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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
4
A 1913 newspaper fragment discusses advertising standards for whiskey, reactions to Mexico's Huerta, and local calls against pardoning three University of North Carolina hazing deaths suspects. The piece urges broad celebration on Father’s Day and criticizes light sentencing. It cites merchants’ support for principle over sensationalism.
A practical method to disinfect polluted water is outlined using chloride of lime. Dissolve a teaspoonful in a cup of water then add three more cups, stir and let stand. Mix one teaspoonful of the milky solution per two gallons of water and let sit ten minutes to achieve about one half part free chlorine per million.
A historical column compares the vast cost of caring for Mrs. Madeline Force Astor’s Titanic era baby to North Carolina’s modest public health budget. It questions state priorities and echoes wartime and social themes of class and duty.
About 10 000 Indians plan a Denver visit in 1915 to study the pageant of America. Henry Standing Bear of the Ogallala Sioux and Princess Wynnogene of the Oneida Troquois lead a delegation to review the scheme and visit tribes nationwide. They back a dignified plan and warn of opposition if standards fall.
A mob armed and unchallenged entered a Winston-Salem hotel and demanded surrender of guests, threatening violence before police appeared. Hotel clerk’s refusal likely averted bloodshed among local ball club members in the city touted as well governed.
Winston Journal calls for an aldermanic probe into the Winston-Salem police after officers failed to arrest rowdies at a hotel raid, entering only to seize weapons and letting suspects depart, urging accountability or exoneration. Prompt action has since been taken.
The subject read Russian and Hebrew without glasses and had excellent hearing. She retained most of her teeth until two years ago. After arriving in America she learned English fairly well and often wished to live until Pennsylvania granted women the vote.
Mrs W J Armfield enjoyed The Review's Long Ago article by Countess Spottiswood Mackin. The piece, a shared memory from Frankfort Kentucky, mirrors familiar events for Armfield and her old schoolmate.
Two lots on Rankin street offered for sale at 35 percent less than a nearby lot. Owner holds second and third lots facing future City Hall and market site. Available immediately for cash use in building. See the seller at once for a bargain.
A High Point North Carolina testimony from Mrs. B B Atkins cites relief from backaches headaches and urinary problems after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The ad promotes the product as effective for kidney illness with nationwide availability via Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole U S agents priced at 50 cents.
The Camp Fire Girls of Cleveland affiliated with the Seekola club declare against tango turkey trot and other dances. They vow to uphold Camp Fire honor by avoiding vulgar dances and plan a social boycott of supporters, with about a thousand girls expected to join. Winston-Salem ties to High Point via new Yadkin River Railroad improve commercial links and reflect parallel city growth, per the Winston Journal.
Mrs. Freda Vidietzky born in 1804 in Russia died at 109 in Philadelphia at 830 Pearce Street. Her grandsons filed papers proving her age and noting over 200 direct descendants in the United States, with branches in Russia. She says she witnessed Napoleon and came to America at 99 after four marriages.
A historical advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a internal remedy for catarrh, claiming it cleanses blood and mucous surfaces. It states a doctor prescribed it and markets the product with testimonials and a sales pitch from F. S. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, with Druggists carrying the pills as a companion product.
The notice promises 500 votes per dollar collected on old or new The Review subscriptions. Call the office for full details and a wise word of caution.
An ad from Union Painless Dentists at Gardner's Drug Store in Greensboro promotes Odont O Zone painless filing and extraction methods. It claims expert operators, up to date materials, and costs about half typical dentist fees.
The Paragon Stamp Works offers a full line of rubber stamps, seals, and numbering machines with money saving prices. Stamey Printing House, phone 275.
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