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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1919
Page
10
Nancy Kentucky resident Mrs. Cora Waddle reports relief from indigestion sour stomach and bitter mouth with Shedford's Black Draught liver medicine She claims it cured headaches kept bowels open and improved appetite Advertises Black Draught as 70 years of use and urging readers to obtain from drugstores
A witty exchange notes that hash is scarce as there is nothing left over to transform into hash. The remark underscores a playful scarcity theme in local humor.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment for sore hands and toilet use. It urges washing with Cuticura Soap rubbing in Cuticura Ointment and removing excess with tissue paper. The copy ends with a vanity-related quip.
A column urges restoring health by returning to nature and using vegetable growths. It cites animals instinctively seeking herbs and praises Dr. Pierce and his Pleasant Pellets for constipation relief and general health, urging readers to buy from drug stores.
The General Assembly's week features the Stevens Scales highway bill with 16 amendments and a plan to move the State prison from Raleigh to the Caledonia farm in Halifax. House action includes budget shifts, school term funding measures, and a constitutional amendment on income tax. Senate floor discussions cover highway reform, polling tax changes, and pay raises for lawmakers, with new bills on roads, banking taxes, and public welfare.
Agricultural agents of the Extension Service gathered for a conference to discuss the coming year. District leaders asked each agent to outline county work plans while the women met separately in the county courthouse basement to discuss plans for the year. Indorse School Bill Voicing support for Coon Wilson proposed legislation to insure six months of school in all counties with no state aid until counties levy a 30 cent extra tax and tax values are certified for equalization.
Governor Bickett pardons Clifton Donnel who was convicted in Forsyth in May 1912 for selling cocaine at age 16. He served part of his sentence, escaped, studied at the University of Michigan, and now runs a Maine drug store. His father provided affidavits detailing his post conviction history. New corporations formed include Banes-Duncan Co in Clayton, Newton Mills Co in Newton, Pegram Brothers Co in Winston-Salem, and Battery Supply Co in Asheville.
Lieutenant Travers in citizen dress visits Miss Harrington at her father Harrington's home near Morristown. Washington arrives to question him after Isabel reveals plans to aid the king. Travers admits allegiance to the king and shows a letter pledged to pass him to British lines.
The article explains that Washington's inauguration occurred on April 30 1789 though the term began March 4 1789. Delays in travel and assembling Congress pushed the ceremony, with electoral counting and notices taking until April 23. Washington’s term is treated as starting March 4 and ending March 4 1793.
Historians ag ree that George Washington alone among the Fathers of the Republic possessed the mental and temperamental fit to lead the Revolution. He built and organized an army from raw volunteers while sustaining patriotism via extensive correspondence with colonial governors and leaders. He served as general diplomat and statesman through years of military defeats political infighting and jealousy.
Mrs John Koppelmann of McLean Nebraska praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for helping women with displacements inflammation ulceration irregularities backache nervousness and sorrow. The advertisement urges others to write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for guidance and trial.
The Browns and Smiths long friendship ends after a five year old Brown boy remarks to Mrs Smith that she looks old. Mrs Smith reacts by cutting off neighborly ties following the remark.
Mrs Stylover proclaims she will go to town to see new hats tomorrow. Her husband notes shops are closed on Sunday. She replies she will go to church. The Memphis News-Scimitar quotes the exchange and Marshall Field adds a comment on balancing quantity and quality.
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