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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1912
Page
2
A collage of snippets and jests on culture, fashion, and society from a colorful column. It touches on coffee from Brazil, American manners, education, and oddities in art, sport, and industry with light irony. Names and places appear in brief, scattered fashion.
Asheville board of trade appoints a three member committee led by W Vance Brown to draft a tax reform plan for statewide consideration. The group studied other states and reports to present a scheme aimed at fairer ad valorem assessments, with: a possible 5 cent cap per 100 dollars on value and readiness for legislature review.
The public school teachers of Pasquotank County revived the county Teachers' Association electing officers for 1912 and planning a year of study. The next meeting will be the first Saturday in February in Elizabeth City. President Key J. A. Shaw and other officers vow a year of strong public school work.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative suitable for the elderly and children. It claims the remedy relieves chronic constipation without disturbing the system, strengthens the stomach, liver and bowels, and is available in 60c and 1.00 variants. Sample bottles offered by mail order from Dr W Caldwell in Montello Wisconsin.
An old advertisement from Varnville AC dated July 17 2008 touts Testerine for ring worm skin diseases and many scalp conditions. It promotes Tetterine cures and soap with ordering by mail from The Shup- Vrine Co.
A country girl home for Christmas shows gowns during a reception. She exclaims over a silk creation made from a worm. Her father replies with a self deprecating quip about being the worm in a humorous exchange from Ladies' Home Journal.
A jumble of patent medicine claims for Marine Eye Remedy Chicago and assorted quips about sailors, early 20th century humor, and admonitions about ailments. Mentions condescension about remedies for colds, teething syrups, and the dubious tone of home health tonics.
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