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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
5
A 1915 public notices column notes ads hold until further order, mentions not hearing from Germany, praises crops after showers, cites the State Press association in Montreal for next week, urges merchant association participation, and recalls Chautauqua week while commenting on Bryan and peace efforts. It discusses West Virginia debt and editor’s city affairs stand, and observes open-air church services.
The community, including residents and officials, condemns the political firings that displaced a capable fire department map under Chief Horney. Critics say the move endangers public safety, attracting national censure and calls for accountability as history may judge the actors.
The writer argues there is no moral difference between a 10c negro crap game and a society woman playing whist or bridge for lingerie. Yet law applies unequally. the negro’s game harms only his crowd while the society event is public and sets a bad example, inviting scrutiny of legal fairness.
A tagged notice from an Alabama town describes a boy who struggled in a pond as 30 strong men stood on the bank in their Sunday clothes. They did not dive in to save him and he drowned before witnesses. Authorities faced sharp public backlash over the inaction.
The article recalls Betsey Ross’s role in the 1776 Independence flag and links it to a new Pan American Federation declaration in Independence Hall. It notes Miss Sarah Wilson, great granddaughter of Ross, as associated with the inter nation flag, a white field with one large blue star.
A satirical quip imagines one third of the country believing they can outdo a lawyer enforcing laws, half that they can outheal a doctor, two thirds that they can out preach a minister, and all of them thinking they can outpace the editor running a newspaper.
New York World reports that after the Lusitania note of May 13 was sent to Germany, Austro Hungarian ambassador Dumba asked Mr. Bryan if the note’s oath to protect citizens’ rights meant a literal stance. Bryan reportedly said the assertion was to placate domestic opinion and not reflect the government’s full posture, a view communicated to Berlin and blamed for Germany’s tepid reply.
A satirical lament questions public misconduct and legal overreach. It riffs on social ills, high prices, noisy households, disease fears, and political outrage, ending with a jab at the judge’s humanity. The piece mocks knee jerk lawmaking as a universal fix.
At the 45th annual session of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Knights of Pythias in Salisbury last week, officers were elected including Grand Chancellor J. G. Baird of Charlotte and Grand Vice Chancellor A. H. Holland. The Dokies entertained, initiating about 100 members, with a banquet. Geo T. Wood represented High Point. The next meeting location is Waynesville.
A wartime editorial questions the morality of munitions profits and battlefield slaughter. It contrasts peace pray ers with arms production, notes widows and orphans harmed, and asks what gains justify the suffering. The poem laments trench deaths and the unsettling urge to push the button when leaders hesitate.
The residence of Dr. J. T. Burrus is in the final stages of completion. Workers apply last details to the property, with interior and exterior finishing nearing completion.
Popular Lynchburg excursion offers unusually low round trip fares on a special train Monday June 21. Stations Salisbury Lexington Thomasville High Point Greensboro with round trips from 2.50 to 2.75. Return from Lynchburg Tuesday June 22 at 5:00 p.m. tickets valid both ways and available via ticket agents or R H DeBurts. Mrs C A Ring hosts Clara Stanton reception with rook games and refreshments.
High Point reader Mrs. J. H. Jennings reports severe back pain and weakness eased after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She credits relief to the first box and continued use restoring normal kidneys. Price £0 at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, NY.
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