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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
4
A lively wartime piece mocks heat waves while praising American fighters led by Pershing Foch and Haig. It cites German retreats prisoners and a captured general, notes Typhoid cases in Hot Springs and encourages German surrender while urging strict traffic enforcement amid wartime chatter.
The Review cites a tip saying about 50 slackers, mostly transient Black men, avoid registration. In Winston over 300 were arrested in the past year for failing to register, with many sent to camp. High Point officers are urged to act on this.
The piece laments grain waste in the United States due to drink, citing National Dry Federation data. It notes millions of bushels diverted to distillers and brewers, and mentions wartime needs for grain and munitions in Europe. It references vast annual losses before 1917 and ongoing shortages impacting soldiers and mothers.
The text argues liquor waste harms war efforts, noting 7,000,000,000 pounds of food wasted in 1917, 500,000 freight cars used for liquor in 1914, and 2,000,000,000 dollars lost annually to saloons. It urges patriotism, calling for prohibition as a national policy and solidarity to aid war-stricken lands.
In a provocative contrast, the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph notes famed figures like Shakespeare Lincoln Napoleon and Raphael never used modern conveniences yet questions what enables common people to access culture comfort and mobility today. The answer offered is advertising as the driving force behind televised movies travel books and fashion making these amenities widely available to the masses.
W H Davis of this city donated a pint of blood to Ben Ridge at the hospital on Tuesday. The act lifted Ridge from critical condition while Davis remained healthy and unharmed.
Frank Burrow sues Daisy Burrow for absolute divorce on adulterous grounds in Guilford County Superior Court Sept term 1918. Defendant must appear September 12, 1918, to answer or file a complaint or risk entry of relief by default. Clerk M W Gant signs notice.
The undersigned will sell for cash to the highest bidder at public auction on Saturday August 17, 1918 the real estate described as lot No 20 in the sub division of the Jake White land in High Point township Guilford County North Carolina. The description follows bounds and measurements from the E H 2 dies sub division and references plot book No 3 page 73. This notice dated July 15 1918 and signed by Prake Johnson as mortgagee with T W Albertson as attorney. The notice also mentions an advertisement for North State College of Agriculture and Engineering.
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