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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1919
Page
8
A city wide sale unfolds at season’s start just before Easter with immense stocks and unbelievable prices. The newspaper urges readers to be near the door when the store opens to catch countless bargains in what is described as the greatest sale in the city’s history.
Advertises a Friday sale offering 3 spools coats thread for Mennen Palmolive Olivilo Soap powder and more. Lists men and women clothing items with prices such as hose at 10c muslin 8 1-2c canvas gloves 12 1-2c and vests and dresses in low cents. Also features $2.50 overalls for $1.98 and various affordable fabrics and accessories.
Reports to state headquarters at Raleigh show widespread support for reducing the 1918 cotton acreage by one third and holding unsold supply. Southern counties and major cities push to implement the plan, while Northern press mocks it. organizers brand resistors as lacking public spirit. The movement argues that smaller crops with good prices yield better profits, aligning with mill practices of reducing output to boost demand.
W. J. Baker of Portchester N Y describes American soldiers cleaning pockets of money to send home if they did not return. While with the 26th Division at St Mihiel Chateau Thierry Verdun, he oversaw about 8 000 000 francs upwards of 1 500 000 dollars entrusted via the Y M C A service for soldiers to relatives in America. Baker and his battalion faced continual combat as the Yankee Division fought on the front.
Community promotion urging residents to buy locally to support tax revenue funding schools road upkeep and public services, highlighting benefits of local merchants to sustain town infrastructure and services.
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