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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1920
Page
8
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High Point notes a call for a remedy to postwar ills while the exposition building advances and a new hotel project nears start. The peace treaty stalls in the U S Senate as the world enjoys peace. President Farriss seeks a Carnegie Medal for C E Nabors for saving a girl from a moving train.
The Commercial National Bank of High Point American Exchange National Bank and Greensboro Loan and Trust Company outbid others to take the $259 000 five per cent courthouse bonds at a $401 premium. The four Guilford county banks beat Chicago Merchants Loan and Trust and J C Mayer of Cincinnati with bids about 4 000 higher than the next offer.
Private Joan Hiatt of Lexington and his wife visited last week. He lost most of his face in France and underwent extensive reconstruction using bone and skin grafts. Today his new face and teeth are nearly indistinguishable from his former appearance.
The Humane Society of High Point with the city manager warned parents in many city sections about their boys killing birds. They cited federal and state laws and said actions will be pursued against offenders. Mrs. R C Soyars heads the society and urged parental caution to stop the bird shootings.
Judge and Mrs. O Arthur Kirkman and Mr and Mrs M J Wrenn left Saturday for Havana Cuba and other tropical points to spend the rest of the winter. They will visit O A Kirkman Jr a student in Havana and Jamaica and other places on the itinerary after securing passports over a month ago.
Miss Eleanor English visits grandparents near Hillsboro Orange County. Crowson from Caraway section census taker on streets Saturday. Ritchie Johnson of Commercial Bank High Point spends Sunday at home. Vera Farlow returns Guilford College. Ray Farlow back also. Mrs Rowland author of Blue Ridge Breezes discussed. Rowland related in Randolph County. Mrs Chrissie Clark with Miss Effie White visits sister Mrs Tom Finch Wheatmore. Pleasant springlike weather and varied conditions noted across the community.
Dr Phillips reports his new five passenger Ford stolen while parked near the Winston courthouse last Saturday. The thieves likely kept a new grip while returning the doctor’s implements. his lap robe and overshoes were discarded between Winston and Kernersville. Loss amounts to 700 dollars, plus his Baltimore course cost about 600. Other notes include local visits, poultry and farming items, and community chatter.
Mrs J O Cook of High Point reports nagging back pains and kidney trouble improved after using Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Allen Drug Co. She says one box cured her and urges others to use the same remedy. Also advertised are a bargain license derfer typewriter for sale at this office.
North Carolina Guilford County court action for absolute divorce in the W B McNeill vs May McNeill case. Defendant must appear January 25, 1920, in Greensboro to answer or demur. M W Grant, Clerk of Superior Court, date January 15, 1920. Also unrelated ads and old Chelney catarrh claim text appear in the page.
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