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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1912
Page
4
A century old letter criticizes mail order buying over local merchants, arguing it costs more time and money. It praises local shops for better service, taxes support, and community impact while urging readers to settle owed papers quickly. The writer questions unequal legal treatment and emphasizes accountability to sustain the newspaper.
The passage argues that a newspaper is a community enterprise benefiting both readers and publishers. It urges patronage not as charity but as mutual support, noting readers receive benefits while the paper sustains its mission and contributes to local progress.
A Oklahoma buyer visits a local store to buy a saw priced at 1.65 but learns Sears Roebuck offers the same on mail order terms. The dealer agrees to match the mail order price and terms, highlighting the argument for buying at home to keep money circulating locally.
A reader complains about perceived favoritism in the law and its impact on public respect. The letter argues law should serve all people, not a select few, and hints at broader bias in judicial handling. It frames equality under law as essential to trust in courts.
After nearly a year of deliberation the Supreme Court gave unanimous approval to the employers' liability law enacted by Congress in 1908 to replace a prior unconstitutional act. The decision marks an epoch in labor legislation.
For sale at a bargain horse, buggy, harness and fancy top priced to move. Outfit would be cheap at 275 dollars, Wilsell for 195 dollars if taken at once. Apply at The Review of fire.
Rev B Margeson is named the new pastor of the South Main Street M E Church, succeeding Rev G E Eaves who left the flock and church rather suddenly.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets to New Orleans Mobile and Pensacola at reduced rates for Mardi Gras. Tickets on sale February 13 to 19 with final return March 2 and optional extension to March 18 by depositing the ticket with the joint agent and paying one dollar. For details call your nearest agent or write R H Debuts Traveling Passenger Agent Charlotte NC.
Uncalled letters remaining at the High Point North Carolina Post Office dated January 15 1912 include Charlie Allfriend Miss Cornelia Banks J C Bowers Earl Cain A C Cook A R Davis Wm B Farwell J G S Fields Willie Graham Mrs Elizabeth Hubbard Miss Elma Johnson S D Johnson Murphy Johnson Jeff Mosely Gorge R Matton Joel Robbins PA Rogers Miss Lilie Robbins W A Ridge R M Ray Miss Bessie Strickland Matthew Strider S T Thornton Joseph N Tate J H Tounson Arthur Waiaie Miss Martha Wilberth Mrs Tia L Wood.
Public notice of a mortgagee sale of Lot No. 14 in Block Co of Kendall Improvement Co in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. The property, described in a 1908 mortgage, shifts to Mary J. Shepard as assignee, with sale at the Greensboro court house on February 10, 1912, at noon. Proceeds go to the lender, W. C. Jones, via assignments through E A Younts.
A preacher asks debt paying churchgoers to stand and the nonpayer stands. He asks the debtors to sit, and the lone nonpayer confesses he runs a newspaper whose subscribers are those who stood. A follow up joke about Moses and a boy misreading Moses as a 4000 year phone number.
For sale or rent 112 acre farm four miles north of High Point. Good buildings and outbuildings. Right party can resume reasonable. Contact E. Smith. Also offer: Get a Hick's Almanac free at The Review office by paying one cent in advance. Open to old and new subscribers. Read The Review ads of live merchants and trade accordingly. You will save money.
A brief note encourages advertisers to tell readers they saw their ad in The Review. It underscores recognition of the publication and aims to reinforce ad visibility among the local audience.
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