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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
2
The Review lists advertising rates on application and warns that all notices not contracted for a set period will be inserted and charged until canceled. It states a ban on whiskey advertisements and a refusal to publish ads detrimental to High Point business interests. The notice ends with a price line referencing $100 vl 2Se.
The Chicago Street Railway company orders fifty cars to be built locally and sends car inspector J L Rollins for the winter. Rollins represents the consulting engineers Robert W Hunt and Co confirming the project oversight.
The Mississippi press notes willingness to barter for goods and services to sustain the office, accepting items from food to clothing. A call to readers to provide two gallons of Louisiana syrup and other trade items is issued as a practical solution to shortages. Mrs Sherman Hoover Dead at about 40, wife of Randolph County man Sherman Hoover. infant dies alongside mother in High Point.
The editorial urges residents to shun mail order catalogs and shop locally arguing local merchants offer real value and credit, while catalog houses inflate prices and fail to support the community. It cites Sears Roebuck examples and argues High Point stores match prices with immediate inspection and savings.
A local civic appeal urges residents to keep money in the community to support the common fund. It warns that buying from mail order houses sent away drains local wealth and harms neighbors. It argues home purchases keep funds circulating and benefit doctors, lawyers, and teachers.
The ad claims a 20 piece Jumbo Circus set valued at 10.00 is offered with The Review for 1.98. Orders already total 34 with a promise of shipment by December 15 and parcel post extra 22 cents. Limited supply until after Christmas holidays.
Ten drunken offenders lined up before the court when a former opera singer among them began a moving hymn. The powerful performance stirred compassion, and the judge chose mercy over punishment, dismissing all without fines or sentences as the men wept and found renewed purpose.
Atlantic Coast Line announces cheap holiday excursion fares to points south of the Ohio and Potomac and east of the Mississippi for travel Dec 17 to 25 and Dec 31 to Jan 1 with limited return by Jan 6, 1914. Havana via Va N C S C routes offered Dec 20 with return by Jan 6. Tickets from many northwest and southwest points also available. consult ticket agents in Wilmington NC for schedules and reservations.
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