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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
8
Four 50 by 286, 140, 150 plots offered on Clara Barbee, Clover Field, Carrick Grove, and Ran kin Street. Prices range from 150 to 2450 dollars per pair, all advertised as quick sales with favorable comparisons and low rates.
Workmen erect a brick structure with stone trim opposite the Sherrod building for R. R. Ragan and A. C. Jones. Cost about 10,000 dollars, 50 by 80 feet, three stories with heat electric lights gas and water. J. O. Conner contractor H. F. Wright brickwork Morris Bros to occupy Jones building. W. L. Stamey plans a similar adjoining block creating a solid Commerce Street frontage.
The Cherokee tribe of North America is described as a powerful, advanced people long isolated from others. It explains their town-like settlements, seven clans, clan marriage rules, matrilineal descent, and strict prohibitions on marriage within the same clan plus the female role in heredity and property, noting how new blood expanded the clan system.
An old advertisement claims Rub-My-Tism cures rheumatism neuralgia headaches cramps colic sprains bruises and other ailments. It describes use both internally and externally with a price of 25 cents. It mentions antiseptic anodyne properties and uses.
A 1915 chronicle of small town affairs recounts daily life at Willow Springs with mentions of Miss Irene Kent improving, Tyree Firestone and Will Beard camping at Wilson Lake, the M E Sunday School picnic, a couple wedding notes for Emmeline Cummings, and local shop and farm updates including Hi Perkins threshing and a new silo for L Smith.
Harry H. Gardner known as the Human Fly lies in a Columbia hospital with four broken ribs after slipping from the dome coping of the South Carolina capitol to the slate roof below. The event drew fainting women and frightened onlookers as Gardner vows to climb again in a few days, blaming a wet surface from recent rain. A photographer captured the fall, producing a striking image published by The Columbia State.
Announcement that the Atlantic Hotel in Morehead City North Carolina is now open under manager R P Foster who previously ran the hotel with success and patrons satisfaction. Foster is known statewide and offers excellent service and courteous guest attention. All regional railroads will sell excursion tickets to Morehead City this summer via local ticket agents H S Leard G P A Norfolk Virginia and J F Mitchell T P A Raleigh North Carolina.
The High Point Hospital is heavily patronized by residents of Thomasville and nearby areas. Recent weeks saw many patients admitted for treatment and operations, with exceptional success and most patients returning in good condition. Dr. J. T. Burrus, chief surgeon, receives high praise for the care provided.
The West endorses a witty production of The Man From Home, set in Sorrento with Ethel Granger-Simpson and brother Horace scheming to marry into wealth. Guardian Daniel Voorhees Pike exposes Hoosier pride and European pretensions in a tale of an estate settlement worth 750 000 dollars, driving a clash between old world privilege and American bluntness.
A lyceum manager estimates with J Bryan as lecturer he could earn about 137000 dollars yearly. He could deliver two lectures daily during a fourteen week chautauqua season earning around 58800 plus six lectures weekly the rest of the year about 79800 totaling 137800.
Mr Gilliland of Greensboro has perfected a solid tire crangement with rebound sprigs and pins that give an easy ride like inflated tires and eliminate punctures. He should gain a fortune and much praise from auto owners.
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