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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1915
Page
4
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A discussion on how ambitions chase easy money in distant towns, and why most people fare better staying home. It argues that only those with unusual ability and preparation succeed away from home, while many drift to failure as demand and opportunities dwindle.
A motivational piece urges men to act, overcome procrastination, and seize opportunities. It argues energy and nerve unlock talent, encouraging careful judgment and community support to find a personal calling and achieve worthwhile aims.
The passage notes returning to hometown life after a move, warning that a manufacturing center feels the strongest welcome but that outsiders meet indifference. It stresses not to expect gold paving and a brass band at the depot, and urges careful money planning before venturing away.
A Health Bulletin urges readers to seize inherited traits for self improvement and to combat weaknesses through right living and good habits. It notes regional ties between High Point and Thomasville as a business push for rail, gas, and industrial development. It mentions a curious Asheboro sighting of Gypsies with an automobile.
A fragmentary reminiscence celebrates a movie city myth and lists stars and productions tied to Universal, Morosco, Lubin, Essanay and other studios. The piece mentions Blanche Ring Cyril Maude Anna Pavelova and others along with travel to California and collaborations with Grace Cunard and Hobart Bosworth.
The Mitchells Grove Temperance League installs new officers for the year. D E Hammer of High Point gives a beneficial talk. Several locals including Herman Billings Claud Lovett and Joe Mitchell are sick with fever. Miss Mary Plummer visits from Randleman. Protracted meeting to begin at Hickory chapel next Sunday. Fairfield Temperance Rally Day planned for next Sunday. Jno Teague of Siler City visits, joined by C E June and G F Frazier from Greensboro. Union Hill school committee votes to remodel and expand. News from Old Trinity notes Parker House lively with visitors. Various locals and greetings from Durham Gainsville Fla Raleigh and Wilkesboro.
Prof Johnson oversees heavy work on the College and grounds at Old Trinity as students study in recitation rooms. Four stores operate in Trinity on College Street and Depot Street, with Mr Leach Mr Pepper Durant Ballance and Mr Brame noted. News includes visits by Ned Pegram and plans for Postmaster Phillips to move his family into town. Jane Weeks enjoys her summer outing in the western part of the area.
Messers W W Guyer F P Kimrey and Ed J Welch are reappointed committeemen for the Welch school. The school house has a new coat of paint a dug well and planned stove flue work. Miss Gertha Lee Smith returns from Thomasville. J W Guyer ill with typhoid fever. Walter Grissom visits from High Point. Leona Guyer to return from Burlington. Jester secures church contract at Wallburg. Local residents attend High Rock excursion. Mr and Mrs J C Welch and Mrs J W Sechrest visit. Will Perham and family return from Raleigh. A baby girl born to Luther Caughron family.
Arthur Jones works on M. George Wall premises in Wallburg. Miss Cora McMillan of High Point visits her parents Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McMillan this week.
J. T. Wyatt returned from High Point visiting relatives as 580 people rode the excur sion train to Crescent for Venus. Three to five thousand attended the Crescent Picnic this year and it was a great success. Venus appeared at The Review office during High Point visit. G C Miller attended John Miller funeral at Dung Mountain. Miss Mary Peeler returned from Burlington with Miss Fannie Clapp and was escorted home by Misses Mary Lawrence and Maude Carpenter. C J Misenheimer returned from Kansas after three months away.
Goodyear expands small tire tech with 20 percent more air capacity for comfort and blowout resistance. Sidewall rubber increased by 30 percent to withstand bending. New molds and redesigned construction stem from newly found methods to boost tire endurance.
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