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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1916
Page
1
A reader urges High Point to require monthly reports on dairies and restaurants, arguing public health safety. They request bacterial counts in milk, presence of typhoid tuberculosis or other germs, butter fat percentages, and overall sanitary standards for all eateries and milk supplies.
The city fire department was summoned Friday to a small fire in D S Leaks back lot on Hamilton Street. Rubbish near a garden sparked the blaze which damaged a fence and chicken coop. Chief Ingram urges caution as fires can grow. The city spends about $25 per alarm plus vehicle wear.
Advertisers invite readers to enroll in the Home Banking Co Savings Department with interest from April 1. Atlantic Sales Co promotes a double page sale led by J L Chennault. Millinery by R Loflin and Venetia Smith showcase value. Various firms including Allen Bros Wade Rankin Leonard Beavans Stamey Co Stamey Printing House Artic Ice and Coal H Harris and Bro and M H Harmon push specials and ads throughout the issue.
Lawrence Phillips a 13 year old boy known for frequent thefts was arrested after a dramatic chase. He reportedly climbed drainage pipes from City Hall to escape and was found in the Redding building with stolen goods including flashlights pistols rings and knives. His father works at Tomlinson Chair Mfg Co and the family lives on Ward street. The trial was set for today.
A collection of witticisms contrasts male and female traits with playful jabs about ambition travel clothing and social norms. It riffs on prudence pride envy and the quirks of daily life through quick quips and quibbles. Notable lines touch on vanity envy fear of effort and the folly of boasting.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy present a gold medal to the high school pupil who writes the best paper on Confederate history in North Carolina.
In a brief brawl J. E. Edwards and Roy Conrad sustained minor injuries and contributed $11.75 and $9.25 respectively to cover city costs. Richard and Mrs Louise Reitzel return home from college for a few days.
Tad Welborn and Saphronia Shaw, both colored, received four months and two months respectively for resisting arrest. Officer Carroll was assaulted and used a 14 ounce billy to subdue them as the law prevailed. The prosecuting attorney favored making an example of the case. The recorder agreed and imposed the sentences.
A fresh dispatch asserts Antonio Villa is wounded and his capture is imminent, with claims deemed more authentic than prior notices. Details on location forces or dates remain unclear.
Mrs Aci Prin died yesterday at age 50. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at Greene Street Baptist Church with Rev J M Hilliard officiating.
Nine year old Radford and son of A W Heerick died of pneumonia Tuesday. Funeral services were held at the Willowbrook Street residence yesterday afternoon with interment at Prospect. The mother died last month.
A twelve year old boy named Ernest Cassady was struck by a Ford railway inspection car near the Carolina and Yadkin River Railway yesterday and seriously wounded in the head. He was seated on the track and the operators did not see him.
Rob Vault Gilbert Newell and Walter Bradly robbed the N. P S Co vault in Greensboro Sunday morning securing about $500 with most recovered. Newell found unconscious in the vault wounded. later arrested with Bradly. At trial Newell received two years probation while Bradly was jailed for default of a $1,000 bond.
A pious church member urged the editor that society is rotten and warned against gambling dancing and worldly behavior. Rev L W Blackwelder J L Sechrest Rev Stubbins R H Crouch and others spoke to Mechanicsville Jr Order members Tuesday night urging a church warning.
Earle Palmer and wife Annie faced an indictment for retailing with several vials of the so called crazy fluid found in their possession. Earle received four months in jail while Annie was acquitted. The piece also notes city plans to manage rubbish disposal for a small fee and several local social updates and ads.
Chief Leithton Gray dispatched Officers Wood and Carroll after a tip at dusk on a March Friday. The raid on John Wade's barn yielded 132 gallon jugs 185 gallon kegs plus a rubber siphon and assorted measures, revealing a sizable hidden stock of wet goods and secret recesses.
A second vote on issuing bonds is planned for May 23 with hope the one third property owner clause will be removed. Voters will see a ballot sized to meet requirements and a clear presentation of the proposal.
A. Upton of Seagrove, a loyal Review reader, called at the office Monday returning from a two week visit to Great Falls South Carolina where the Southern Power Co. runs its power plant and his son works there. He praised the town but returned home for spring chores.
The Kansas City Star offers a free one year subscription to Review subscribers who pay arrearages and subscribe in advance. Iris applies to old and new subscribers. The Star, issued Wednesdays, serves farmers and stockmen and aims to inform every home with balanced political and agricultural coverage.
Dr. Thos Newlin of Guilford College addressed Sunday school teachers Tuesday night, delivering guidance and insights on teaching methods and religious instruction.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lizzie V. Craven were conducted Friday at 11 a.m. by Rev. S. D. Shelton of Welch Memorial M. E. Church. An overflow crowd attended as hymns, including Nearer My God to Thee, echoed the deceased’s devout Christian life. Attendees from High Point included Mrs. W. L. Stamey, Mrs. J. L. Kirkman, Ivey Smith, J. A. Clinard, Mr. and Mrs. John Hayworth and family, A. C. Lammonds.
An 1884 will of the late S A Cecil is challenged after the death of his widow Nancy Cecil. Three heirs claim the Main Street store building valued around 15000 as part of the estate, while others dispute the bequest. The suit seeks to determine the true intent of the will and its phrasing.
Mrs J P Sinclair and her daughter Miss Julia visit the home of Mr and Mrs L Carson Sinclair on West High Street. An organ recital will be given tomorrow night at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church by Mortimer Browning and wife under the Ladies Aid Society. Supt Haynes praised Philomatheans at the Elk's club meeting. The best Greensboro route is Jamestown Guilford College Gate City. Everyone is urged to attend tonight.
High Point and surrounding area residents report visits and greetings. Mrs J M Smith and Mrs W E Kirkman stayed with Mrs Calvin Hughes and attended a picture show while others hosted or visited relatives across town. A birthday dinner for Mr Beryl Swims drew about two hundred guests.
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