Sam
Winston Orphanage
Corbitt, High Point
Tyson & Jones
Yours Truly
E. M. Griffin & CO
Monroe, North Carolina
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