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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1914
Page
8
An old corn cure story emerges about GETS-IT from E. Lawrence & Co. Chicago. The ad touts a new principle, avoiding digging or inflaming tissue, claiming two drops in two seconds cure any corn, wart, bunion, or callus. Sold by pharmacists at two shillings and sixpence or mailed nationwide.
The article describes the Dead Sea in vivid natural terms, noting its extreme salinity, lack of life, and isolation at the Jordan Valley in Palestine. It uses the lake as a moral emblem, arguing selfishness leads to spiritual death and that true greatness comes through selflessness, citing biblical teachings.
A promotional piece urging business men to influence customers before purchases. It stresses arousing the mind, crafting a persuasive selling story, and presenting every detail as a vital fact to reach the buying class in their homes. It invites readers to tell the WHOLE story in a compelling, winning way.
The advertising committee of merchants and the chamber of commerce spars over schemes for country store promotions and opera house programs. They condemn ineffective ads, warn against repetitive prints, and promote honest local paper ads as the best route, noting school journals drain funds. The Greensboro News endorses The Review as a proven channel.
High Point parties recorded property transfers this week. Listings include J N Campbell to John B Payne on a High Point property for 125 dollars and G C Manly to J R McCain on Cable street for 380 dollars. Other transfers cover Adams Smith Tryon and Fairview streets with prices ranging from 50 to 1 000 dollars.
A sequence of land transactions includes William G. Ragsdale transferring 59 acres in Jamestown to George L. Taylor for 380 dollars. M. E. McLaughlin and wife sell a High Point township tract to R. H. Garland for 1,200 dollars. J. E. Foust and wife convey a High Point township tract to J. B. Ellis for 700 dollars. R. H. Garland and wife sell to L. C. Beal a High Point lot for 1,200 dollars. J. Allen Austin conveys a High Point township tract to Mrs. R. S. Russell.
Guilford College hosts the final sessions of the North Carolina Yearly Meeting with unity reported as prevailing. The 7961 members show 603 additions and a net gain of 356, among 67 congregations and 2,557 households. College reports 263 students and a plant valued at 179,644 with endowment of 180,000 and plans to raise to 200,000. Rev. F E Smith named superintendent of the Young People’s association. Ida Millis named secretary.
Joan Wanamaker recalls reinvesting his first dollar into newspaper advertising. The strategy expanded his merchant venture over years, proving newspapers the best return for the lowest cost. National advertisers are realizing newspapers influence both consumer and dealer when a nationally made article is advertised locally.
Monday morning rainfall met farmers around High Point with general coverage and needed relief. The steady event brought renewed hopes for crops and soil moisture.
London reports two silent points in the great war news. First, the North Sea, long silenced, is open to shipping with services resuming between Denmark and London and Newcastle to Norway, and between the Hook of Holland and Harwich, suggesting the German fleet is held in check. Second, French forces evacuated Muelhatsen and moved to new positions outside the town.
Forest City businessmen T R Padgett and J F Alexander along with E A Smith of Altavista Va are in town on business with local manufacturers. Miss Iola Allman wed Newcomb J Girl Sunday afternoon at the bride's South High Point home with Rev L A Peeler officiating. Frank Gurley of the High Point Show Case works secured a patent for a Gurley sanitary ventilated street case for fruit protection.
Born to Mr and Mrs Chase Idol a son. Little Norma Dutton who has been very ill with typhoid fever is convalescent.
An older doctor recounts two sisters in a Paris inspired tale of a crown causing shared affection. Lillian falls for Darnley during a charity tableaux, then Louise imitates the gaze, prompting questions about a crown’s influence and a kingly lover’s effect. The crown’s history ties to an actress driven to death for love, suggesting a paranormal link.
At age thirty and still unmarried William Brown visits a western state. In Chicago a furious man accuses him of a past crime, but Brown proves his identity and learns a double may be shadowing him. Arrests, mistaken identity, and a string of wild adventures lead to a Lafayette trial and a curious acquittal, with Brown returning home.
A sales incentive offers 25 percent on every new Review subscription at $1.00 per year. Additional bonuses apply: $5 extra on $50 in new subscriptions, $12 on $100, yielding 35 to 37 cents per dollar at higher totals. The program ends October 15 and targets those entering the contest to maximize earnings.
Dr Eugene Christian publishes How to Live 100 Years outlining age based eating, digestion, and disease cures. He claims humans differ from animals in eating and cites 23,000 cures. money back guarantee with a one dollar price and return mail delivery.
A short essay argues hens advertise while ducks do not. It claims hens create demand by announcing eggs and products, contrasting passive merchants with active advertisers. The moral: it pays to tell the world what you have and stock.
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