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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
6
A humorous note from the Indianapolis News recounts Dr W C Engle examining John, the pastor's son at Brightwood Methodist Church, asking about his liver. The boy jokes he will have a liver after dinner, citing his mother cooking an old hen.
An advertisement touts Freezone to relieve hard and soft corns and calluses with a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents. A brief anecdote from the New York World mocks a lodge vote where a porter named Andy claims he voted by peroxide, implying a joke on voting.
A string of tornadoes across six states leaves a rising death toll likely above sixty, with hundreds injured and millions in property damage. Chicago suburbs, Elgin, Atlanta area, Fort Wayne, Greenville, Union City, St. Louis and East Troy report fatalities and widespread disruption to rail, telegraph, and telephone services.
Governor Robert A. Cooper of South Carolina urged the nation to look to the southern native-born Christian population for salvation. He spoke to a filled Imperial Theater audience about clean living and straight thinking during a large Charlotte gathering.
In a Supreme Court brief, Christian Feigenspan of Newark argues the prohibition amendment and key enforcement act provisions are unconstitutional. The filing marks another challenge to Prohibition measures in federal courts.
Washington reports the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Has resigned by cable to President Wilson to take effect April 1 due to infirmity from advancing years. An international chamber of commerce will be formed in June during the week of June 12, 1920 at Atlantic City following the conference last October.
Washington A point of order raised by Senator Grenna of North Dakota struck the provision for one cent postage from the post office appropriation bill. New York Five railroads operating floats in New York harbor refused union demands to prohibit their floats by United States Fruit Company as deep sea longshoremen strike.
Intimation has been given prospective German and Austrian entrants in the eighth international 500 mile sweepstakes on the Indianapolis speedway, May 31, that it would be well to postpone all thought of competition for another year or two at least. Following an exhaustive canvass of public sentiment, it was decided that it would be unwise to risk Teutonic competition at this time.
Testimonial letter from Onalaska Wisconsin praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from back pain and female weakness. Flyer notes many women write similar letters to share health improvements and happiness after using the product.
The American Museum of Natural History warns the bald eagle faces imminent extinction as hunters in Alaska kill for a bounty. Officials claim more than half to three quarters of the species may already be sacrificed, prompting fear for the national bird's future.
An advertisement touts Dadsons Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. It claims calomel causes cramps, nausea, biliousness, and salivation while Liver Tone cleanses the liver, boosts energy, and is harmless to children. A brief joke about a wife and husband follows the ad copy.
Rosebud Texas resident Annie Lange describes a past nervous breakdown and weakness improved by Cardus. After seven bottles she regained strength and can perform heavy housework and more. The ad urges Cardui as a woman's tonic for similar ailments with forty years of backing. A Boy's Idea notes a skating drought joke from Leavenworth Pest.
An old advertisement touts Cascarets as a mild laxative to relieve bilious symptoms. It claims the product clears liver and bowel poison causing headaches tongue coating bad breath and sour stomach without gripe or inconvenience. The ad emphasizes it works while you sleep and contrasts with harsher alternatives.
Quotation noted from St Louis Globe Democrat contrasts optimism with caution. The exchange suggests resilience and continued effort amid uncertainty, reflecting the editorial voice of a metropolitan daily.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a leading cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It touts mild rapid relief and calls it a gentle vegetable compound. The ad urges buying from drug stores or mailing ten cents for a test delivery.
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