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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
4
A Southern writer defends local order amid national outcry over the Frank lynching, condemns northern papers, and urges hands off. The piece notes anti-foreign meddling rumors, discusses Massachusetts reactions, milk safety in Greensboro, and World War I events plus church discipline and concerns about card gambling parties.
This feature extols High Point as a progressive city with active civic leadership. It highlights modern utilities including water, lighting, gas, paved streets, and sanitary services, plus a capable police and fire department, inspectors, and growing housing. It notes newspapers, hotels, and entertainment, signaling optimism about civic development.
The passage extols High Point as a healthy, thriving city with a modern sewer system, skilled contractors, robust manufacturing, four graded schools, capable teachers, multiple churches, five banks, and ample opportunities. It urges residents away from home to compare and return with ideas to further growth, noting nourishment as the key to a city’s development.
Carl Laemmle left New York for Chicago and Oshkosh where he rebuilt clothes, then moved into moving pictures. He bought theaters, fought trusts, and built the largest film company, becoming a tireless worker and thinker.
Ethel Grandon joins Kleine with Glen White, while Crane Wilbur shifts from The Perils of Pauline to Mutual. Harry Benham and Edna Payne reunite with Universal, Nobart Myles also returns to Universal, Arnold Daly will soon star as Craig Kennedy in a new serial, using Mrs Geo Goulds NY home. Addresses offered via stamped envelope. Billie Ritchie article coming.
Miss Bessie Woodson reports a happy time on her journey to the Pacific coast. The Junior Order United American Mechanics plans its next meeting in Greensboro next year.
Melon grower J. M. Taylor of Route 3 city brings fine melons to town. C. B. Kinley skilled at watermelons and cantaloupes keeps market supplied with produce.
Messers Walter Smith and E S Wilson repaired the sand clay road from Freeman's Mill to High Point improving driving conditions. The report lists residents visiting, illnesses, and social visits including Gladis Kivett in Greensboro and several others from High Point and nearby towns.
Mr Will Boone and his wife with their two daughters visited Mrs D C Johnson Sr in Trinity, returning from Atlanta to see her father George Thompson of Thomasville. J M Johnson of Greensboro stayed with his cousin Prof D C Johnson and recalls his boyhood days at Old Trinity. The Trinity Book Club meets again with new books while Miss Kate Craven visits Durham relatives. Mrs Dave Leak and daughter Verda rode over from High Point by buggy. Mr Edgar Pepper and wife from Thomasville spent Sunday in town. Mrs Jane Weeks returns from Lake Junaluska with stories of the gathering. Mrs Pepper Sr returns from Hamlet visiting son Claud Pepper depot agent. Mrs Johnson and daughter of Leon South Carolina visit Mrs Hayes. Parker House buzzes with youth as September turns hint at Florida departure. RL J Rev C P Coble returns from Montreat.
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