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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
3
A boulevardier recounts a bloodless duel in pre war Paris where a man sent a challenge and borrowed one hundred francs from Aurelien Scholl for expenses, never repaid. The only person touched was Scholl.
An old advertisement notes spring fever as low vitality from impurities in the blood. Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic is said to restore vitality by purifying and enriching the blood with a quick, strengthening effect. Also mentions Dr Peery’s Dead Shot and a worm remedy offer. The piece ends with a quip about a man arrested for forgery.
An old advertisement urges readers to protect kidney health, claiming impurities harm the body if kidneys fail to function. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a centuries old remedy imported from Holland, offering prompt relief or money back. The copy emphasizes authenticity and three package sizes.
Gastonia contract awarded for Dixon Cotton mills site including 50 cottages and a warehouse. Spencer reports a major Baptist revival with 250 conversions. Wadesboro elects Lieut Hoyt P. Taylor as mayor. Mooresville hits its Victory Loan quota of 74 450 dollars. Raleigh notes Dixon Mills Inc charter with 400 000 capital and 70 000 subscribed. Belmont reelects J B Hall as mayor. other officials win again. Salisbury reports a criminal assault true bill involving a 13-year-old girl. Charlotte Canteen at the Southern Railway station nearly burned. Surry Supreme Court costs Forsyth nearly 4 000. Wilmington lumber prices rise. Heart lumber 55 per thousand. flooring 60. High Point forms a baseball association with 35 000 capitalization. Charlotte agent suffers a broken arm in a farm accident. Salisbury police chief J M Steele retires. Army casualties list includes missing Richard L Smith and wounded Frank G Honeycutt. Hickory reports a black suspect removed after a lynch attempt. Spencer mayor elected R J Goode. East Spencer elects G W Isenhour. Raleigh prints a complete 89 360 North Carolina WWI inductees list. Concord notes Sunday School institute with 58 of 70 represented. Asheville highlights renewed activity by ex-agent S Glenn Young facing charges with Guy Lavender.
A vintage advertisement claims dandruff irritates the scalp and causes hair loss. It advises buying a small bottle of Danderine at a drug store, applying it to the scalp, and asserts hair stops shedding after several uses with softer, shinier, thicker hair.
General Allenby in London remarked on how quickly the United States built an army and sent it overseas. He recalled a parable about a nimble salesman, noting that even in death a sharp seller might hawk a card index system and an adding machine to the devil.
An old advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe calomel substitute. It claims calomel is dangerous mercury that causes salivation and illness, while Dodson's liver tonic is a pleasant vegetable liquid that cleanses the liver without side effects and requires no salivation.
An advertisement promotes Dr. Kilmer Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy. It claims herbal ingredients and a sworn purity statement with every bottle, offering sample requests by sending ten cents to Binghamton New York. A closing filler line notes a musician who can play all instruments.
A comic dialogue mocks alibis and political reform. A father answers a quip about hens laying golden eggs while a narrator jokes about politicians posing as reformers. The piece uses playful dialogue and satirical tone.
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