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Newspaper
The Review
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
7
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safer alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. It claims quick digestion of sluggish liver, improved bowels, and morning refreshment with a money back guarantee if not effective. Children are advised to use it as a pleasant tasting remedy.
A collection of brief observations on avoiding wasteful friction in shopping and daily tasks. It notes wasted time when negotiating prices, delaying decisions, and social distractions. The piece includes a humorous ad line and a quip about earthquake damage from poor construction.
The Anglo French Financial Commission plans to borrow one billion dollars in United States on British and French government bonds without collateral. Funds would be used to pay for wheat cotton meat and other shipments in the United States and may be treated as a commercial loan. Lord Reading said the commission is studying exchange conditions and no formal statement was made.
In Brownsville Texas United States troops repelled a planned assault by 30 Mexicans on Troop A Twelfth Cavalry. Two American troopers were killed two wounded and two Mexicans were seen to fall. The camp lay in ebony groves near a ranch corral. The fight lasted about 30 minutes before the attackers withdrew. Major Anderson noted many Mexicans likely lived across the line. London reported Germany refused responsibility for sinking the Norwegian Svein Jari due to neutrality markings. Justice Lamar’s condition slightly improved while remaining in his room at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia.
Allied forces report a costly offensive finally gaining a foothold on the Rovno Petrograd Railway between Vilna and Dvinsk. Austro German troops sought control of the line since the fall of Polish fortresses, advancing on Dvinsk and toward Vilna from three directions.
The Fabre Line steamship Sant Anna, burning at sea, is safe and escorted to the Azores by the Ancona. A wireless message from Captain says the fire in the hold is out and the ship is proceeding to Azores. The vessel had left New York for Marseilles.
A recap of early September 1914 fighting across Europe with German repulses at Nancy Luneville and Amiens, Russian gains near Lemberg, battles at Aisne Verdun and Soissons, and Allied counter moves. British and Japanese actions noted. Allied offensives around Reims Craocow. naval incidents include Hela sunk and Antwerp bombing. President Wilson target of appeals from women and Friends.
A cartoonish exchange features a man asked why a cord is tied on his finger. The wife forgot to hand him the letter. Ruth, ill, is prescribed castor oil and quips that it is her favorite date. A daily thought by Leopardi ends with tempered optimism.
An ad from the Louisville Courier Journal promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic with Quinine and Iron to drive out malaria and boost the system, priced at 50 cents. The copy cites a printed formula and includes a humorous aside about trimming a hat with removed ribbon and plumes.
The passage combines old advertisements for Hanford's Balsam claiming germ killing wound cleansing and quick healing with a humorous school prize anecdote about Peter and a jab at a supposed horrible mention. It also includes a quip about back pain relief and a political punch line.
A humorous exchange features a passenger noting a sling and a broken arm, the other replying it happened while patting himself on the back. The gag closes with a quip about minding one’s own business. An ad promotes Hanford’s Balsam as better than plaster for injuries.
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