This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
6
The High Point Review collects a string of humorous asides on heat, fishing, dieting, fashion, and everyday life. Observations touch on cranks, manners, sport, travel, and society with quips about athletes, economists, and a joking note on weather and air travel.
Reports say former President Cipriano Castro has re entered Venezuela at the head of an armed force with uprisings reported in Tachira Coro and Masuro. The U S state department said the gunboat Des Moines was ordered from Brunswick to patrol Venezuelan waters and protect American interests.
Secretary McAdoo plans to distribute 25 to 50 million dollars to agricultural areas in the South and West. He collects regional needs as harvests begin and aims to have funds in banks in time to aid crop movement. Officials say the plan could ease money tightness during the farm season and will accept prime commercial paper as security.
A severe electrical storm in Winnipeg releases a herd of eighty circus elephants. They wreck half the tents and thousands of seats, damage buildings, and trigger a neighborhood panic before trainers regain control. No other animals escaped. injuries are not specified.
Storm hit Stroudsburg and Delaware Gap with seven and a half inches of rain between 12:30 and 3:00 causing over one hundred thousand dollars in damage. No lives reported lost. Mauch Chunk Pen Argyl Portland and Bangor also suffered. Delaware Water Gap hotels crowded with tourists were badly damaged.
The article alleges New York banks orchestrated fear around 2 per cent bonds, depressing their price to 95 1 2. It states banks hold about 730,882,130 of the issue, with market value about 30 million below purchase, using notes as security and the 5 per cent redemption fund to cover retirements.
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange released an official protest against the Clarke rider to the tariff bill. They warn that loss from hedging changes could reach 100 to 400 million dollars on the coming crop, due to a proposed tax of one tenth of one percent per pound on cotton futures. The statement was signed by W. P. Stewart and H. G. Hester.
Ambassador Wilson reports to the Washington administration on conditions in Mexico and urges U S influence to stabilize the Huerta regime. The president and ambassador reportedly disagree on course, with no policy announced. In Panama a self styled Messiah Sagundo Sanchez claims divine destruction and amasses adherents while the Panamanian government reacts.
Federal Judge Grubb fined the Southern Wholesale Grocers Association 2500 for contempt of court for violating a 1911 anti-trust decree. President J H McLaurin of Jacksonville was fined 1000, and H Lacey Hunt of Wilmington and L A Meichers of Charleston 1000 each with costs charged to the association and witnesses. The 1911 decree barred anti-trust violations. a 191? suit narrowed to those named in the ruling.
Uncle Joe Cannon's car plunged off a bank into a cemetery lake but he and his daughter escaped unharmed. Didier Massen, flying over Guaymas, dropped bombs near the Tampico gun boat as insurgents operate the Southern Pacific railway toward San Blas.
A cyclone-like storm sweeps Washington causing three deaths and extensive damage. Winds near seventy mph unroofed homes, toppled structures, and halted transit and government operations as rain, hail, and heat fade into darkness.
Odlin Johnson of Salt Lake City, captain of the Cincinnati team, drove to the track’s top, struck an electric pole, and a live wire ignited the gasoline tank. Johnson died, William Davis aged five also died. two women and four men are fatally burned or seriously injured, with eleven others hurt and spectators burned as drugstores treated injuries.
A thunder storm in Phoenix City Alabama caused multiple lightning incidents. A horse hitched in the street had its cross bar splintered by a strike but suffered no injuries. Mrs. G H Clardy was knocked back by a lightning bolt while lifting a rice boiler lid, her arm numb but not seriously harmed. Several others were shocked but unharmed.
A mid summer heat wave grips many cities with temperatures reaching 106 in some areas and 102 on official readings from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. In Altoona a train crash kills one and injures 146 passengers and crew, with most injuries not life threatening as trains collide near Tyrone Pennsylvania.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.