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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
2
A jumble of 19th century ads and quack remedies flood the page. King's Diarrhoea and Dysentery Cordial touted with testimonials from a Fuller in North Carolina. A mumbled joke column and brief anecdotes follow, including Elixir Babek malaria cure and Hicks Capucine headaches.
The Glacials urge the president to declare a See America Day with nationwide school observances. They propose postage stamps showing western scenes to spark domestic tourism and highlight U S mountain beauty rivaling Europe. The article argues Americans overpay to travel abroad while the West offers abundant scenic wonders.
The passage extols travel by overland routes visiting national parks and major cities with stopover privileges. It highlights the west as offering the most remarkable scenery next to Niagara, praising Canadian routes along the Rockies and snow capped peaks over 10,000 feet high as accessible by comfortable trains.
New York man Edward A. Davis tried to settle a divorce suit by offering his wife $25 in cash as a release from all claims. Justice Kelly in Brooklyn called the offer too cheap. Davis, with an auto machine shop in Manhattan, said nine children exist.
The Riviera offers abundant flora from formal beds to wild clusters, with roses as the undisputed queen. Romans and travelers admire countless varieties, from iris and oleander to mimosa and aloe, while rose lore echoes from ancient Greece to pagan festivals. Riviera flower markets bustle with wholesale export freight to Germany, Austria, and Russia.
Philadelphia detective arrested Joseph D Audenhand at 2102 East Monmouth Street as he prepared to bury an unconscious subject to prove a forty eight hour dynotic sleep. A crowd witnessed the act before police interrupted and ordered the subject revived. Bail set at 500 dollars for a further hearing.
Dorothy Egelhoff eighteen child of C H Randal of Los Angeles married Charles Schroeder Jerseyville post office clerk after a midnight elopement at Carrolton Illinois. She had just returned from a year at school in Paris with her mother.
New York engineers face a novel challenge tunneling a gas main under the East River by first creating a high rock barrier a hundred feet below the river bed. Faulty chalky rock slowed two headings, prompting bulkheads and concrete filling to stop inflow before completing the tunnel.
In Redwood City California a jury of ten good men and true plus two sympathetic women acquitted Ugo Diando of horse stealing. Sheriff J H Mansfield notes Diando is extremely handsome and the jurors reacted warmly to his appearance, influencing the verdict.
Mrs. Della Hill of Barthell Kentucky reports six years of painful facial skin disease with burning and disfigurement. She credits relief to washing with Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment after trying many remedies, claiming complete cure. External sores and blisters faded, and she notes the ad promises free samples.
A collage of patent medicine ads promotes Hanford's Balsam for cuts and burns, Hicks Capucine for summer headaches, Dr Sahiba Healing Oil, and Urs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething. The blend urges household use and notes prices of 25c to 50c, with miscellaneous quotes about work and friendship.
William Scott of Abilene Kansas describes plans for a poultry house with a southern front and optional yard divisions for six-foot breeding pens. The structure can be any length, 16 feet deep, offering 7 1 3 square feet per bird for one male and 12 females, with a cement or board floor that is rot wind and rain proof.
The design features upper hinged windows for weather control and a lower front with mesh wire. A single long roost two feet from the north wall, plus a roost shield of burlap and a burlap screen near nests, help manage cold and egg laying behavior.
Instructions describe burning sulphur in a poultry house to purge vermin. It advises placing an iron kettle on bricks, filling with pine tar soaked cobs, kerosene, and sulphur, then lighting and retreating quickly. Suggests turpentine additions and monthly burning for effectiveness.
Advice covers reproduction, care, and housing to prevent losses. Topics include avoiding immature stock, ground bone for layers, roup symptoms, dampness and wind protection, signs of lime deficiency, risks of scrub poultry, absorbents under roosts, handling hens safely, charcoal in soft feed for diarrhoea, wall cracks causing drafts, following incubator directions, and comments on Leghorns as layers and foragers but poor sitters.
An advertisement claims Resinol Ointment stops itching instantly and, with Resinol Soap, clears eczema ringworm pimples and blackheads. It emphasizes safety for delicate skin and babies, notes doctors widely prescribe the bland preparation, and offers a free trial by writing Dept. 12 K Baltimore Md.
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