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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1919
Page
7
Paul Hewlett, wandering in Madison Square at night, is approached by an Eskimo dog that guides him to a gambling house. He encounters the dog's mistress, a beautiful woman in distress, emerging with a large sum of money. He protects her from two assailants and takes her under his care.
In a Paris street scene a taxicab delivers a woman named Jacqueline to Paul’s sunlit top floor apartment. The dog greets the mistress, and the pair exchange names before a poignant moment reveals a wedding ring on her finger, hinting at a missing or conflicted romance.
Paul returns to his apartment in New York to find Jacqueline asleep in the room behind a curtain. A dead man lies on the floor with a daggerlike knife nearby as an Eskimo dog watches, and Jacqueline cannot recall events or memories. Paul must guard them both while unsure of his next move.
A narrator describes escaping through a wall hole onto an exterior fire escape with a corpse, dragging the body through a dilapidated yard to a blind alley and burying it under burlap. He assumes police will treat the dead man as a footpad victim.
Hewlett intends to protect Jacqueline from what he believes is her deed and to escort her back to her home, aiming to shield her from fallout and return her to familiar surroundings.
A correspondent traces the unlucky thirteen superstition to medieval casting lots by Hanan to find a lucky day for destroying Jews. The 12th is noted as an especially unfortunate choice, and the tale’s popularity in the middle ages may have sparked the superstition.
An acacia species grows to about eight feet and closes its leaves each sunset. When touched the leaves flutter violently and shaken branches emit a nauseating odor. Natives call it the angry tree.
Miss Anna Blair a Monroe veteran teacher startled a suffrage rally at the courthouse by saying she opposed woman suffrage and rarely speaks in public. Speaker Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon of the National Woman Suffrage Association led the discussion after the talk. The crowd discussed the antis reaction to Blair's remarks.
Oppose Employment Service. Wilmington reports the Pine association with lumbermen from Maryland Virginia and the Carolinas declaring against the United States employment service and opposing further appropriations. Governor Bickett praised for his role in the Charlotte textile strike. A proposal to abolish number one grade lumber in favor of number two is noted. Wendell reports a new $40,000 tobacco re drying plant now in operation, handling about 400000 pounds of scrap tobacco in local warehouses. The State Building Commission visits western institutions including the insane asylum at Morganton Appalachian Training School and Cullowee Institute to discuss new state buildings. In Statesville Columbus Bottoms, long suspected by alleged blockaders aiding the government in locating illicit stills, is ambushed and killed near the Wilkes Iredell county line. Mount Pars is jailed for murder. Chapel Hill marks the 124th University of North Carolina commencement as the most successful finals in years with unprecedented alumni attendance and smooth program.
Goldsboro to Kinston selected as next meeting site for the Modern Woodmen of America on September 1. Governor Bickett delivered the afternoon address on Fraternity praising unity like soldiers in war, stressing scripture as foundation and highlighting a wartime family bond with France and England. Mayor D M Hill of Wilson flew in an airplane, becoming possibly the first state mayor to do so. Asheville reports Ridgecrest hosts Southern Baptist conference with plans for a new artificial lake to enhance grounds, funded by Rev J H Dew and aimed for completion by July 4.
A 20 minute speech by local attorney A. H. Price accompanied the destruction of 35 gallons of liquor seized days earlier at Fraley’s West Inniss Street home. About $1,600 of whiskey was poured into an open sewer after Fraley paid a $490 fine and posted bond. Acting Judge Wright ordered the liquid disposed of as a court and crowd watched with pathos and humor.
Gastonia reports the organization of another cotton mill led by A. G Myers of Citizens National Bank as promoter with W T Rakin and C B Armstrong. Authorized capital is 500000 dollars to manufacture carded and combed yarns 20s to 40s. Site on York road south of the city. Rumors of rival enterprises are notgnant.
A nervous woman recalls four years of irregularities and decline before finding cure through Vegetable Compound. She credits improved health to Pinkham's remedy and urges others to consult Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
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