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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1916
Page
5
A humorous verse urging balancing work and play with the fiddle as a mood booster. It contrasts shirking with aiming high, cites Nero fiddling as a caution, and ends with the line Serah Bogle.
The piece laments rising labor strikes worldwide and the threat of internal strife while noting large rail walkouts in New York and Philadelphia. It closes with a parable from a sewer project where an old Black worker urges persistence, saying you must dig it out and keep a calm mind.
W H Dugdale presents a measured view on the city bond issue inviting readers to weigh the arguments. The editor provides space for pro and con contributions affecting urban interests.
The High Point- Asheboro highway project moves forward as the city commits 720 dollars for topping a two mile stretch from K. D. Steele farm to Archdale county line. Dr J T Burrus chairs the committee overseeing the funds with emphasis on fair values and a square deal for taxpayers.
The Salisbury era ends with the 21 year old public execution of Whit Ferrand and Anderson Brown. Citizens from far and near witnessed the double scaffold fall, a crowd described as a circus like scene with tents and refreshments, amid strong emotion and headlines from the Salisbury Post.
The notice warns costs for producing newspapers have risen sharply in recent years, with ink, type metal, and rollers seeing substantial increases. Readers are asked to promptly pay their bills to help the paper stay afloat amid rising prices and avoid financial trouble.
A Catron Kentucky letter details Bettie Bullock suffering years of womanly troubles until her husband gave Cardus tonic. She reports rapid improvement, able to walk two miles and resume work. The ad urges readers to consult their druggist and request information from Chattanooga Medicine Co. Also mentions Mrs W C Jones hosting guests Helen Harrison and Carson Yates.
An advertisement extols Gets-It as a painless corn remedy, claiming quick action in two seconds without harming healthy flesh. It touts suitability for corns, calluses, warts and bunions, priced at 25 cents, with direct mail options from E Lawrence & Co Chicago.
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims the balm reaches blood and mucous surfaces, offers $100 for failed cases, and urges readers to request circulars and testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Pamily Pills for constipation.
Indemnifying chattel mortgage defaulted on March 18 1915. I R H Wheeler mortgagee will sell at public auction for cash at the Southern Wood Finishing Co office High Point North Carolina on August 26 at 10 AM. Auction includes raw materials machinery office furniture books and other items located at Commerce and Hamilton Streets High Point plus four shares of stock in High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association and four shares in Tomlinson Chair Manufacturing Company.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash of a 59 acre tract in Jamestown township Guilford County adjoining L O Willard and other bounds. The sale settles a note of R O Horney et al to E D Steele, after prior mortgage of 1000 dollars, with water rights in Deep River conveyed in a prior deed. Thos J Gold is trustee.
Administrator announces claims against Rachel C. Welch estate due by July 13 1917 and debt settlements urged. Mortgage sale details two Champlin and Corbit deeds default, property Lot No 12 in Gurley Plot 50 by 150 feet on Lee Street to be sold August 26 1916 at 3 PM in High Point North Carolina.
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