24 Jun 1915
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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
1
The article urges humane treatment of horses and calls for a vigilant enforcement by plainclothes officers. It recounts a drag-line driver beating a weak horse until an onlooker intervened and revealed a wheel jam on a water main.
An epidemic of typhoid fever in Greensboro linked to unsanitary milk prompts High Point to demand strict dairy inspections during hot months. Mrs. Henri C. Turner is due to visit Miss Minnie Alexander. Frances and Anna Bourne arrive from Fredericksburg to visit Mrs. H. C. Field. Robt. Lansing becomes the new secretary of state.
Chas F Tomilinson of the Tomlinson Chair Mfg Co was elected president of the National T P A at Omaha. West End Baptist church gains progress under Rev F H Fiddler and Deacon G W Clark. Mary Phagan case stirs Georgia. Governor Slaton commutes to life. Local society items include Mrs A Cyrus Davis ill but improving, moving van debut, visiting relatives, and church lectures. New wood tax repeal and city council fireman power ruling noted.
Gov Slaton mobilizes militia to protect him from mobs Leo Frank sentence remark commented on by Slaton Supreme court overturns Grandfather clause in Oklahoma law Arizona battleship launched Late war news Bankers Convention at Wrightsville Farm loan bank proposed New railroad assured Summer Bible conference in Asheville Building boom in High Point M P Summer Conference in session
At 12 20 Sunday afternoon a fire alarm from box 46 reported a blaze at the Doda Mead flats in the J H Womble portion of the house on East Green Street. An oil lamp explosion started the fire. firefighters and occupants kept damage to about 400 dollars with Southside Company arriving first and gaining control before the second company arrived.
Chief Ingram announces completion of the Northside and West End Hose Companies reorganization following staff resignations last week due to City Council action. Northside Hose No. 1 lists Captain W G Shipman first lieutenant G W Ellington secretary E H Welch driver J G Gorge hosemen Rube Hiatt Will Switzer D L Hayes. West End Hose No. 3 lists Captain J E Wagner first lieutenant Wesley Martin second lieutenant J L Wall secretary E H Welch driver J G George Ray Curtis hosemen.
Henry James Dobbs 80, prominent High Point resident and member of Masonic and Elks lodges, died Friday morning after returning from a Richmond reunion. His remains go to Amherst Virginia for interment with lodge delegation. Survived by wife Annie D Quarles, son Joseph, daughter Nellie, and twin brother T E Dobbs of Baltimore.
Greensboro reports 12 new typhoid cases traced to a single dairy. The dairy is closed pending rigorous tests after investigators linked milk contamination to an infected well. Health officials vow frequent inspections and shutdowns for unsanitary operations.
At the Merchants Association meeting Tuesday night W C Beavans and W M Thacker were named to study a possible Merchants Picnic at High Rock in mid July. Pay-up week, urged by The Review, will occur soon and debtors are asked to settle to ensure A-1 rating when the rating book is published. Cooperation is emphasized for the benefit of patrons and merchants alike.
Reuben E. Moffitt 92 a longtime Coleridge Township resident at Coles Store died after a paralysis attack last Friday. A Civil War veteran and elderly man, he left a widow not alive and two children. He was survived by nine grandchildren. Funeral and burial were held at Brush Creek on Saturday.
A severe quake was felt in California with Calexico suffering the greatest damage and five fatalities. Fire followed the quakes destroying property and martial law was declared in the effected zone. The piece also notes local social events, club entertainments, and community updates from High Point and nearby towns.
A wartime essay argues for securing peace with honor. It lists seven reasons to stay neutral including global consequences, risks to South America, failures of strong armies as peace guarantors, moral law versus military heroism, current unpreparedness, patience avoiding future wars, and selfish profits from neutrality. The piece questions what the US gains from war and highlights potential losses.
Mr and Mrs Mason Gant depart Madison for a five week Western trip visiting the San Francisco Exposition and multiple West coast sites assisted by Mrs Thae Williams. They plan to be away five weeks.
Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, bishop of the North Carolina diocese, preached at St Marys Episcopal church Sunday night and four candidates were confirmed. Archdale lectures by Dr. D A Stanton and Dr J W McAnally addressed sanitation and prevention of typhoid and tuberculosis at the school and church building.
The Summer Conference of the M P church at the Children’s Home drew strong attendance with speeches by Rev C M Compher Lynchburg on Wings and Stings and Rev J E McCulloch editor of the M P Herald on Theories of the Atonement. Dr T H Lewis closed with The Triumph of the Bible in History as Miss Katherine Pickett hosted Camp Fire Girls with ice cream and cake before next meeting at Miss Odell Peacock’s home. Bryan passed through en route to New York to address a peace meeting.
The Proverb Contest ends with 5893 replies received and judged over 12 weeks. Winners are listed with prizes ranging from carpet sweepers to jewelry and history of war volumes, with out-of-town winners noted and local prizes available by prize pickup. About eight thousand readers engaged via ads and solutions.
Sheriff J L Parrish sends notice dated June 22 1915 to merchants offering gifts with purchases. State Treasurer ruling requires a 25 dollar license tax for state and county for such inducements. If gifts continue, taxes will be collected by law enforcement.
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