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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1913
Page
6
Norfolk Southern unveils a revised schedule between Raleigh and Norfolk. Night expresses shorten running time by about 45 minutes and remove freight cars from the 9:00 pm Norfolk and 9:30 pm Raleigh departures. Norfolk arrivals move to 6:30 am, with sleeper use until 7:30 am. Edenton dining stop extended to 15 minutes.
A reflective poem on Thanksgiving urging gratitude amid varied fortunes. It notes how jobs, relatives, money worries, and social status affect happiness but promotes a tolerant, hopeful stance regardless of personal luck.
A humorous essay discusses what people are thankful for on Thanksgiving. It muses on prosperity, corn, marriage, and money while poking gentle fun at social foibles and the idea of holiday gratitude. The piece ends with a proprietor quote about turkey and annual feasts.
The text speaks of mood improvement and the idea that trials, rebuffs, and disappointments act as a balance wheel in life. It argues that nature’s balance extends through evolution and into human experience, turning trouble into growth and shaping character.
This passage urges helping others as a balm for grief and as a path to personal happiness. It argues gratitude enriches life, colors simple gifts with value, and strengthens character, noting rewards through sincere appreciation to God and service to others.
A poem by B. Kiser that speaks to the value of gratitude amid hardship. It asserts that trouble often accompanies hope and that contentment comes through cleansing tears, urging readers to endure and grow stronger rather than dwell on blessings.
A reflective note on gratitude. The speaker asserts that anyone rich or poor, young or old, can give thanks if they have a heart. The message denounces the idea that anyone is so poor they cannot be grateful and encourages appreciation of something in life.
The Review offers a free Kansas City Star with every paid advance subscription. For one dollar, subscribers get both papers for one year plus the Star’s weekly 12 pages and farmer friendly content. Send in orders now and watch for a sample copy within the month.
W T Kirkman & Co advertises a grand carpet and rug sale with low prices on patterns and linoleums. Half wool ingrain at 38 and 44 cents per yard, all wool ingrain 48 and 54 cents, good mattings 13 to 22 cents, floor oil cloth 24 to 30 cents, linoleum 48 cents, Brussels and Velvet rugs priced from 1.79 to 13.98 dollars.
The 17 page Kansas City Star weekly plus four eight page local weeklies cost $1.00. Present subscribers may pay one year in advance to take advantage of the offer.
A fragmented notice lists multiple North Carolina towns including Aberdeen Asheboro Carthage and Biscoe with references to traffic management and agencies. The fragment suggests a roster of agents and a traffic manager position tied to Norfolk Southern or a regional transport office.
A powder mill blast brings the proprietor home to probe the cause. The foreman explains that an employee named Bill may have struck a match by mistake in the mixing room, triggering the deadly incident. The owner questions how such an act could occur.
The report shows NC life insurance in force at end of 1911 ordinary 140 856 365 industrial 24 449 528. New policies in 1912 ordinary 44 759 350 industrial 8 664 292. Premiums received 1912 ordinary 5 172 384 industrial 893 770. In force December 31 1912 ordinary 170 942 820 industrial 27 476 417. The page carries a Franklin quote about fortune and dinner.
Notice to subscribers announces price rise of The Review to 1.50 a year after January 1 1914 with a prepay option at 1.00 a year for those paying before the date. It urges readers to act quickly and highlights clubbing offers and the newspaper’s value. The notice also warns against extreme reactions and favors stable, committed readership.
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