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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
3
A well known film buyer chatted with a producer who offered him a part. After viewing the finished film the producer asked if the buyer would buy it. The buyer replied he would not buy the film but instead would commit death by his own action.
The clipping promotes Cuticura Ointment for facial skin and dandruff and claims soap plus hot water cleanses in five minutes. It also mocks exaggerated library sizes in Anrau and touts Roman Eye Balm for various eye issues, finishing with a quip about liquor jokes and prohibitionists.
Senator Borah accuses war profiteers of coordinating pre convention spending to influence presidential candidates. He introduces a bill to limit such expenditures, warning of a “saturnalia of corruption” unless Congress acts. He cites General Wood and Lowden managers as part of the money pressure and vows to reveal facts, even crudely, to curb the practice.
Dublin magistrate Alan Bell, who oversaw the Sinn Fein dealings with Irish banks, was shot dead outside the Masonic club in Dublin. Belton Mills in South Carolina declared a 100 percent stock dividend on $700,000 paid in capital. Allied zones delays persist as Germany troops seek entry permissions amid Versailles treaty terms.
In Washington the claim that every corporal bears a marshal’s baton is seen in modern form with Sergeant Major Weber as Spartacan forces in the Ruhr valley number about 120 000 men.
Washington reports Representative Fess of Ohio, chairman of the Republican congressional committee, warned that an adverse vote by the Delaware legislature on the suffrage amendment could cost the Republican party the presidency, the senate, and the house in November elections.
Paris dispatch cites French war correspondent Henry Didon reporting from Mainz that Germany can field 3.4 million troops on mobilization. Didon says Berlin has secretly reinforced its once formidable war machine and is ready to act.
Montreal ex service men press for government bonuses ranging from 1000 to 2600 dollars. Resolutions from the Great War Veterans Association of Canada urge immediate parliamentary action to ease soldiers’ difficulties in re establishing themselves.
In Saxony's industrial centres order slowly returns after ten days of chaos. Workmen capitulate and strikes are called off as military forces assume control. Gotha sees the strikers lay down arms and a fifty-man garrison slated to return.
A dated humor piece urges parents to look for the word California on syrup of figs bottles to ensure a safe laxative for children. It notes the fruity taste and explicit directions. Other items include a stock chaser job ad and a courtroom joke about a peddler and a shirt purchase.
A fragmented list names agents with deposits for two dozen or more cars across North and South Carolina counties and nearby states. It cites D. Carl Fry, B. Co HINGON, BUDDERTH & HAMBY, and others, with locations such as Gaston, Lincoln, Robeson, Union, and Horry counties, plus towns like Tarboro and Bethune, indicating a regional vehicle distribution network and deposit commitments.
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