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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1916
Page
2
Edwin Tarrisse describes how plains Indians used smoke rings and fire arrows to signal across distances. One puff signaled attention, two puffs camp location, three puffs danger, and three rings warned of near enemies. Nightline fire arrows carried similar meanings, including great danger and overpowering force.
A call to readers to support local merchants advertised in the paper. Advertisers are urged to patronize for better service and community benefit.
The notice urges readers to support the paper through advertising as essential to its success. It emphasizes that advertising helps keep the newspaper viable and asks for patronage from the readership.
The Review solicits reader preferences on news types and social/editorial content. It asks what news features subscribers favor, whether they buy locally, and if merchants meet needs, offering confidential handling of responses to improve subscriber welfare.
A Melbourne firm bought the wreck of the Jean Bart for £368 after expert doubt. The damaged ship towed to Melbourne revealed cargo and ship value over £12,000. Similar salvage tales from Yorkshire and off Africa show wrecks can become lucrative ventures with proper salvage efforts. Prospectors note many wrecks around Britain could be profitable with systematic salvage.
An advertisement promotes Holland's magazine as the best of its kind for women. It offers a two year subscription shared with The Review at half price two fifty, valid fifteen days until February 12. It also urges voter registration to express sentiments.
A satire unfolds as The New Reporter disrupts a newsroom routine by calling Central and requesting 2745 C. The scene features McAddister, Devoy, and the city editor, ending with the telephone line being cut and a jab at newsroom chatter.
A detective and his assistant examine a kitchen scene to deduce a murder. The detective notes 90 dishes and 90 cups and saucers, implying three daily uses for 30 days, leaving the mess for the housekeeper to wash.
Mr and Mrs Nagg visit Brooklyn and are urged to tour Greenwood cemetery praised as the most beautiful burial grounds in the country but postponements lead Mrs Nagg to ask when they will go. Mr Nagg remains unsettled after a scolding earlier, replying with yes when ready.
The issue urges immediate voter registration for the March bond question. It explains how registering and voting or not voting affects counts and notes various notices on registration locations and the constitutional status of income tax. It mentions Leonard Tuft as a leader and Red Cross Seals sales.
Mortgagee C B Welch will sell at public auction February 26 1916 at noon in front of the Bank of Commerce High Point NC the property of Moses Myers and Lillie M Myers lot 3 Johnson Splat on Creensboro road Guilford County bounded 50 by 50 feet and 10 feet deep validity by a deed dated December 7 1915 recorded Book 281 page 44 default on payments.
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