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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1915
Page
7
An old warning against calomel in favor of Dodson's Liver Tone promises a safe, vegetable liver remedy. The ad touts quick bile digestion, claims no salivation, and guarantees relief with a spoonful helping sluggish liver and bowel cleansing for the whole family.
A collage of old money lore and satirical snippets recalls when currency bore Toman marks and a youth in a country store offered change for an eleven dollar bill. Anecdotes reflect on experts, vanity, and a sly humor about burns remedies and stubborn vows from the Detroit Free Press.
A playful quip contrasts a captain teaching cannibals not to eat people with a joke about teaching them not to eat with their knives. The humorous exchange highlights stubborn habits despite instruction.
The review calls Virginius a bourgeois tragedy by James Sheridan Knowles, praised for truth and nature but derides its characters as mediocre English types. Virginius is portrayed as a dutiful middle class father and Virginia as a virtuous but simplistic heroine, with critique that this return to nature is not desirable.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Ton ic with quinine and iron to drive out malaria and boost strength. The copy emphasizes 50 cents and prints the formula on every label. The second fragment includes a joke about a dishonest angler whose fishing tales are half believed.
The report notes Miss Laura M. White has spent the last 24 years in China on missionary work, highlighting her long service and recent return.
In Raleigh a small group met in Representatives Hall to discuss forming a North Carolina division of the Cotton Ginners Association. J E Lancaster of Atlanta defended the national body while local officials Mayor Johnson and Commissioners Graham and Young spoke on cooperation and mutual insurance. The session opened late as organizers considered next steps.
Hendersonville shows strong interest in a new hosiery mill. James Grey of Johnston City drives the project with local donations totaling 500 dollars. About 20 workers would be hired, with site plans expected soon near the Freeze Bacon Hosiery Mills.
A ten month old child of Mr and Mrs James Pridgen died from a green pea hull choking found at the family home in Mount Olive. The infant was rushed to a nearby physician but could not be saved. The child was pronounced dead upon arrival at the office.
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt daughter of the late George W. Vanderbilt was operated on at Biltmore Hospital after an accident while swimming on the estate. She ruptured a blood vessel and was moved to hospital to stop the bleeding.
Judge Oliver H. Allen sitting in chambers at Oxford ruled the 1914 Durham water bond election invalid due to insufficient notice and registration period. Notices advertised 20 days instead of 30 and registration books remained open eight days instead of 20 as required by law.
Regional price rundown shows cotton ranges from 8 to 8 5 8 cents across towns such as Ahoskie Charlotte Greensboro and Raleigh with corn easing around 95 cents to 1.05 dollars per bushel oats from 50 to 70 cents and potatoes mainly Irish at varying barrels. Butter eggs and other staples listed with regional figures and minor differences.
Brasie O Hagan of Troop H 8th U S Cavalry reports malaria treated in Washington failed, but Elixir Babek cured tropical malaria abroad. He sends for more Babek, priced 50 cents, available from Kloczewski Co Washington D C for parcels post prepaid.
An old bachelor posted a notice declaring no buys at the door to deter salesmen. Two men with wares knocked at his parlor window. They claimed to read the sign and persist, but the man bought, then added a new window rule to his notice.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for scalp health, offering free samples by mail from Boston. A humorous Funny Pages item jokes about fruit growers and tips on tipping, followed by a Hanford's Balm remedy ad and a gag about chewing gum origin in Mexico.
The piece argues Spanish is vital for U.S. business students while Russian may soon rival it. It notes 160 million people in a large, fertile region as a sizable market and emphasizes individual initiative over following the crowd.
A Ringgold reader praises a pellagra remedy from American Compounding Co. of Jasper Alabama claiming health restoration and urges others to seek the free sample. The note promotes the Baughn remedy and refunds if it fails, alongside a slang-averse anecdote from a Chicago schoolboy and a remark about roughneck speech.
Four year old Vivien cried as a playful pup chased her but the mother explained it was only running a race. Vivien then smiled and boasted that she had beaten the dog in the race.
An item notes a soda fountain mixer with a tiny light to illuminate the liquid and questions if the electric device costs more than gas. A separate ad promotes Tetterine for skin conditions with a free Liver Pills offer and includes a user testimonial from Montalba, Texas dated May 21, 1908.
A humorous exchange notes bullets in battle and pedestrians hit before one. The piece cites new labor laws for women enacted in Kansas Maine Massachusetts and Wyoming.
A fragment from Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh reaches an Indian village and seeds a growing trade with each shipment increasing in size. Also a cartoon note recalls a plutocrat debating a daughter over a costly auto suit bill with lavish trimmings.
The Philadelphia Ledger cites a wit’s quip noting a secret session as the greatest human paradox. The brief line highlights humor about private gatherings and gendered social clubs.
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