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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1914
Page
5
The Review will not accept whiskey advertisements and will refuse any notices or ads not contracted for a specified time or charged until ordered out. It will not run ads detrimental to the business interests of High Point.
The piece reflects on Easter as a time to contemplate Christ's passion and the need for personal transformation. It urges forgiving enemies, dropping hatred, and choosing courage, while affirming that each person is responsible for shaping their own soul and fate.
At the regular Guilford county board meeting residents of the Jamestown tax district presented a petition asking for approval to issue 7500 in bonds. The board endorsed the petition and sent it to the county commissioners for action at their next meeting.
Uncle William Powell an eighty one year old gentleman of Peahook NC visits relatives in High Point. His paternal great grandfather Edward Powell had twelve children eleven sons and one daughter the eleventh son born Eleven. His maternal great grandfather a Penick native of Prince Edward Island is mentioned in the lineage.
The article notes the Powell family lineage in Virginia with distinctions and place names Powellton Powell River Powell Mountain and Powell Valley. It reports Uncle William as a second cousin of General A P Hill and describes him as a robust elder. It also announces the May 7 wedding of Eleanor Randolph Wilson and Secretary McAdoo with a small ceremony attended by the Vice President and Mrs Marshall the Cabinet and immediate families.
Dr J R Reitzel was killed in an automobile accident near Greensboro while returning from a railroad case hearing. He was a physician with a large practice, banker, school board member, church worker, and active lodge member. His death shocked High Point as the town mourned a civic leader and family man. funeral services were held at North Main Street Methodist Church with many officials and community members present.
Dr. J. R. Reitzel, a prominent High Point physician, died when his auto turned turtle near Spring Garden and Dairy streets as he attempted to pass a stopped team. Eye witness Miss Sallie Phillips reported the wreck. Dr. Reitzel was en route as a witness in a Southern Railway case and died minutes after the accident.
Permits granted include Yaciin River railway depot at 12000 dollars and multiple dwellings: E B Kinney 475, H C Pook 1000, J S Welbor 250, two more at 5000 each, R H Gatland 500, Co R Ward 1350, J M Simmeson 225, J W Kerns 206.
Scores waiting at the station for the Greensboro-bound No 44 faced disappointment as the train failed to arrive until 11 32. Many of the travelers abandoned plans and returned home.
In Catron, Kentucky, a Mrs Bettie Bullock writes of four years of severe womanly troubles and inability to walk. After taking Cardus the pain lessens and she can walk two miles. The letter promotes Cardui as a tonic and urges readers to consult their druggist and write Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance and a 64 page book.
A 1914 Greensboro area notice sheet announces local political candidacies for Guilford County House seats and a Democratic primaries on May 16 1914. Figures include Delos E Hammer W J Sherrod and Robert Brockett. Also public appeals for subscriber payments and a legal notice of divorce proceedings Lillian D Coggins vs Lucius E Coggins.
The Wo mans club civic department elected officers for the next year with Mrs J Wilson Cliuard as first vice president Miss Martha Blair as treasurer and Miss Pattie Newlin as reporter A five foot statue of Washington on a pedestal will be awarded as a prize to the school showing the best civic work inside and outside the building
An advertisement for Morocco leather card cases with ivory finished cards from Stamey Printing House notes their popularity in cities and promotes daily use. It warns that no one but W. L. Stamey and son Paul A. Stamey are authorized to collect for the Stamey Printing House or The Review and cautions paying others is at one's own risk.
An old promotional notice advertises Holland's Magazine and Farm and Ranch along with The Review. It touts a limited time offer at 85 cents for an eight month period, plus a one year The Review plus a 704 page dictionary for $1.19. The message urges immediate action.
A brief advertisement offers a liberal deal: pay $100 for a subscription and receive a $100 dictionary. The offer promises you the dictionary only with the subscription and warns that paying later will lead to no extra value and other newspapers’ laws may apply.
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