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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
3
A laboratory tour describes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound produced with strict cleanliness. Sterilized utensils and pasteurized seals accompany the process as testimonies from women praise its health benefits and recovery.
A village photographer pleads for a smile from a wary woman as she cites family woes and misfortune. The exchange captures a humorous, clipped dialogue highlighting patience, rural life, and the tension between art and realism in a late 19th century moment.
The Winston-Salem Tobacco Association protests proposed tobacco tax increases, arguing higher taxes raise prices for consumers, reduce consumption, and ultimately cut government revenue. Also reports cattle and swine arrivals for state livestock event, suit against Atlantic Coast Line over a death, Garfield to remain fuel administrator, Elon College S A T C banquet, skip stop system abandoned, and Fort Caswell garrison plans with rumors of a larger post.
County Auditor Floyd Gresham reports a 4.3 million dollar net increase in taxable property for Mecklenburg in 1918 versus 1917. Personal property and cotton mill holdings led the rise, while polls show a decline due to many men in military service.
Fayetteville resident Corporal Dan Hollenga former Fayetteville chamber of commerce secretary serving in an American hospital unit overseas has inherited three or four million dollars from a Holland based relative. A nurse Miss Sue McNeill writes of Hollenga's good fortune to her mother describing the bequest. The fortune stems from a relative in the native land of Hollenga.
Secretary Daniels urges continued naval growth in a three year program to build 156 ships including 10 dreadnoughts and six battlecruisers. He cites U S war achievements such as transporting 2 000 000 troops to France and the marine brigade blocking the last Prussian advance on Paris.
Paris Premier Clemenceau may act as president of the French delegation to the peace conference. President Wilson’s presence as head of the American delegation reportedly influenced this decision. Possible collaborators include Andre Tardieu Jules Cambon Marshal Foch Georges Leygues and M Colliard.
The Federal Service Board warned banks to restrain rapid postwar expansion and profits. It said banks should subordinate expansion to general welfare, conserve loans, and rely on rediscounts only for essentials, stressing liquidity and community welfare.
Paris reports that nine French prisoners were shot by Germans at Langensalza prison camp in Prussian Saxony with 15 more seriously wounded. The incident prompted criticism of German repression and promises that France will seek reparations.
A Thirty-ninth infantry battalion leaves Treves by train for Coblenz as German authorities seek to limit unrest after withdrawal. This marks the first use of railway transport by Americans into the area from which Germans have withdrawn.
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