07 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1918
Page
1
International conflict arc reaches a fever pitch urging American mobilization. E C Branson cites German troop shifts, Western Front advantage, and demands for a million US volunteers by mid 1918 to shorten the war. He argues only swift American entry can avert 1919 prolonged fighting.
Beginning this issue the paper will publish weekly a complete song with words and music. Readers can clip for free, saving 25 to 50 cents per song. Also features Simple Simon Brainy Bowers Barnacle Jim cartoons and a timely article by Rev F C Carter of Wuhu China.
J G Garland aged 60 collapsed from heart failure Saturday on East Green Street while returning home. Survived by widow and six children Mrs R T Chappelle Mrs Jasper Shelton Mrs J G Russell Jetty Garland all in this city Mrs J A Walker of Concord and R H Garland. Funeral Tuesday morning at home with Rev J A Clarke of First Baptist church assisted by Revs L W McFarland and J M Hilliard.
Wies Marguerite Kirkmen hosted a Tuesday event in honor of Louise Reitzel who is to be married this week. Mrs Baxter hosted on Wednesday and Mr and Mrs B E Moore Friday for the same occasion.
The campaign offering prizes for essays and menus on food conservation ends Monday night February 11. Submit your entry to Secretary A. M Idol and contact any merchant for details.
Washington reports the heatless Monday program will continue due to the East's severe coal shortage and extreme cold. Fuel Administrator Garfield and Director-General McAdoo, with state officials, concluded the closure must remain in force despite hopes it would end.
Telegram from Food Administrator Henry A. Page asks merchants to publicize a strict ruling banning sale of wheat flour unless sold with an equal amount of other cereals such as corn meal hominy gris oat meal rice barley flour edible wheat shorts and soy bean flour. Lt Benj Moore and Miss Louise Reitzel to wed this week. both well known.
John L. Sullivan, the famed bareknuckle champion, is dead. Temperance workers spoke to large church audiences on Sunday. Mrs. E. H. C. Field recuperates from a fall breaking her arm. Venetia Smith recovers from a recent indisposition. Cy Wheeler visited Petersby on business. W T Parker returns from a successful fox hunt at Manchester. Roberson recovers from a mild lagrippe. Fred Kirkman and son visited Ashville relatives. A E Tate attended Morgantown Asylum trustees meeting. W H Dugdate visits his son then returns home. Col D H Milton, Soldiers' Home head, spent the weekend with relatives.
Report from Washington details the Tuscania sinking off the Irish coast with 2179 soldiers aboard. 1912 officers and men are accounted for, with 267 American troops lost, and officials hope the missing list will shrink. Troops were mainly Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard, aboard a British convoyed liner.
Moffit Furnishing Co announces new spring arrivals in space today. Efird's advertises a big white sale starting Saturday and other items. The Bank of Commerce touts The Spirit of Thrift and Economy with meat themed copy. Farmers urged to buy Swift's Red Steer fertilizers from Sheloft and Breson. Hardware firms featured in city ads.
Food official orders require retailers to sell flour only with one pound of designated substitutes pound for pound. Distribution limits set 48 pounds per person locally and 98 pounds regionally, plus sugar caps of 5 pounds locally and 10 pounds countrywide.
By order of the United States District Court Western District of North Carolina in the F. F. Hobbs bankruptcy matter, a public auction will be held Saturday February 9 1918 at 3 PM in front of the High Point post office. The sale features four horses one mule two wagons one buggy and several sets of harness for cash to the highest bidder. G W Clark trustee.
Mrs. Mary Boone Cummins wife of C V Cummins of West Russell Street died at Hopkins Hospital Baltimore Tuesday after an operation. Funeral from her home tomorrow morning conducted by Rev. Charles P Coble. Husband and five children survive. Deceased described as a good woman.
The Merchants' Association forms a committee to study curtailing the delivery system. The aim is a plan to have one delivery per day to each home and report findings at next Tuesday night's meeting.
The Review offers a home delivery news plan for High Point area soldiers. Readers pay 75c and The Review priced at 1.50 covers a year to a soldier’s address in America or abroad with postage split. If a family cannot pay, the paper will cover the cost upon proof, to ensure soldiers receive news from home.
Sergeant John Roper of Camp Sevier Roy Robinson and Harold Burke from Camp Wadsworth visited here the past week.
The article promotes the song To Not Complain by Al Jolson and suggests clipping weekly music pages with words to build a growing collection. It highlights obtaining the best music at any price.
The article explains using edible shorts mixed with liquid to make a yeast batter for bread and pancakes. It claims cost savings, full grain nutrition, and health benefits, recommending a daily use pattern and a ratio of 24 pounds shorts to 24 pounds flour for three daily meal articles.
Desk Sergeant Ed S. Mungo escorted Burley Haynes a Camp Sevier deserter to Camp Greene Charlotte Tuesday and earned the usual $50 reward. He also accompanied Mack Morris and T. W. Stevenson AWOL to the same post but received no reward.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Jones is critically ill with pneumonia. W. L. Guyer bought J. L. Wood son's telephone on the Guyer line and will install it at his home. C. M. Nichols moved his family to High Point. Minta Iona Phillips and Ida Guyer, Jamestown high students, visited parents over the weekend. James Morefield sold his house to Luther Carroll of High Point and will move to Reidsville soon. Alton Jester of Oklahoma, brother of W. P. Jester, visited last week and plans to work in France. J. L. Wi 0 visited his farm briefly. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Guyer visited Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Phillips. Mrs. G. H. Kearns suffers with jagrippe.
Opinion piece argues progress drives national strength via education, science, art, poetry, and music. It cites Edison and other inventors, urges improving opportunities for children, and frames progress as an individual and collective duty grounded in religious language and historical comparison.
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