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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
2
Grove's Tasteless Chill Medicine touted as the standard malaria and fever remedy across the South for 30 years. Advertisers claim it cures chills and strengthens the body, boasting no bitter taste as ingredients dissolve in stomach acids. Guaranteed by the Druggist with signature of E. W. Grove.
A sharp exchange in a dramatic scene features a wry remark about breath. The dialogue contrasts a near breathless moment with a quip on lingering breath strength, underscoring character tension and wit.
Mr Butler Edgar of Danville Pennsylvania reports an eczema lasting 25 years cured after using seven bottles of Hancock's Sulphur Compound and one jar of Sulphur Ointment. He claims the treatment gave him a brand new pair of hands and recommends persistence with directions. The products are sold by all dealers via Hancock Liquid Sulphur Co. Baltimore Maryland.
A collage of vintage ads touts Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh for galled horses with money back promise, Rubin Myrthim cures, Hicks Capucine headache remedy, and assorted quips on romance and divorce, all pitched with slang and adlike brags.
Ad claims DR PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL heals wounds burns and skin diseases with new uses daily. It is guaranteed by the druggist and sold in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes. Also touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a cold remedy and mentions Dix’s hiring of many men.
A twenty month old in Newark fatally injures a newborn sister, allegedly due to jealousy, with the infant attacker linked to a case of violent wrongdoing. The report notes the tragedy as a instance of precocious violence and cites no further details about custody or motive.
This skin irritation advice recommends using Tyree's Antiseptic Powder at first sign of irritation to prevent trouble. Priced 25 cents at druggists. Free sample offered by J. S. Tyree, Chemist, Washington, D. C. Adv.
In a London Tit-Bits anecdote a mother questions her maid Jane about which of her two sons she prefers. Jane blushes and answers that both are nice but for a real spree she would choose the master, James.
The article notes a 780 foot building opposite the post office on lower Broadway in New York City housing 10,000 workers. It explains the subway system would take 15 minutes to evacuate at rush hour with ten express trains, and that many towers already exceed a thousand occupants as the urban skyline expands.
A reader shares a testimonial claiming Grape-Nuts saved a baby labeled as incurable by doctors. The letter describes soaking and straining the cereal into a juice, mixing with milk, salt, and sugar, then feeding every two hours. The writer asserts the food strengthens both infants and adults and promotes health.
The North Carolina Bar Association adjourned its fifteenth annual convention in Asheville with Thomas S. Rollins elected president. The closing session was the busiest, with no address and full focus on business items. A fourth of July piano opening honored the national song. The 44th member joined, grievances handled, and reports on legislation and law reform adopted.
W S Freeman of Bat Cave and J B Freeman visit Charlotte to rally interest in improving the Charlotte to Asheville highway from Rutherfordton via Chimney Rock Bat Cave and Hickory Nut Gap to Asheville. They report cordial reception and endorsements from Charlotte businessmen. Spencer reports drainage progress on Grant's Creek with landowners agreeing to fund the project.
War ren Smith an escapee from Lenoir county convict camp fled into Falling Creek swamp. Prisoner serving ten months for assault with a deadly weapon, he escaped a pursuing posse of deputies and guards. He is considered dangerous and warrants continued vigilant pursuit.
The tenth annual North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting ended after a lengthy session. Officers elected included President E. L. Wright Ruffin, Vice President D. B. Honeycutt Raleigh, Chaplain D. N. Hunt Oxford, and an executive committee featuring Thad M. Lutz Henry A. S. Barnes Wilson J. H. Mills Monroe. An address by O. F. Crowson of Washington and adopted resolutions were noted.
President James H. Caine of the North Carolina Press Association announced that Finley, president of the Southern Railway Company, will deliver the keynote at the state editors convention here in late July. Finley’s topic is The Relation of the Press to the Railroad in Community Development. He is set to speak at the morning session on July 25.
A jagged slate of incidents from Elizabeth City to Asheville reports a deadly axe injury in a Brown Street scuffle, a boatman drowned in Newbegun Creek, a Rutherfordton storefront robbery, a fatal dynamite blast in Granite Quarry, and extensive fire damage at Peace & Hughes in Denton. Other items note an unveiling at Guilford Battleground, severe storms near Claremont, a false arrest suit in Salisbury, cattle killed by lightning near Mount Ulla, a shooting accident in Raleigh, a barn struck by lightning in Hickory, crop optimism in Scotland Neck, a governor’s reprieve in Burke County, dog muzzle enforcement in Durham, and June postal receipts.
In a party caucus in Washington 47 Democrats pledged to vote for the Underwood-Simmons tariff revision as approved moments earlier. Two Louisiana senators would not promise, Hitchcock of Nebraska and Culberson of Texas were absent but favored the bill, giving a slender 49 vote majority with the Vice President as backup. A binding poll was not adopted. a resolution declaring the bill a party measure and urging undivided support without amendments was adopted with Newlands voting against and Shafroth Ransdell Thornton not voting.
National Woman Suffrage Association officers approve a July 30 monster automobile parade to attack the national legislature. Women from many states will gather at Hyattsville Maryland for a reception and then form the motorcade to charge Capitol Hill.
Sofia telegrams report the Servian Timok division of about 11 000 killed in battle as Bulgarians outflank and defeat them. The division of 15 000 was surrounded, only 4 000 survived and were captured. Other reports say a Bulgarian column of 14 000 reached Vranya threatening Servian retreat.
The flying boat squad of the navy has resumed active work after a brief suspension. This week promises many flights by navy aviators, following the death of W. D. Billingsley who fell from a flying boat into Chesapeake Bay. Ensign Godfrey Chevalier and Lieut. Bernard M. Smith have already led several principal flights.
Three sectional meetings of the National Conference of the Charities and Corrections were held in Seattle. Dr W H Slingerland of the Russell Sage foundation spoke on The Need of Child Welfare Work in Rural Communities. W T Cross of Columbia Missouri urged Unity in Child Help Service. Mrs John M Glenn of New York spoke on Case Work Discipline and Ideals.
Interstate Commerce Commission grants authority to the Southern Railway and connecting lines to set class and commodity rates from stations on the Southern Railway between Charlotte and Columbia to destinations in Georgia Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee excluding Atlanta Athens and Augusta. Decision pending investigation by the commission.
The Southern Railway Live Stock Department issues a booklet titled Hog Production and Conditions for Success in the South to help Southern farmers raise more hogs. It covers care and feeding, breed selection, disease treatment, and meat curing with expert chapters, and is available free on request from F. L. Ward in Atlanta.
The National Conservation Exposition will host a monumental land show in Knoxville Tennessee. Officials say land conservation secures future wealth and needs careful nurturing to keep the nation prominent. The new land building seats 3000 in an annex auditorium and features government and state displays. The exposition runs September 1 to November 1.
Belgrade has issued a note to Bulgaria declaring diplomatic relations broken and recalls its minister. Servian troops entered Kotchana and claim to have stopped Bulgaria from taking Macedonia pending arbitration. A semi official statement reports Servians repelled the Bulgarian advance and began an offensive, with heavy casualties cited on both sides.
Nashville special reports Sturgis Kentucky a town of about 2000 on the Illinois Central Rail road was practically destroyed by fire several days ago. The blaze began at S E Graves drug store and left all business houses in ashes with about twenty dwellings burned. Water supply was lacking and residents fought the flames with a bucket brigade.
Porter Charlton will go to Italy to answer for the killing of his wife Mary Scott Castle Charlton. Pierre P. Garven, new Italian government representative, received from Washington the Supreme Court decision mandating Charlton’s surrender. Papers sent to the Federal District Court in Trenton. Garven will notify the Italian consul in New York.
Washington reports the conscience fund collected $2,814.44 in fiscal year 1913, the smallest total since 1901 and far below the roughly $4,200 average. Treas ury officials offer no official reason for the decline, noting no fraud or error explanations.
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