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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
6
A collage of wry observations on Greek looks, market success, honesty, starters, Caucasian tango, stage villains, Seattle alimony, friendship, opportunity, a New Orleans exposition, radium costs, and footprints versus tire tracks. Each line offers a punchy, era voice reflection on society, money, and human behavior.
Dialogue from a Harper’s Magazine piece shows a parent challenging a principal over a failing grade system. The child, Jimmie, misinterprets letter grades, insisting that D means deficient while the parent believes A equals awful. The scene highlights a misunderstanding of grading terms and parental concern.
A crowd interrupted Joseph Chamberlain during a political speech with a heckler shouting about taxing food. The audience urged removal, but Chamberlain calmed the disturbance and continued. Soon another voice repeated the food tax question, prompting exasperated cries from attendees.
A brief quotation discusses sales psychology warning that continued talking after persuading a buyer can derail the sale. It cites the Atchison Globe as the source.
A Bat tle Creek Michigan Postum advertising letter features a family of twelve praising Postum as a blessing. They contrast headaches dizziness sour stomach and heart issues from coffee with improvements after switching. The letter notes Regular and Instant Postum with prices and claims similar cost per cup. There is a sales line: There's a Reason for Postum, sold by grocers.
Richmond banks approved as reserve agents for North Carolina banks under new federal system. Governor assigns delegates to Southern Sociological Congress and Charities and Corrections. Estate of Vanderbilt appraised for inheritance tax. North Carolina day at Panama-Pacific Exposition designated for May 20, 1915. Supreme Court rounds out 15 cases including Lane murder verdict. New charters issued for several firms and institutions across the state.
Reading fragments note Mrs. Sarah A. Conboy of Roxbury Mass as national organizer of the United Textile Workers union. A string of odd quips about dental bills, cinema monotony, and a hotel theater manager changing pictures twice weekly appears as scattered phrases and advertisements.
Irritable husband Murray questions piano noise while his wife defends their daughter Mary’s first piano steps. A nervous curate at bishop's palace clashes with a senior colleague after a tea gathering, being rebuked for offhand remarks. The exchange turns to ridiculing him as a donkey.
An old Cuticura ad touts a one night treatment for red rough chapped hands. Instructions: soak in hot water, wash with Cuticura Soap, dry, apply Cuticura Ointment, wear loose gloves overnight. Claims include preventing redness and roughness and delivering velvety whiteness. Also notes worldwide availability and free samples with a Skin Book. Includes a short joke about a London man who repaired his face after rejection.
A testimonial touts STELLA-VITAE as a remedy for women's diseases including painful periods and nervousness. Mrs. Sallie Holton of Bartow Georgia shares four years of illness before success with six bottles, backed by a money back guarantee and a price plan to buy six bottles for five dollars.
The May ten lesson by E. O. Sellers from Moody Bible Institute examines Luke sixteen's parables of the unjust steward and the rich man and Lazarus. It stresses hypocrisy and covetousness, urges faithful use of money, and notes that faithfulness in little leads to true spiritual trust, with guidance on how wealth should aid the godly.
Mrs Orpha Turner of Wayne Street, Piqua, testifies Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound rebuilt her after organic weakness with backache and fatigue. She urges other women to seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts and notes the sun hatchings of goldfish in China as a separate mention.
Mrs S A Haskins of Myricks Mass attests eczema on face cleared after using Tetterine and Tetterine Soap. Advertisement urges purchase from The Shuptrine Co Savannah Ga with mail orders, offering free samples or Liver Pills with orders.
A concise reflection on business as the central, unifying profession that threads together all community activities, sustaining society as a whole.
The text urges teachers to teach the facts about the home city in public schools. It references the bureau of municipal research in New York City and discusses civic education efforts.
An antiseptic powder ad promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for tender feet and bunions, claiming relief and easier walking. A fleeting quip notes a husband losing charm after seeing his wife’s hair piled on the bureau, reflecting a bygone marital joke.
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