Goodbye Stamp Act Brings Relief to Druggists
A concise note praises the repeal of the stamp act, calling it good news for druggists while signaling public fatigue with the old requirement.
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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1916
Page
4
A concise note praises the repeal of the stamp act, calling it good news for druggists while signaling public fatigue with the old requirement.
S C Clark secretary of the Industrial Department of the Commercial Club asks manufacturers to fill out blanks about their business. It is essential to present High Points position favorably to the outside world. Help the secretary and gentlemen to help the town you reside in.
Professor Claude A. Smith reports High Point school census shows 3645 children aged 6 to 21, with 2971 white and 664 Negro pupils. Ward totals include 671, 402, 686, 1212 white children and 577 more than last year. Property value estimated around 180.
The editor recalls a past job for Dr. D A Stanton, a Southern Railway surgeon, using a copy printed 26 years earlier when Albert Ellison led the Enterprise office. Farriss Publishing now handles it, and the piece brings back memories of youth and early days in the office.
The War Department shifts 15 000 National Guard members from the Mexican border to home mobilization camps. These guardsmen, well trained under regular army direction, may be needed at home to quell possible railroad strike disorders. The decision, linked to creating a robust two line defense, reflects rapid Army Reorganization Act gains and a timely response to the Mexican menace.
The list presents capes with associated scores or values: Good Hope with Sweet Sixteen, Flattery with Twenty, Lockout Twenty-Five, Fear Thirty, Farewell Forty.
The Great State Fair announces major improvements including remodelled agricultural building, increased railroad trackage, paved walkways, new sanitary facilities, and higher premiums. Attractions feature aerial acts, races, band concerts, and a marquee midway. The Better Babies Contest is run by the Woman's Club of Raleigh with entries via the department in Raleigh, N C. The fair runs October 16 to 21, 1916.
A long, satirical monologue recalls swindles in horse trading, a conjugal clash with a rolling pin, a violent editor confrontation, and a bribe-to-win scheme at a race. It references Solomon and warns of pride, weakness, and Nemesis as moral counterforces in small town life, attributed to Robert L. Taylor.
Mrs Bettie Bullock of Catron Kentucky writes of years of suffering from womanly troubles. After hardship, her husband gave her Cardus the tonic, she improved, could walk two miles and work. The Chattanooga Medicine Co. advertises Cardui with advice and a 64 page home remedy book.
Under a 1914 contract default, attorney in fact will sell Lot 97 in Rowland Park, High Point, NC to the highest cash bidder. The sale, at noon on October 14, 1916, occurs in front of Wachovia Bank & Trust Company building, Guilford County records describe Lot 97 per J N Ambler plot in Book 3, page 60. The Rowland Park Company, by W C Idol, attorney in fact.
Mortgage sale under a 1913 deed to J S Kinley transferred to J F Bain in 1915 seeks cash bid on Oct 2 1936 for Moon Plot Block E lots 18 and 17 with a six room dwelling. Also notices a civil suit against M L Davis Davis and Lewallen for a 208.56 account, with appearance required Oct 9 1916 in Greensboro Superior Court.
Executor J L Allen, named for W J Allen deceased in Guilford county North Carolina, informs creditors to present claims by September 7 1917 at High Point and all debts owed must be paid promptly. Dated August 25 1916.
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