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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
6
Policy No 8465250 of the London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co Ltd Liverpool England has been lost and is cautioned against acceptance as null and void. No claim will be recognized under it. Agent W F Armfield signs the notice.
Paul A. Stamey reports Universal prepares the first Broadway features this week starring Mary Fuller and King Baggot. Carlye Blackwell exits Fa vorite Players for Lasky on Paramount. Donald Crisp joins Essanay replacing Francis Bushman. Universal rehires Vivian Prescott after earlier Universal comedies. marriages of Mignon Anderson and Louise Glaum noted. industry chatter on Chaplin and Ritchie origins. stars changing teams with Lubin and Vitagraph moves. Serials and underwater cinema teased, including The Life of Billie Ritchie, The Exploits of Elaine, and The Diamond From the Sky, with screenings at Rose and other venues.
G L Kidd an insurance man from Greensboro faced the recorder's court on assault charges after a dispute with Milton Silver a local clothing merchant. The altercation occurred near Jarrett's stationery store when Silver joined a discussion on the Frank case and was slapped by a Greensboro mob. The case proceeded in recorder's court.
The Boys Road Patrol, authorized by a late legislature, gains popularity as counties like Mecklenburg Forsyth Catawba and Iredell commit funds. The Board of Agriculture votes to make patrols a regular state demonstration effort, urging maintenance responsibility on local youths and highlighting overall road upkeep needs. Georgia eyeing the measure for next session.
Rev Sylvester Newton of Pasadena California has accepted the pastorate at High Point Friends church to replace Rev Lewis W McFarland who has resigned to take church extension and evangelistic work for the North Carolina Yearly Meeting Newton will arrive to assume his duties in early August McFarland tendered his resignation weeks ago to pursue the new position
Berlin dispatch notes Sunday papers in Berlin struggle to parse William Jennings Bryan's retirement as Secretary of State. Morgen Post doubts American government aims at a peaceful compromise and suggests Bryan fears Wilson and his administration will resort to force, awaiting future events.
Greensboro June 13 State Senator F P Hobgood Jr a leading Greensboro lawyer has been appointed a special attorney in the Department of Justice with a $7500 yearly salary. He will work with Hon E J Justice on oil land cases on the Pacific slope. Justice recommended the appointment and will head litigation west of the Mississippi. Hobgood has served Guilford county in the General Assembly and was a leader in progressive legislation. He and Mrs Hobgood will move to San Francisco then Cheyenne Wyoming to be based there as government presses oil and timber land litigation.
Washington June 13 The Belgian minister E Haven ith protested to the state department in the name of the government and the international Red Cross against Germanys seizure of Belgian Red Cross money and equipment within German lines The protest says this was done when the Belgian Red Cross refused to give up its proper work and devote its attention to aid and protection of women by employment under orders from the German governor general of Belgium
New York fashion notes from June 16 1915 explain waistlines settle back to normal after years of variation due to full skirts and corsets. blue taffeta dominates, with seven tiered sectional skirts and organdy bodices. ditto hats, gloves, and white trim, while dye shortages push black and white patterns and groovy silk designs.
Readers compete to form as many player names as possible from the letters ademnoxrhef elboptywkoi and win cards featuring Billie Ritchie Edna Maison Pauline Bush Cleo Madison Marie Walcamp Mary Fuller Matt Moore Ben Wilson Madock Mc Quarrie Eddie Lyons Francis X. Bushman Alice Joyce Maurice Costello Lillian Walker and a three month Review subscription The Review High Point NC prizes are worth at least 50c per card and 21c for The Review Send names to The Review by mail with five names minimum Watch next week for a Missing Letters contest continuation.
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