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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
4
A jumble of ad rate notes and editorial asides from January 1917 covers advertising demand, subscriber duties, and moral anecdotes. It includes a Hoboken wife’s note about leaving, advice on obituaries for non-subscribers, and remarks on political leaks involving Tumulty and Boling while noting public mistrust and commercial wisdom.
A 19th century article notes John Sharp Williams arguing that voting power drives policy on race. It questions whether women and Negroes are granted real influence, asking if absence of a vote would change consideration of their interests in wages and children.
A discussion on gender and political power questions the influence of chivalry on voting rights. The passage links social norms to home and racial outcomes while referencing a mud themed metaphor. The text also notes Cuba withdrew a suit in the carpet bag bonds case after learning the bonds true status and credits Senator Overman with helping resolve it. It highlights growing thrift initiatives in banks and schools as part of a broader economy.
A call to construct a public library in High Point urges education as a moral and civic foundation. The piece argues factories and business are important but the city should invest in learning, aiming for the library as soon as possible.
High Point shows rapid growth with births 626 and deaths 230 across city and townships, yielding a net population gain of 396. In the city proper births reach a figure, while deaths total 199, producing a net gain.
A drug advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal treatment for catarrh claiming it cures the constitutional disease by acting on the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers a one hundred dollar reward for proof of failure and urges readers to send money to the Toledo firm Cheney & Co.
In the 1917 January Term of the Guilford County Superior Court High Point Grocery Co. sues Benno de Elbe for goods sold. A summons issued December 28 1916 returns not found in state. publication summons ordered. A warrant of attachment issued December 6 1916 attaches defendant property, returnable January Term 1917.
Mortgage sale by Southern Live Stock Insurance Company assignee T F Wrenn on January 15 1917 at 12 oclock m in front of Home Banking Co High Point NC. Real estate includes several parcels described by metes and bounds adjoining Dougan Davis Sam Jordan and others with multiple tracts totaling hundreds of acres and several smaller parcels. The sale follows default on two mortgage deeds dated February 1913 and December 1915 with priority registration in Deeds offices. Terms cash.
A fragment notes Ciarror containing beef and cod liver with manganese from Matton Drug Co at Point N G. The text hints at weakness and run down conditions among those exposed, suggesting a potential health concern tied to a product.
By order of sale in Guilford County, N C the commissioner will sell at public auction on January 13 1917 at 2 PM the parcels Lots 5 6 11 and 12 in Block 1 of Burns lands High Point N C parcels front Vernon street and Willis street 50 by 105 feet and 30 by 105 feet respectively This notice dated December 12 1916 and signed by N C English Commissioner and W P Ragan Attorney
By virtue of a 1912 mortgage deed and a 1916 assignment Bettie Corbit Administratrix will sell at public auction in High Point Guilford Co NC on January 20 1917 at 2 PM the Maston home place a 7500 square foot parcel adjoining M J Wrenn and Martin Griffith. The sale is for cash and the property is described as bounded by West Street and related stakes.
Mortgagee J F Hoffman to Emily Peary forecloses for default. On January 20 1917 at 2 PM cash sale to the highest bidder on Leona Street High Point the parcel lies on the south side of Leonard Street adjoining Holt and others and contains about one half acre with a three room dwelling. D H Parsons attorney.
Lillian Albea files for absolute divorce from Norman E. Albea in the Guilford County Superior Court. Defendant must appear January 29, 1917, at Greensboro court house to answer or demur the complaint. dated December 12, 1916, by Clerk M. W. Gant.
In Guilford County Superior Court G Robinson sues C Robinson for absolute divorce. Defendant must appear February 12 1917 at Greensboro court to answer or demur to the complaint. Clerk M W Gant signs the notice with D H Parsons as attorney.
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