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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
6
Seth Tanner critiques repeated claims that tobacco is a disinfectant remarking that belief persists despite lack of truth. The comment notes the social spread of a common but false notion about terbaccer and its supposed cleansing benefits.
An English writer notes postwar restoration in French and Belgian provinces, with war trenches fading but history remaining as a warning. The piece urges healing through peace, archaeology, and study to prevent future conflicts, while warning that persistent calls for government spending fuel higher taxes.
Announcement by Mrs. Katherine Clemmons Gould of the Woman's International Chamber of Commerce says a world congress of women leaders in commerce finance agriculture industry education and government will occur within a year in Washington Geneva or The Hague. The event aims to advance international understanding and world peace through annual conferences of leading women.
A collage of light notes and local happenings mentions a concrete road to Winston, more women taking archery, photo nerves, sugar prices, pride in the Pointers, and political chatter about the Yap question. Admiral Sims is cited in a global context, Rockefeller nickels, flood fears, and a government TNT distribution plan for farmers. A local song and remarks on Greensboro’s furniture expo finish the column.
Designers say skirts will be half an inch longer next fall though actual measurement is unlikely to verify the change.
A lighthearted note recalls men’s ire over rising dress prices for wives and their tolerance for spending on Havanna cigars as the protest turns humorous.
A Cleveland minister threatens to confront Sunday golfers to warn them about their error. Golfers welcome guidance on their play as scientists promise sky fireworks on July 4 from Winnecke's comet sweeping the skies with its tail in a rattling celebration.
The piece argues Pueblo must rebuild with safeguards to avoid a repeat catastrophe. It cites Chicago after the great fire, Johnstown after floods, San Francisco after earthquake and fire, and Galveston’s sea wall as examples of resilience through preventive planning.
A short essay warns that extravagance is a relentless habit shaping behavior and finance. It discusses how habits govern choices and the challenge of breaking costly patterns in daily life.
In New York on June 16, Greenwich Village residents defend their artistic credibility against charges of being merely near artists. They cite notable writers and playwrights who have lived and worked there, challenging upper Island critics to name the real artists connected to the neighborhood.
Young Theodore Roosevelt and Douglas Robinson plan a free wall display for Art Students League members unable to pay private exhibition fees. The invitation has been accepted.
Rockaway Point runs on an efficient plan with gains in space economy. The chief butcher shop doubles as a cabaret after hours, where lamb chops and sirloins are sold by day and live music begins once orders are filled. The sawdust on the shop floor serves another purpose in this bustling setup.
The High Point Mothers' Club states in a signed note to the city council that Miss Clara Cox acted only as the club representative in presenting a petition about the Orpheum theatre and was not the petition's instigator. Mrs Edgar Whitener, secretary, dated June 16.
Dr. Herman Adler of the Cleveland Foundation reports the justice survey findings that convicts, repeat offenders, and those with engaging personalities exhibit varied intelligence levels. He cites tests from 1,700,000 U.S. draftees and 1,000 Illinois penitentiary inmates, noting ten million Americans may be feeble minded.
The Bel gian Congo fields yielded two hundred thousand carats of raw diamonds in 1919. John Stuart Mill, the philosopher, could read Latin and Greek by age eight.
Ivory taken from the tusks of female elephants is described as the most valuable form of ivory, highlighting its high worth and desirability in trade.
One and five years ago in High Point reports mark the death of Joseph F. Blair at 76 and note W. J. Stamey and George T. Wood returning from a Knights of Pythians lodge in Waynesville. Also listed are local Rotary luncheon attendees and scholarship contest winners from Boyd's Conservatory with Alice Freeze and others. Laurence Munsey Ingram earns a pharmacy degree at State University. J. T. Mendenhall, noted farmer, dies at his High Point home.
Mrs. E. S. Wall Mrs. L. C. Petrie and Mrs. Ada H. Hallstrom attended the eleventh session of the Order of Eastern Star in Asheville.
The Merchants' Association selected delegates for the state association meeting in Winston-Salem. President W. Beavans, secretary Walter Royal, and E. N. Allen will represent the group.
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