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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
10
Ethel R. Peyser quotes Miss Carlisle extolling American gardens as sunlit and fresh, contrasting them with English designs. She notes excess statuary, insufficient rambly paths, and mentions uneven hedges and varied flowers as key differences shaped by climate and taste.
A judge presses a defendant and accuser who clash over a Har insult. The accuser admits calling the man a Har to prove it, while the defendant claims no involvement and offers little reply. The exchange grows tense as questions sharpen the meaning of the insult.
Amid wartime shortages, Queen Mary appeals to England to use half sheets for formal notes. In Japan, women favor a kimono style using less silk to cut waste. A railroad plan targets Scotland’s Ben Nevis as a new transit link.
A Newton New Jersey woman fears a daily woodpecker will ruin a shade tree. Her husband covered the hole with tin but the bird keeps pecking, making a clatter that unsettles neighbors. The tale appears amid humorous anecdotes and jokes about academic costumes and social quirks.
Washington ceremony on June 22 in Statuary Hall will unveil Zebulan Baird Vance statue presented by North Carolina. A North Carolina committee invites all residents to attend the unveiling and honors Vance as a civic and military figure. Beaufort County to fund yearly health inspections for all school children starting next term, with state health officials visiting each school to check eyes and teeth.
The state board of elections ordered Zeb Vance Weaver and Judge M H Justice to a second primary to settle the contest for the Congressional nomination.
In Raleigh the Seventh Congressional District results show Robinson with 6316 votes, Spence 3600, Warner 2528, and T B Finley 1583, reflecting a multi candidate race and totals across the district.
The House approved a Pou bill authorizing $225,000 to pay southern mail carriers who served January to May 1860. About $15,000 will go to North Carolina carriers or their heirs. Pou chairs the Claims Committee and has studied these claims for years. Treasury records show no contest or objections.
Kinston plans to stop its assessment street paving program this summer to total the costs and dispose of bonds in the fall. The project has reached about $400,000 with roughly half charged to petitioning residents. Officials stated no new petitions will be accepted after June 19.
An advertisement promotes a harmless method to darken gray hair without dye using Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer. It claims the ready-to-use liquid treats roots to give evenly dark hair and scalp, with a prepaid offer of 50c for a big bottle from Q-Ban Laboratories Memphis Tennessee or a local druggist.
Insufficient sleep endangers health. Bathe with plenty of Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse and purify. Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. This stops itching instantly clears away pimples removes dandruff and scalp irritations and heals red rough sore hands. Free sample by mail with Book to Cuticura Dept L Boston. Sold everywhere.
A period style promotional collage warns against calomel a toxic laxative urging Dodson’s Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy. It touts vegetable ingredients claims no salivation and a money back guarantee. Also includes quick quips and a final note about water power electricity replacing coal in Red Bank TelA Go meary.
Mrs Clark of Nashville Tennessee writes that after bed confinement and doctor's advice, Lung Vita cured her tuberculosis and asthma. The Nashville Medicine Co offers a thirty day treatment for $1.75 and testimonials on various diseases.
A Cordele Georgia resident reports relief from gallstone problems after taking eight bottles of Swamp Root and urges others to try the remedy. The testimonial notes surgical risk and a full recovery with no recurrence, insisting on sending ten cents for a sample and booklet from Kilmer Co. in New York.
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