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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
2
A vintage advertisement promotes Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap as the remedy for pimples, blackheads, rashes, ringworm, and eczema. It claims rapid, gentle healing, suitability for infants, and a free at-home trial by writing to Resinol in Baltimore, with prices listed.
In Pembrokeshire village Llangwm, women man the fishing fleet and even help build houses. Mary Palmer, 82, recalls carrying a hundredweight of oysters on her back for sale, dredging with other women, and walking miles daily to market while receiving a small pension from Mr. Lloyd-George. The community, largely Flemish descendants, embodies extraordinary female toil and resilience.
In Llangwm villagers sustain themselves with cottage homes and fishing livelihoods. Women do the domestic and trade work while men haul to Pembroke dockyard, returning home late. Modern fashion influences drift in but Mrs. Palmer, famed for a red skirt, remains a local icon selling fish.
New York report tells of Harry Glen and John Kock, two boys fishing from a railroad bridge using a chain as a line. The contact with electric feed wires sent them flying by an 11 000 volt surge.
Blakely in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania sees thirty young women forming a Girls Club to find husbands. Letters flood the post office, prompting calls for a larger office as responses pour in from Dickinson College and Steelton. The postmaster proposes discreet delivery if the women arrange pickup.
In a concise dialogue Mrs Torkins and her husband discuss why trains run later. He cites heavier traffic as the main factor and explains that a heavier load makes locomotives work harder, affecting schedules and efficiency.
An ad-promoting Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic claims it strengthens and builds up the system for adults and children and costs 50 cents. It appears alongside a humorous anecdote about lawyers and eloquence in Cleveland as part of varied content.
A dialogue shows characters joking about a nose injury as one asks how the other landed on his back. The responder admits slipping and falling, with a witty misdirection about where the nose is located, citing Bradder Jones in the exchange.
An undigested stomach can poison the nerves and upset mind and body. A mother recalls her daughter’s improvement after trying Grape Nuts, noting relief from stomach distress and headaches. The ad claims Postum Co. endorses the product and invites readers to read The Road to Wellville for evidence.
In Sussex the land rewards patient explorers with quiet beauty and solid towns. The county favors unornamental but enduring churches built from Caen stone. Bosham parish claims an ancient line of ecclesiastical care dating to AD 650, built on a Roman temple site with reused bricks nearby.
A man named Heffern, a teamster, was jailed for six months for non support. His wife, convinced a double roamed Chicago, rushed court to confront a bailiff and clerk who confirmed the real Heffern remained in the bridewell while a lookalike drove a wagon. The stunned wife left in disbelief.
Florence A. Sayers, nineteen, paid $100000 for her stage debut. An aunt dictated renouncing acting as a condition. Sayers complies and donates the money to charity.
Dealers grocers and manufacturers nationwide join in a week long effort to acquaint housewives with the economy and quality of canned foods heat preserved at 250 degrees keeps contents fresh and wholesome as at canning time the campaign aims to show cost of living can be cut with canned foods and offers practical meal ideas for busy farm and city kitchens.
A collage of patent medicine and household remedy advertisements from an old newspaper page. Burduco Liver Powder promotes relief from biliousness constipation and indigestion in screw top cans for 25 cents from Burwell and Dunn Company of Charlotte North Carolina. Also includes Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder for feet and Bromine related products. Mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a quip about actress scandals.
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