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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1915
Page
3
An advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a safe pleasant tasting laxative that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels without griping. It urges mothers to use a teaspoonful for coated tongues and various ailments and notes a 50 cent bottle with directions for all ages.
A speaker recounts trying to enlist as a drummer boy during the Spanish American War, recalling his youth and a laugh at the idea of military authority. The tale ends with a remembered disappointment over not being recruited for lack of musical ear. Marine Eye Remedy ads follow, urging eye care products for adults and babies with a promise of comfort and a free eye book.
Alma K Boyd is named private secretary to Lieutenant Governor McClain of Pennsylvania. Mary Pickford earns 2000 dollars weekly for a year. The sole profit-sharing firm in the U S is owned by Mrs James P Warbasse of Brooklyn. German tailors demand field gray as the new spring color with military style cuts.
A speaker describes collecting discarded auto parts to assemble a car for a needy woman, drawing inspiration from grandmothers who made quilts for the poor. The exchange frames repurposing junk into tangible aid.
A quip filled exchange questions charity versus personal responsibility as a philanthropist seeks to ease Europe's suffering while a citizen cites debts as the focus of aid. A humorous exchange about money, marriage, and trust follows with a punchline on love and bacteria.
A fragment from a historic page includes punchy lines on marriage and social norms. It features a joke about wearing rubbers, an exchange on going out versus footwear, and a remark that poverty can have odd advantages such as a lack of gout.
In Raleigh, lawmakers debated the machinery bill with amendments adding a county assessor per township and other tax controls. The Senate passed the Hobgood-Weaver primary bill and multiple road and local authority measures, while the anti-jug bill drew lengthy deliberation and Governor Craig backed the Mount Mitchell park proposal.
Raleigh dispatch reports Hon. E. R. Wooten, speaker of North Carolina's House, died from injuries after a February 19 auto accident that killed Senate engrossing clerk William Aycock. Pneumonia developed. flags half mast, funeral in Kinston with military escort and statewide attendance. Wooten, 36, leaves wife Nannie Cox Wooten and two children Emmett Jr. and Grace. Funeral at Maplewood Cemetery conducted by Rev. C W Blanchard.
A flow of vintage advertising claims Dodson's Liver Tone cures sluggish liver and cleanses bowels without the side effects of calomel which is described as mercury causing illness. The testimonial promises relief by morning, with a money back guarantee and a note that the formula is entirely vegetable and safe for children.
The ad promotes Cuticura Soap for shaving, bathing, and shampooing. It instructs to warm a brush, lather with Cuticura Soap, shave, apply Cuticura Ointment for scalp or skin irritation, then wash with the soap again. Claims velvet sensitive skin and no slimy mug, no germs, no waste. offers free samples by postcard to Cuticura Dept. XY Boston.
The employer jokes about his wife testing honesty. The office boy admits truthfulness earns no praise. The wife calls asking if the new boy exists, and scuttles him by saying it is no place for a truthful boy. She commands him to lie, and the boy complies with a double entendre ending.
A Swiss scientist declares microbes do not exist above 2000 feet in mountain air. Beulah jokes that he’s likely tested by kissing at altitude, implying a humorous misinterpretation of scientific testing. The exchange reflects playful banter over scientific claims.
A playful exchange about diaries prompts a plan for a safe and sane wedding anniversary this year. The remark reflects lighthearted curiosity about the date and personal milestone.
A Kansas woman describes severe heart palpitations, breathlessness, and rheumatic pain from coffee. After choosing Postum, she improves immediately, sleeping better and digesting food easily without medicine. The ad promotes Regular and Instant Postum, urging boiling for Regular and noting price and availability through grocers.
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