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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1921
Page
7
A Birmingham Age-Herald quote reports Mr Bibbles declaring his habit awareness and that if he vanished his wife would first search his liquor cellar, underscoring a cautious character with dark humor.
A meteor is seen about 80 miles high and vanishes at 30 miles, a 50 mile descent before atmospheric friction burns it. The friction is estimated to heat the object to around 3,000,000 degrees.
Figures for England's first year of civil aviation show total air mileage 734 200 across 38 954 flights carrying 70 000 passengers with only one fatal accident. A total of 519 machines were registered.
Jan 13 14 15 18 19 highlights show bills to reduce property valuations for taxation, and to curb welfare costs. Rep Bellamy proposes medical exams for marriage licenses with exemptions for women. Sen McCain pushes a Senate committee probe into legislative clerks and staff. Proposals on state banks, probation for first-time offenders, and a competitive bidding bill for state architecture are noted along with post office promotions and prohibition enforcement plans.
The article predicts Congress will pass the Siegel bill based on the 1920 census to grant North Carolina two additional representatives, at least for two years. It notes Walter Murphy of Rowan and Sam L. Rogers, former census director, as likely at large candidates, with a possible third contender if Speaker Harry P. Grier supports the plan.
Dr. L B McBrayer invites full legislative inquiry into hospital conditions while Senator Nash urges a committee. State Architect defends costs saving 96507 dollars over twenty months. Office equipment moved to Raleigh from Charlotte and navy exhibits await disposition. Tobacco crop up 58 million pounds year to year but 53 million less in value. Thirty one stock selling licenses revoked by NC Insurance Department amid stock-sale concerns. Senate session marks presentation of a Swiss watch to the retiring presiding officer and a call for a special messenger to inform the ex lieutenant governor.
Greensboro and High Point townships in Guilford County approved bonds totaling 1 6 million for high school buildings. Greensboro plans a new 1 million dollar high school and High Point township a 600 thousand dollar school. A bill to abolish municipal courts in Greensboro and High Point and create a county court with limited civil and broader criminal jurisdiction was to be introduced in the North Carolina legislature. The court would sit six days weekly, four in Greensboro and two in High Point.
The Geological Survey reports Washington state iron ore mining last year matched only the wartime highs of 1916 1918 with 67 773 000 gross tons produced. National output reached 69 558 000 tons valued at 20 607 000, up 12 percent from 1919 and shipments up 34 percent with value up 43 percent. Georgia and Virginia show strong tonnage and values while North Carolina totals include 69 000 tons produced valued at 256 000 and shipments at 296 000 tons valued at 1 118 000. Also noted is Wilsons call for Russia's territorial integrity as essential to pacifying Armenia and neighboring states in a note to the League of Nations.
Health Commissioner Royal S Copeland warned at a Brooklyn chamber luncheon that a short housing age may bring plagues troubling Europe and Asia to the United States risking more than a million deaths. Rockefeller Jr donates 1 million to aid starving European children per Hoover.
Raleigh reports Vice-President elect Calvin Coolidge was invited to address the North Carolina General Assembly in February while he spends a two week vacation in Asheville. The Peruvian government forbids foreigners from hunting vicunas and chinchillas, per a commerce department cable. The American Federation of Labor vows to oppose a Texas bill creating a labor court like Kansas Industrial Court.
John Blake advises choosing industrious cheerful people as friends to imitate their working habits. By associating with goal oriented individuals you absorb productive patterns and improve your own path to success.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a beauty tonic that rejuvenates hair after a massage. It claims hair becomes heavier, thicker and more lustrous, with a fresh scalp and reduced dandruff. A 35 cent bottle is available at druggists.
Turf treated with a patented chemical process replaces cork as an insulating, sound proving material. It is described as firm, light, damp resistant and valuable for building insulation. Claimed to be superior to cork in some respects and likely to prove important for construction uses.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine is described as a tonic and blood purifier that treats catarrh by acting through the blood to reduce inflammation of mucous surfaces. The ad notes it helps run down constitution and is available via druggists with free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also includes a brief crime sketch moment about fingerprint evidence on window panes.
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