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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1921
Page
5
A playful line notes Seth Tanner’s remark on luck and disguise as a modern girl navigates money troubles without losing style. The quip blends humor with fashion confidence, underscoring resilience and self expression.
A string of witty quips and rephrasings cover labor, rates, love, demobilization, and fashion. The observations mix humor with social commentary, noting unemployment, railroad robberies, and changing opinions while poking fun at trends and appearances.
A brief cultural item notes the proverb that time and tide wait for no woman, reflecting traditional views on gender and urgency with a period tone.
A satirical piece notes disarmament talk and a comet with 10 000 end of world predictions due June B1. The quip about a modern girl blushing and a man’s smile as the best luck charm adds humor to a brisk, wry column. The betting line warns that bad guesses are costly.
A short aphorism notes that a savings account increases with age, suggesting longer life yields greater growth. It frames savings as a patient, compounding process rather than a quick gain. The analogy emphasizes steady accumulation and time as a key factor.
A brief quip notes the recurring mischief of chickens escaping into the garden, capturing a light domestic moment with a touch of humor.
Two more Sims and Harvey join the list of suspects after thieves break into an Ohio jail and steal whisky. A new protest against whisky in bond follows as authorities investigate the incident.
The remark suggests an upcoming publication of profiteers sparks concern over a new paper shortage. It implies critics anticipate further scarcity as publishers prepare to reveal names and potential market effects.
The article notes Admiral Sims receiving LL.D. degrees in America and Europe and foreshadows future mock examinations by Denby. It mocks would-be wits raising trivial questions about the date of the Fourth of July.
A humorous reflection notes that many men who wake to fame might have slept longer were it not for their wives who call them awake. It blends wit about fame and domestic habits.
Nature and early residents of High Point enriched the community with venerable forest trees along most streets and in private yards. The piece celebrates trees as guardians and sources of beauty, recalling Shakespeare, poets and painters, and quoting President McKinley on their beauty.
President Harding and Secretary Hughes affirm equal access to natural resources worldwide. The Hughes note protests Dutch limits on American nationals in the Dutch East Indies oil fields, echoing a prior message to Britain about Mesopotamian oil. The administration urges reciprocal US access and criticizes foreign doors that close to American explorers.
Frances Barbara Hosfeld, a young woman industrial engineer, graduated from Pennsylvania State College and worked in forging, foundry, and steam engine tasks alongside male students. This year women receive degrees from all colleges except the School of Mines, reflecting a shift from earlier bans and outdated arguments against female education.
A western university banned student car use in 1921 to curb luxury that hindered study. The historian notes the shift from pride in self education to stricter campus discipline, contrasting joy rides with paddling canoes as less disruptive alternatives.
A glossy note claims the average American consumes 108 pounds of sugar and 130 pounds of salt annually, from American Sugar Refining. It links salt to ancient phrases like salary and worth, tracing origins to salt money used by Roman soldiers.
A brief note recalls William Penn as a source of timeless guidance on marriage. It cites his maxim never to marry for any reason but love and to ensure that love rests on perceiving what is lovely, reflecting on enduring relationship advice.
A Arizona professor argues love should unite people and claims safety in Mexico is comparable to that in any U S city. The piece questions whether conditions in Mexico justify fears about cross border relations.
The National Reform Bureau chief cautions that many girls grow confused about their conduct while auto riding as some cars generate rattling noises that disturb comfort and safety.
Lucy Jeanne Price surveys rising trends in crime philosophy and theater. Ah Foon, New York Chinatown's wealthiest figure, is robbed as a defense argues wealth sparked the act. Reading booths in hotel phone rooms and a Broadway theater sign provoke wit about modern life. W K Ziegfeld launches a bold film with The Black Panther starring Florence Reed and others. The Actors' Equity Association plans a Stratford style Theater Week in New York for next June with 1,900 artists, eight performances, and a Greek to Elizabethan drama cycle.
The Rev. William Forney Hovis, a Kansas City clergyman, notes that about one in seven marriages in the United States ends in failure, calling the statistic an appalling fact and urging reflection.
W. B. Stamps of Atlanta, manager of chain grocery stores, states that the modern housewife buys 90 percent of all groceries used in the home and her purchasing skill compares favorably with trained buyers of any business or organization.
Ohio State geology professor John A. Bownhocker warns that U S oil reserves could be exhausted in sixteen years if current production rates continue, signaling urgent need for policy review.
President John M. Thomas of Pennsylvania State College warns that the bulwark against radicalism rests with church and school working together, a joint foundation he says guides civic life.
The text lists counts of Philippine islands and areas with figures such as 7083 islands, 2441 named, 4642 unnamed, and a total land area of 114 400 square miles. Luzon is the largest at 40 814 square miles and Manila Bay is highlighted as a premier bay in the Far East. It notes a 11 444 mile coast line, comparisons to the United States, and climate data with mean temperatures in temperate and hot months.
In Heath Massachusetts a summer pageant of the Old Testament drama dramatizes David with local farmers as actors. Miss Flora White directs. The Bethlehem setting includes Saul, David, Jonathan, Michal and Abner in a wood amphitheater near Bethlehem. Proceeds aid starving children abroad.
Detroit Michigan June 18 Mrs Eliza Lewen on trial denied killing six year old Max Ernest in a real estate dispute with his father. She said she could not do it and pointed to Prosecutor Vorhies as the proof. Mrs Gowen wept repeatedly and was led from the courtroom during the testimony.
Dr. A. B. Meldrum of the Cleveland Presbyterian clergy criticizes jazz calling it profanity in music, arguing it degrades standards and parallels swearing in speech. The remark frames jazz as a threat to traditional musical virtue.
June 18 Washington Dr M C Whitaker of United States Industrial Alcohol warns before the house rules committee that if the Volstead supplementary bill passes or fails rivers of beer may flow. He cites royal autocracy and politics, while Palmer and Dunwoodie defend interpretations of beer as medicine and the law.
N B Petty manager of Arctic Tea and Cony company says ice will sell next week at 60 cents per 10 pounds, down from 80 cents. The reduction, effective Monday morning, is expected to interest all High Point residents.
After a vigil of several nights F. H. Metcalf treasurer of the Forr Alpaca Co and Leon Yoerg manager of the Carew Paper Co both of Holyoke seized William Schuetz at the Connecticut river bank cottage near Northampton. Schuetz entered by climbing a tree and was confronted with an electric torch and automatic pistol. He was arraigned and bound over to the grand jury in 6000 bail.
INDIANAPOLIS June 18 An attempt on Governor McCray's life was thwarted as state house attaches detained Tony Amas a Pole while the governor slipped from his office by a rear passage. Amas arrested after threatening with a knife members of the state industrial board following an altercation over a pending suit for injuries at Indiana Harbor.
J E Kirkman B S Cummings C C Muse Carter Dalton and W H Ragan attended a Greensboro democratic luncheon. High Point Independents beat Thomasville 3 to 1 for their fifth win. A real estate deal in Greensboro saw the Maxwell property sold for 17000 to Stanton Grayson and Sherrod. A body was found on the Southern railroad main line near White Oak school house with no ID.
The High Point team holds the same spot in the league table as it did today, reflecting consistent performance and unchanged ranking amid ongoing competition.
Newport News June 18. The first joint bombing experiments by U S army and navy air forces off the Atlantic coast begin June 21 and aim to determine the effects of modern explosives on German ships. More than 100 planes, including Martin bombers, will attack nine vessels from Ostfriesland to destroyers, with depth charges if needed.
Akron reports the rubber slump stems from misjudging automobile tire wear. Manufacturers assumed 6000 miles per tire, actual is about 9000. Result: 50 percent overestimate of raw material needs and tire output, with 90 percent excess supply. Insiders foresee a rebound as tires vie with steel rails for funds. A six wheel bus prototype tests on streets as a possible streetcar rival.
Dispatches from Kiev report a catastrophic famine with mass deaths in the besieged city. Secret nationalist groups are said to target Bolshevik leaders and magistrates, with several officials hanged or fatally shot. The Bolshevik press lists thirty commissaries reportedly killed.
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