Government takes ten giant locomotives for use
TheDispatch reports Raleigh learned President Drake of the North Carolina State Banking Association declined a Virginia call. Ten of the world’s heaviest locomotives were taken from Seaboard for government use, with seven seen lugging 200 box cars along main lines. They weigh about 200000 pounds each, haul 3000 ton loads, and run 25 to 30 miles per hour, then moved to western routes.
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Ae. N. C
Raleigh
W. B. Drake, Jr
Virginia
Norfolk
Rth
Carolina
Drake
Merchants Natual Bank
Young Drake
Masons
Repub National
E. Beacon
South Carolina
North Carolina
Seaboard
United States
Southern
NC Farmers May Secure Flour Without Meal
Raleigh date line reports State Food Administrator Henry A Page issued an exception to the food administration order allowing farmers to buy flour without limit for self produced cereal substitutes. Retailers may sell flour up to 24 pounds to farmers with a certificate listing corn meal grits hominy or other substitutes. wholesalers and brokers may balance flour sales against these certificates.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Henry A. Page
Food Administration
Page
Hoover
American humor versus English wit in New York letter
D C McIntyre reports Campbell MacCulloch’s London humor contrast: American humor thrives on overstatement while English humor relies on understatement. A Cincinnati hotel lobby murder tale prompts laughs in America but none in London, and the British bombardment tale falls flat on Broadway.
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New York
Campbell Mac Cullach
London
America
MacCulloch
Cincinnati
Johnston
Jes
Cambrai
Alf
Bill
Matey
Broadway
Tristate Wool Growers Plan War Era Convention
Meeting of wool growers convenes in Wheeling on February 14 to perfect plans for sustaining sheep and wool production during wartime. Members from Ohio Pennsylvania and West Virginia attend as the association holds its annual convention opening sessions.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Tristate Wool Growers’ Association
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Drayage Charges Fixed by Columbia Baggage Men
Columbia baggage drivers reach a proposed ordinance deal with the Chamber of Commerce setting 50 cents for trunk transport to homes and 25 cents to hotels or between depots within the city. Until council acts, drivers must continue hauling passengers at the old 25 cent rate.
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Columbia
S. C
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Cor Merce
Spartanburg Man Held for Bride Murder in 123 Branch Street
Spartanburg South Carolina February 14 A coroner s jury held Charles Foster for the murder of his wife Edna Herren Foster aged about 23 at their home 123 Branch Street The motive cited jealousy over attention from an army officer at Camp Wadsworth Foster 28 years old and a native of Roebuck was detained at police headquarters then jailed after the inquest Edna had been previously married and was born in Asheville North Carolina
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Spartanburg
D. C
Chas. Foster
Spartansburg
Edna Herren Foster
Foster
Spartang
Branch Street
Camp Wadsworth
Asheville
N.C
Roebuck
Free conference report adopts appropriation bill
Columbia South Carolina reports the free conference on the appropriation bill passed without opposition at noon. The measure totals 3 370 625 96 dollars to be raised by a nine and a half mill levy.
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Columbia
S. C
Free Conference
Cow death mystery after nail found in heart
Gaffney South Carolina February 14 Governor Butler reports a valuable cow missing. The veterinary exam revealed a two inch wire nail lodged in the heart's center, suggesting months of slow injury before death. The incident raises questions about how the nail entered the animal and the delay in discovery.
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Gaffney
S. C
T.B. Butler
Turner Beats Little in City Election Victory
In Gaffney on Feb 14, J Turner defeated J Q Little by 60 votes. Aldermen were elected as follows.
Four Mules and a Cow Bitten by Mad Dog in Newberry
In Newberry South Carolina on February 14 a mad dog bit four mules and a cow and possibly other animals before being killed. The dog attacked at the Purcell Company store and again at Summer Brothers' corner, drawing a crowd as authorities pursued and shot it to end the menace.
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Newberry
S. C
Purcell Company
Summer Brothers’ Corner
Lineman Electrocuted on Charleston Street Crossbar
C L Senderson a Consolidated Company lineman from North Carolina was instantly killed on Meeting street when his head touched a live power wire while astride a pole crossbar. An inquest later that day returned a verdict of accidental death. He appeared to miscalculate the distance to the live conductor as a current passed through his head. His body was supported by a safety belt and lowered from the cross bar.
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Charleston
D. C
C. L. Senderson
Consolidated Company
North Carolina
Meeting Street
Rock Hill Chamber Urges Senators Support Amid Criticism
The Rock Hill Chamber of Commerce board adopts a resolution praising the administration while scoring United States Senators who have investigated and criticized it. The resolution requests Senator B. R. Tillman to relay the message to Washington authorities.
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Rock Hill
S. C
Soldiers Fully Insured at Camp Jackson
The camp at Camp Jackson near Columbia South Carolina is 97 percent insured by government programs. The coverage totals about 153 million dollars, per division insurance officer Captain Fuller.
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Columbia
S. C
Camp Jackson
Uncle Sam
Fuller
Dressing Room Tricks Ease Jersey Girls Dinner Rush
Broad way hotels buzz at dinner hour as young stenographers from New Jersey bring knitting bag wardrobes to dressing rooms. They swap outfits to head to dinner engagements without returning home, using discarded clothes checked in the bags.
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Broadway
Jersey
Playwright Kept to Ambition Against Odds And Age
A young writer pursues theater despite skeptics on Park Row. A city editor warned it was a gamble, but the man pressed on with help from a press agent and peers. Separate New York campaign supports hiring men over 60, touting punctuality and judgment amid age barriers.
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al. Woods
Belasco
Georgie Cohan
Lee
Park Row
Teuton Premiers Hall Understanding
London reports that the speeches by Count von Hertling and Count Czernin were a collusive effort to split the Allies rather than seek peace. Earl Curzon warned the Times that the most critical times lie ahead but affirmed resolve and pledged full effort to win and save civilization.
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London
Count von Hertling
Count Czernin
Earl Curzon
House of Lords
Department of Labor Seeks Women Farm Labor Registry
The Department of Labor proposes national registration of women for farm work as an advance step to secure adequate labor across the country for the coming season.
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Department of Labor
Yone Suzuki Heads Japan's Richest Shipping Company
Mme. Yone Suzuki, the wealthiest woman in Japan, leads a major shipping firm reported to have earned 100 million dollars since the war began.
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Mme. Yone Suzuki
Japan
Women in U S Industry Drive War Effort
About 1,266,061 American women work in industries essential to war production either directly or indirectly. The figure underscores the vital wartime labor contribution by women across sectors supporting national defense.
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Theer
United States
Old Home Remedy Pinex Cough Treatment Adverts
A home remedy promotes Pinex mixed with sugar syrup as a quick cure for persistent bronchial coughs. It claims to thin phlegm, relieve throat irritation, and aid bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, and asthma with immediate or rapid relief. The ad urges asking a druggist for 214 ounces of Pinex and offers a satisfaction guarantee.
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Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
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