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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1914
Page
6
An old Atlanta advertisement extols Resinol soap and ointment for curing pimples and skin conditions with a testimonial by Miss E. P. Gaddis. It also features a brief humor item about a tombstone epitaph and an advertisement for Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills with a free sample offer.
Miss Bliss teases George Bliss about spelling kiss with only ones in his letter. He denies it and she notes she never thought he would shorten that word.
Best for horses. Give your horses good care and you will be repaid by better work. For sores gails and external troubles apply Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh. Ranch men lumbermen and liverymen recommend it. Adv.
The body of Benjamin Vance, a prospector, was found in a gully at the base of a 500 foot cliff near Palo Alto Pass. His brother 8 J Vance of Tekemah Nebraska believes he was killed after locating a rich mineral vein. In Vance's cabin were high grade ore samples cached in a secret passageway.
A Hamburg engineer W Engle has devised a method to use marble plates as light transmitting panels. Marble plates under three millimeters thick allow more light than frosted glass and yield a reddish violet hue. After thinning, plates are oil impregnated under high pressure to enhance the effect, reportedly superior to stained glass.
A reader testimonial endorses Postum as a daily beverage, claiming coffee caused stomach issues insomnia and headaches. The letter cites improved sleep appetite and digestion after switching to Regular Postum or Instant Postum and notes broad company promotion from Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan and product pricing.
A tale rewrites a small town tale of a young Selina figure Madeleine who travels to the city and returns with a new social life. Her showy escapade disrupts the sleepy community drawing scorn from farmers and townsfolk who fear the loss of propriety. The piece ends with a moral about pioneers facing hardship.
A humorous flashback to early South Florida land deals before railroads, recounting how a notary and an old Florida cracker negotiated tiny fees. The cracker sought a quarter or a quarter section, and the tale ends with a mistaken payment and a clarifying deed.
In Asheville the North Carolina Rate Commission hears the last witness in the matter of the Justice intrastate freight rate bill. Rail executives and attorneys argues the proposed rates unfair and ruinous, warning massive layoffs and salary cuts across Southern lines if the rates take effect.
The Raleigh state hospital sustains a total disaster after a cloud burst drenches the grounds and nearby Walnut Creek floods crops. Superintendent Dr. Albert Anderson estimates losses at $10,000 with no indemnity, as pea crops tied to soil protection are swept away and the macadam access washed out.
Greensboro report shows 65 residents from the Pleas Ant Garden community received anti typhoid vaccine without solicitation. People learned of the vaccine only because the county health officer would be present to administer it.
About 250 to 300 agents from all departments of the Southern Railway will attend the sixteenth annual meeting in Asheville on August 5 6 and 7 The Agents Association will host addresses by prominent railroad officials and discussions of matters of interest to railroad men will feature the convention.
Southport Smithville township voters authorize 10000 in new bonds to join 20000 previously approved for road improvements. The Wilmington Southport road is set to benefit from the funding.
Local police reject taxation exemption for rat catching dogs in Kinston. Authorities say about 350 dogs operate outside the canine tax, with officers currently collecting $1 per head and warning that exemptions would unleash many more rat destroyers.
Two storm clouds overhead unleashed the heaviest rainfall in city history. From 3:50 to 4:45 pm 3.04 inches fell in 55 minutes accompanied by violent electrical disturbances. Floods damaged many areas and power and lighting wires were knocked out for hours.
Governor Craig and the council of state urged President Wilson to appoint Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North Carolina Supreme Court to the U S Supreme Court to succeed Justice Horace H. Lurton. The Raleigh Bar Association endorsed Clark citing his 25 years on the state bench and his scholarly reputation.
Mr. J B Long, principal of No 2 graded school, reports Concord population at 9046 based on school census, higher than the 8715 in government counts. The school census lists 2289 white and 547 colored children, with 660 white children aged 8 to 12, and notes a rise in white literacy and strong enforcement of compulsory education. Also mentions shipments of fresh crops from Faison including corn cucumbers potatoes cantaloupes and Samp son county huckleberry bound for the North.
Washington Representative Webb of North Carolina was chosen by the house Democratic caucus to succeed Clayton of Alabama as chairman of the judiciary committee. Seed for Gaston Farmers secured for the Gaston county hail belt district 30 bushels of Deas 200 pounds of sorghum seed and 400 pounds of cork.
The North Carolina Beet Breeders and Feeders Association offers a prize for the best steer or heifer calf aged six to twelve months shown by a boy under sixteen at the North Carolina Live Stock Association meeting in Statesville on January 19 to 21, 1915. The winner receives a pure bred registered bull from Shorthorn Hereford or Aberdeen Angus breeds, left to the winner’s choice.
Washington conference of Commercial Agents Odell and Clark from the department of commerce and T S Hickman president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association with E H Godwin D A Skinner of the chamber of commerce US led to definite steps. Hickman will push in New York for a special committee to oversee export trade information submitted by the commercial agents.
County Judge Fawcett suspended the sentences of two youths who pleaded guilty to attempted grand larceny after citing white lights and tango nights as incentives to crime. John Colver, 20, and Carlton Chapman, 16, from Brooklyn, admitted stealing money and jewelry from Adelaide Wilton at a furnished room house. They promised to return home and start anew. Chapman to resume schooling and Culver to seek employment. Both wore tango pumps and silk shirts at arraignment.
Charley Alston of R F D No 1 Tazewell Tennessee describes a severe eczema outbreak spreading over his body causing itching burning and sleep loss. He credits Cuticura Soap and Ointment with curing the eruption dandruff and hair loss after other remedies failed. The ad notes samples and a skin book offer. Also a light joke about Baron Munchausen follows.
An old advertisement touts Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil as curing old sores and a range of ailments. It promises pain relief and healing combined and quotes a price line amid booster prose. The text ends with a pointed critique of following advice from a businessman about running one's own affairs.
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