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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1916
Page
6
London reports the largest air raid yet met with heavy antiaircraft fire and two Zeppelins shot down while a third was destroyed. Casualties reach about 30 dead and 100 injured with $1,000,000 in property damage as crews dismantle engines and recover debris.
Chang Yao tseng Chinese minister of justice arrested over a vast opium smuggling ring. Investigators found about 7 000 pounds of opium in his baggage and that of associates. Seizure occurred in the International Settlement and warrants issued by the mixed court, forcing trial before a foreign tribunal.
John Whittaker, just home from a year in the French trenches, sustained a concussion of the brain during a local football game in Rochester New York recently.
A messenger delivered a box of cigars to Judge Jenkins who mistook it for a book package and sent it to Maine. The box was later returned from Maine.
Ten thousand film supers appeal to the American Federation of Labor over reduced wages and brutal working conditions. They describe grueling hours, heavy bumps, and stunts for pay rivaling that of stevedores, while public demand for sensational scenes rises.
Advert reads Cuticura Soap and Ointment for itching rash dandruff and sore hands with a free sample offer by mail. Also notes Bellevue Hospital experiments showing meat heating effect with 750 calories dextrose or 260 calories protein raising body heat by 12 percent over three to six hours confirming meat as a heating food.
Mother's Joy Salve for colds croup pneumonia and asthma. Goose Grease Liniment for neuralgia rheumatism and sprains. For sale by all druggists. Goose Grease Company manufacturers Greensboro North Carolina advertisement.
Lady curses and a burglar retorts about being raised in an incubator. An ad claims Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills endure and invites readers to request a sample from 372 Pearl Street, New York. A note adds Chicago has purchased six monkeys for infantile paralysis research.
A witty exchange from Puck frames Mr Stacks as claiming to slip through minor legal gaps. The joke hinges on a rich man navigating narrow loopholes with lawyers leading the way.
A former federal judge, still with an office in the federal building, wrapped a book for a Maine recipient but left it unaddressed. He placed the parcel in the court messenger’s room hoping the messenger named John would mail it.
Middletown New York farmer George Neill of Jeffersonville went out to shoot crows raiding his cornfield. As he raised the gun it discharged striking his foot and severing a toe, badly wounding the foot. He drove to a surgeon for treatment.
Uncle Eben muses that one is judged by the company they keep yet warns you must choose your company. He adds you are not measured by the people you merely encounter. The folksy quip emphasizes social circles and personal influence.
New Zealand reports an annual death rate under one percent. California’s Kern County holds 55 842 acres of proven oil lands. A German invention glazes pottery enamel without heat. Pennsylvania plans to plant black cherry trees in state reserves to feed birds. The average person on Earth likely uses over two pounds of provisions daily.
In New York Samuel Yacovitte tried calcium carbide in bath water to ease rheumatism a gas jet was lighted and a blast shattered every window in the house sending him to the hospital.
In a playful old style, a primary pupil named Jennie answers a math riddle about fabric. She notes her mother would have enough left to make a petticoat, showing practical humor and clever reasoning.
A humorous note contrasts male grooming with female vanity noting that a man with a fresh shave looks nearly new while a woman can achieve the same effect with curling irons and face powder.
Buffalo reader reports relief from monthly back and side pains using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The testimonial urges mothers and young women with painful or irregular menses to try the remedy and contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for confidential advice.
A Richmond Times Dispatch quote contrasts pride in ancestors with the fact that many people’s forebears have histories that brought them into trouble with the police. The exchange highlights how memory of past actions shapes identity.
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