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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1918
Page
4
The column urges subscribers to remit before the next issue, notes cash in advance rules, and comments on World War I fronts with Bulgaria, the Allies, and calls to unite Democrats and Republicans against the Hun. It mentions influenza, pneumonia serum, Central Carolina fair, upcoming cold weather, and a brief note on gasoline law violations with a colorful final line.
War Industries Board urges reuse of slates over paper to conserve materials for explosives and gases. Children and stores should stop scribbling, bring back slates in schools, and reduce paper waste to save sulphur chlorine caustic soda and pulp for the war effort.
The passage discusses early long English pangrams claiming the 48 letter sentence includes all letters, then notes a 33 letter version “A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dot” and a 32 letter variant “Pack with my box five dozen liquor jags Salt Seller” attributed to J Gray Pack.
wartime handout lists unit sizes from corps to platoon. It gives army corps at 185000 men, infantry divisions 27152, brigades 8442, infantry regiments 3755, battalions 1026, companies 256, platoons 60, corporal squads 8, field batteries 195, firing squads 20, machine gun battalions 768, engineers regiments 1666, ambulance companies 91, field hospitals 55, medical detachments 56. It notes a major general heads the field army and each army corps, while a brigadier general heads each infantry brigade.
A fragmentary note argues North Carolina is the Paradise where Adam and Eve lived and died. It cites Fielding Fry reading a Wadesboro tombstone claiming the mortal remains of Adam and Eve lie there, preserved in a cemetery inscription.
In a third Liberty loan appeal, citizens are urged to support the war effort at home as millions of American boys fight overseas. The drive begins Saturday and invites all to subscribe now at banks, saving time for canvassers and aiding Uncle Sam.
President Woodrow Wilson denounces mob violence as a threat to democracy and the rule of law. He pleads for governors and citizens to act decisively to end lynching, stressing loyalty to law, American ideals, and wartime sacrifice.
The High Point work or fight committee of the council of defense urges Elks Commercial and Moose Clubs to close pool rooms and bowling alleys until 4 pm on workdays, opens 12:30 pm on Saturdays, and to place male domestic workers in full eight hour jobs. They warn federal state and city laws may be enforced if not followed, effective October 1 for the war duration. Signed by O. A. Kirkman, W. T. Parker, and John Haysworth.
A High Point man endorses Dean's Kidney Pills after relief from back pain headaches and kidney and bladder issues. The ad claims he was cured and cites a 60 cent price, directing readers to purchase from dealers. Also includes ownership statement for The Review dated Oct 1 1918 and a court sale notice in Guilford County North Carolina.
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