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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1913
Page
6
A fragmented column recalls danger around a royal figure Alfonso of Spain and an assassination probe amid odd verses and wartime anxieties. The text shifts to advertising patent medicines like Kidney Pills and Capudine, listing vendors Burwell & Bene Co and others, with scattered quotes on strength and digestion.
A North Carolina legislative committee reports Wake County owes at least five thousand dollars in inheritance tax beyond what was already paid. It faults non enforcement of inheritance income license and franchise taxes, estimating potential state collections at over one hundred thousand dollars in two years and urging penalties for collecting officers. Other notes update presidential postoffice appointments, Baptist Women’s Union convention, Hickory Township road spending, and Cleveland County school commencement.
A miscellaneous page features pill and patent medicine claims for piles and constipation cures including Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. It promotes Allen's Foot-Hase antiseptic powder for new shoes and quotes a lighthearted exchange about mine stock sales as a humorous aside.
Charred remains of Abbie Welling found at Winston Tobacco Factory. Salisbury sets patrol wagon fare at $1 and muzzling dogs. state automo biles bill enacted. Patents granted to NC residents. Norwood branch derailment delays train with no injuries. Women’s suffrage vote rejected by NC House. Guilford High wins contest. Aycock Cup engraved. Hendersonville votes $20,000 hard surface road bonds. Townships move to collect road exemption tax. Newton to H ickory road progress. $2,000,000 Yadkin dam contract awarded. hydro plant powers French aluminum. Mecklenburg Farmers Union plans fertilizer purchase. Winston aldermen enforce hog ban. Forsyth sells $150,000 bond issue. cash premium. Fire destroys two houses in Winston. Central South Development Co chartered at $50,000. Swindell Co chartered at $30,000.
A Burwell & Dunn Co advertisement touts Burduco Liver Powder as a vegetable remedy for biliousness constipation indigestion and stomach diseases. Sold in screw top cans for 25 cents each from Charlotte North Carolina manufacturers.
A New York World commentary imagines women as public porters and dining car waiters on a suffrage train to Washington with only a male shoeblack remaining. It notes this feminized transport is temporary while predicting women will not yet occupy locomotive throttles or other senior railroad roles.
American consular officers in Genoa and Leghorn report malaria in Italy has steadily declined in recent years due to government actions. Quinine from Turin is sold at four cents per gram in government tobacco shops and given free to poor patients, with 3,500 malaria deaths in 1911 among 32 million inhabitants.
A brief exchange compares getting a kiss by telephone to dreaming about food when hungry, with a playful tone. The dialogue evokes curiosity about modern communication and desire.
An advertisement-style letter from a California business man praises Grape-Nuts as a morning breakfast that avoids stomach overload while delivering sustained energy. He reports improved alertness, clear thinking, and steady nerves after starting the cereal with sugar and cold milk, and credits Postum Co. for the product and the referenced book The Road to Wellville.
Doctors puzzled by a patient believed to have appendicitis until bankruptcy revealed further complications. The illness was later re diagnosed as a stomach disorder, highlighting misdiagnosis and financial strain in medical care.
An old Cuticura promotion claims one night treatment restores red rough cracked hands. Directions: soak in hot water with Cuticura Soap dry and anoint with Cuticura Ointment then wear loose gloves overnight. Claims include prevention of redness and roughness and world wide availability with a free sample offer.
Beatrice Nebraska and Cary Maine women recount relief after avoiding surgery. Mrs R B Child credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending months of side pain and restored health for herself and her two daughters. Mrs Hayward Sowers of Cary says the remedy cured back pain sleeplessness and loss of appetite enabling her to care for a family of four.
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