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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1915
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription terms for six and three months and states delivery to homes and business places citywide. It lists advertising rates on application and warns that notices and advertisements not contracted for a fixed time will be inserted and charged until ordered out as of Thursday July 22, 1915.
Thomasville and High Point soon connected by a sand and clay road praised as one of the state’s prettiest. The link shortens the trip by about three four miles, removes steep grades, and may boost efforts to form a new county with High Point as seat. Road officials plan a countywide road-building system and local committees push for immediate work.
Judge Hendricks freed Harry K. Thaw last week after a jury ruled him sane. He went to Atlantic City then Pittsburgh, as public opinion largely approved the verdict, viewing the yesteryears case as persecution rather than rightful punishment for the architect slaying over domestic trouble.
Washington notes claimed Senator Overman secured Dr Rupert Blue to send an expert to assess health in response to typhoid fears. High Point reports no fever and questions the need for federal help. Local leaders defend roads policy while urging fair treatment for the county’s major tax contributor. John Wanamaker cites the flag as a symbol of honor and goodwill with a call for stronger U S determination after the July 12 1915 German note.
Farmers and business leaders in Thomasville push a local creamery to process cream into butter. With many cream routes nearby, they favor keeping dairy production county based rather than shipping out. The proposal mirrors successful creameries in other states.
Thomasville residents push a cooperative creamery in the city with plans for statewide expansion offering splendid inducements. Once no cream route existed in Davidson county twelve months ago, now farmers cover all areas as they wake to the dairy question. Davidson county, a top wheat producer, expects higher yields if dairying grows and High Point is urged to profit from creameries.
A Greensboro meeting with Chairman W C Boren sparked a push by about 75 High Point and Thomasville business leaders to reallocate a $20,000 highway fund. They want four miles of road improved instead of two, with routes to Archdale and the Davidson county line, while Boren warned against official action and noted prior plans to widen and finance six miles of road starting with the Greensboro High Point link.
Norfolk Southern Railroad advertises Beaufort Morehead City and Nags Head as ideal Atlantic coast getaways with fine hotel accommodations. It highlights fishing boating and surf bathing and mentions special round trip tickets on sale with contact to J F Mircuent T P A Raleigh NC.
Mrs. H. Clapp of 611 S Hamilton St High Point testifies after three years that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved her kidney pain backache and dizziness. She says she has not needed any kidney medicine since using the product and confirms her 1911 endorsement. Price 50 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY is the maker.
A vintage travel blurb urges readers to ask their ticket agents about summer excursion rates to Beaufort North Carolina. It extols hotels, climate, fishing and family-friendly resorts, promoted by H S Learn GP A.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. Treatment relies on constitutional remedies to restore normal function. Nine of ten cases stem from Catarrh. Carter’s Catarrh Cure and a free circular are offered by J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, advertised by a doctor, with a note to take Hill's Family Pills.
Delinquent tax list items for Guilford County to be sold at public auction at the Greensboro court house door on August 2 1915 to satisfy state county school and road taxes for 1914 and earlier. Names include Albertson Anderson Hayworth Hedrick Hersh Burrus Coffey Giles Frazier Freeland Hudson Hurley Jones Leonard Long Martin Mechanicsville and many others with parcels on Vail Street Hobson Street Moon Land Downtown blocks and several colored list entries. Sheriff confirms sale details and 1915 notice.
A historical note credits Billie Ritchie with creating the iconic drunk make up long before Charlie Chaplin's rise. The piece recounts Ritchie’s English stage success, his L K O film role, and Universal’s archival findings suggesting Ritchie’s priority, with Chaplin shown as later inspired. (Continued next week.)
Paul A. Stamey of High Point North Carolina writes to express appreciation for letters sent to Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He says he admires the letters and hopes the author receives many greetings in return. George T. Mullins, Box 1235, Worcester Mass.
Government notices indicate Walter Oakes the muleteer who drowned on the Armenian was a negro. H. A. Oakes reports his brother has been absent. initial and race details were missing in press dispatches, leaving speculation that it might be his missing brother.
Wm. Green, a convict in the Georgia penitentiary, cut Leo M. Frank's throat last Saturday night. Frank is in a serious condition. The assault is seen as a punishment for the Mary Phagan murder case.
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