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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
4
A column questions why women should gain suffrage now while noting fashion and shopping trends in New York. It contrasts woman rights with consumer topics and mentions public discourse on voting and equality.
High Point reports a low city death rate of 15.25 per 1000 and a birth rate double that, with township death rate around 15.25 and birth rate about 2.5 times higher. Officials credit sanitary campaigns, clean water, sewerage, and health laws for improvement, predicting future crime if preventable deaths persist.
The banks of High Point are praised as safe and essential assets aiding people and government. Home safes are discouraged as dangerous. banks offer security with vaults and interest. Depositing money is urged to boost circulation and assist the country, with funds available on demand.
Parry Lauder returns from France and recounts visiting a hospital where a wounded German soldier describes his injuries. The man explains a fountain pen caused the damage and shares the painful memory with effort to smile. The account contrasts mercy and brutality observed in war.
A soldier recalls crawling into a German trench and finding a fountain pen filled with dynamite. He was wounded when the cap exploded, but notes the Hun plan failed to kill many, and he survived with severe injuries.
Secretary McAdoo reports the US gold monetary stock at 3 041 500 000 dollars as of November 1 1917. In ten months the increase is 174 500 000 and in three years 1 236 500 000. In five years the US share of the world gold stock rose from about one fifth to over one third.
Br J H Barnhardt preached at Trinity on Sunday morning as visiting elder. Prof Harvey Craven of Ridgecrest visited Attorney Bruce Craven. Marsh Bullard of Gainesville, Florida, visited his mother Mrs Benson Parker at the Parker house. Mrs Emma Welborn of Millers Mill moved into Dr Weeks house. A severe wind storm struck Friday night with thunder and lightning during freezing weather.
Mary A Clodfelter reports in High Point Route 4 as Mrs Lafayette McGhee visits, a dry well prompts blasting, and J R Clodfelter forecasts water famine due to frozen pipes. The Wallburg church names Rev Kirksey as pastor. Mrs Luther Hine dies aged 47 with ten children surviving. John Smith buried at Vernon Church. local civic notes include D E Clodfelter's visit and improving mental health of E Reids son. Snow and sleet create a pretty scene. old time wishes for summer return.
The passage notes Postmaster Geo Clinard needs a wife, preferring a suitable match close to home. It praises Will Anderson, Route 4 carrier, for his steady presence and cheerful disposition in all weather while the couple of suitors awaits.
High Point resident H C Poole of 1007 E Green St reports kidney issues including irregular secretions back pain and fatigue and says Dean's Kidney Pills cured him. Advertisement notes pills cost 60 cents at dealers and includes Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY contact. Piedmont Building and Loan Association opens a new stock series January 15 inviting existing and new members to invest.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only known cure for catarrh, claiming it treats the constitutional nature of the disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It offers one hundred dollar reward for any failure to cure and urges sending for testimonials.
Misses Bessie Tate and Margarite Kirkman have returned to Converse College in South Carolina to resume their studies after a hiatus.
Mrs Sarah A. of Philadelphia testifies after eight bottles of Vinci restore health and weight, praising the remedy as life saving. The Matton Drug Co. in High Point NC advertises Vinci with a money back guarantee and states a formula on every bottle.
Under an order of the Guilford Superior Court the Elsa Adams suit proceeds to sell land in Deep River township. Two tracts total about 10 acres with a 7 acre main parcel and a 3 9 10 acre section, plus a 1 acre exception, all described by metes and bounds. Commissioner S. H. Mendenhall leads the sale, with D. H. Parsons acting as attorney. Sale date February 2, 1918 at 10 a.m. on the premises.
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