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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1935
Page
3
Jack Appleyard analyzes the furniture market noting a trend toward authentic design and quality even in lower price ranges. Southern manufacturers gain a cost edge, expanding access to refined pieces and boosting sales across the regional industry with plans for summer shows and increased exhibitor space.
Proprietors Pot Drug and Chemical Corporation in Kistaw and Maan issue notice about burns scalds and rough hands affecting workers. Details specify safety measures and worker welfare obligations.
The article notes growing emphasis on southern furniture production as a notable shift. It describes the trend as early and tentative, but promising, with manufacturers calculating the move as a prudent step toward broader industry expansion. It forecasts potential widespread impact if the leaning strengthens into a dominant development.
A report from a Tuesday night dinner with local Boy Scout district committeemen at the Sheraton hotel features Ray O Wyland of the Boy Scouts of America discussing the movement's reach. The piece notes Scout influence among high school leaders and military academy students, and adds light satire about local clergyman H Norwood Bowne and a closing riddle about a door.
A fragment recalls Henry Byrum reporting no assignment for the day while an orchestra plays in a dining hall mezzanine. The anecdote centers on William James in late life hiring a carpenter, a stepfatherly figure,whose diffidence contrasts with the scholar’s presence and friendly mood.
A reader asks if wedding notices should use parents names when distant, and if a woman on a train should talk to a man who gave up his seat. The author answers with guidance on courtesy.
J T Ryan secretary of the Southern Furniture Manufacturers association said the group will publish a directory classifying members by their products. Data are being compiled and the booklets are expected to go to press soon. Africa grows pecan nuts at Grootfontein in Southwest Africa and health surveys show Zuni Indians in poor condition. A remark from Mr James about differences leads to a carpenter joke. Nomination for America's most unforgotten man Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
A reader asks how to construct a simple water filter using a lamp chimney hole, cheesecloth, and absorbent cotton, with renewal guidance. Another query explains slicing bread lengthwise to shape sandwiches for less waste. A tip suggests refreshing black silk with cold tea and careful ironing on the wrong side.
Educational item presents a Q and A format with queries on anatomy, education, history, broadcasting, geography, and roads. Answers include veins return blood to the heart, arteries carry blood away, Columbia University as largest college, Paul Revere’s ride dated April 18 1776, world had about 1426 radio stations, U S had 5865, Pennsylvania leading state road mileage at 34 000 miles.
English guide by W L Gordon notes common mistakes in usage and pronunciation. Highlights include do I say it is agreeable with wishes and how to pronounce apocalypse with proper stress. Emphasizes improving vocabulary by mastering one word daily Endowments meaning talents gifts.
Chrysanthemums used in Chinese soup mark one delicacy in Chinese cooking. A statistic notes twin births occur in about one in 87 pregnancies, reflecting a confinement pattern in humanity.
An advertisement proclaims a new medicine for all ages that makes readers physically fit. Regularly $1.25, it is offered for 50 cents on Friday and Saturday only at Mann's Cut Rate Drug Store Nos. 1 and 2 in Thomasville North Carolina, with a coupon printed in the notice.
A promotional ad touts POW-O-LIN as a modern vegetable medicine that cleanses the system, aids kidneys and liver, reduces stomach troubles, gas, and back pain, and offers a Friday Saturday sale at fifty cents a bottle despite others paying 81.25. It targets both young and old, claiming rapid relief and no harsh side effects.
An advertisement touts POW OLIN as a new expensive medicine made from botanicals and promises a half price offer at Mann's Cut Rate Drug Store. The copy urges readers to cut out a coupon for a fifty cent bottle of POW LIN, claiming dramatic health benefits for stomach liver kidneys and bowels and guarantees the offer will not be repeated.
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