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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1920
Page
8
In a local letter the writer laments sharp price swings on food staples with flour rising from 12 to 15 and potatoes from 4 to 7 a bushel. The piece accuses several players of gouging while urging support for a national transportation road movement to lower distribution costs and bring citizens closer together.
Armour argues the postwar era requires better highways linking cities and rural areas. He cites government spending and farm losses of 306 million dollars yearly from bad roads, urging roads as cost reduction and motor trucks expanding role in short hauls to relieve railways.
The state inter universal peace oratorical contest will be held in High Point on May 4. Mr Blair met with Mayor Stanton to confirm the city welcomes college students and ministers and all facets of the community to attend. Contenders from nearly all North Carolina colleges will discuss how to avoid war, with prizes of 75 dollars for first, 50 for second, and 50 for the winner sent to national headquarters.
A notice reminding eligible residents to pay the poll tax by May first to exercise voting rights in this year’s primaries and general election. It notes many local boys were away last year and urges timely listing during this month to avoid disqualification.
Mrs. Chas. Gaston of Ringgold Georgia extols Thedford's Black-Draught as a longtime family medicine. She recalls children treated for headaches from constipation and recurrent malaria, noting the remedy kept them active and saved doctor bills. The ad touts the product as a pure vegetable laxative that regulates liver function and cleanses the bowels.
Mrs. B. V. Hedrick of High Point reports years of backache and urinary trouble relieved by Doan's Kidney Pills. She describes back and kidney pain, tired feeling, and nervousness, saying the remedy cured her backache and regulated her kidneys with no further trouble. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N.Y.
A Georgia reader hails Ziron, an iron tonic, claiming it improved his blood and nerves. The ad cites Ziron as a medicinal iron salt combined with hypophosphites and other tonics, endorsed by authorities and listed in pharmacopoeias, with a money back guarantee and label formula.
Advertisement notes a man wanted to sell trees shrubs vines and bulbs permanently for Brown Brothers Nurseries in Rochester New York. Endorses employment by a Rochester nursery firm seeking a permanent seller of horticultural stock.
A public debate and a minstrel show were held at the Trinity school building on consecutive nights. North Carolina Guilford County Superior Court notice states Matilda Mobley seeks an absolute divorce from Chas Mobley on adultery grounds. he must appear by April 24, 1920, to respond.
A vintage ad offers $100 for an incurable catarrh case and touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood driven remedy taken internally. Sold by druggists for over forty years with testimonials free, by F J Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio.
Tickets were in demand with reserved seating sold out as Mrs. Tindale visits her dayae ter and Miss Effie Smith visits town. Public school closed briefly though sessions will continue. Glenn Payne takes a new job in High Point. Rain hampers gardening. fruit may suffer but hope remains. Mr. David White Jr. endured two spells of the flu. Methodist church site on Main Street chosen. work expected to begin soon. Mrs. Coltrane shows improvement after lagrippe. Charles Phillips of State University visiting his parents.
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