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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1934
Page
4
The Woman's club launches a Give-A-Lunch drive to feed 400 hungry schoolchildren. Ten cents a day per child funds the effort with daily progress reported by The Enterprise as the community plans a four to six month nationwide effort.
A report canvassing High Point retail sales shows 1933 totals at 7.75 million, down more than 6 million from 1929. Compared with Raleigh and Salisbury, High Point lags in trade volume. Chamber official Frank J. Sizemore urges a cooperative buyer seller stance to keep business local and grow trade.
A terrapin on East Green Street last week fell to a speed painter as a speec artist claims the death in a brief local note.
The note muses that the ark story would differ if Noah faced fast running wheels and engraved terrapins. It reflects on relics and a humorous anachronism about ancient animals and modern speed.
Pedestrians without armor rely on quick wits and nimble feet to evade speeding dangers, yet they do not always succeed.
A reflective line ponders existence, suggesting humanity travels through eternity without a final arrival. The remark frames a philosophical mood about time, purpose, and the endless search for meaning.
The projection of a perfect postwar society through New Deal policies draws varied responses from citizens and analysts. Supporters praise expanded welfare and jobs programs while critics warn of government overreach and debt.
The column agrees with Bishop Mouzon on condemning the corner saloon but questions how far to criticize the President. It argues that violations should be handled by national authorities and liquor control rests with states and local communities, noting reform depends on public abstinence.
A columnist argues individual liberty leads to social sins and death. Citing Oliver Goldsmith and themes of love, betrayal, and propriety, the piece laments modern loosening of Puritan restraints and warns that suicides, divorce, and broken homes echo a deadly outcome.
The piece reflects on nature’s kindness despite storms, noting brisk streets, cheerful greetings, a singing mockingbird, and a garden blooming with morning-glory and cosmos. It links this pleasant season to a meditation on God’s unchanging goodness across ages and places.
A London fashion expert predicts brighter colors for men in the coming season while noting the challenge of avoiding overly loud ties and garters that masking style choices.
The article notes perfumes marketed to men expanding, while women’s scents remain linked to fashioned identifiers like skirts, signaling a shift in gendered fragrance marketing and societal cues.
The remark argues for cutting the dollar price further if another reduction is needed and suggests placing the lower value on bargain counters for consumer access. It frames the idea as a practical way to pass savings to shoppers.
A baby elephant was transported by air from New York to St Louis with no excess charge on its trunk. The unusual shipment drew attention to travel norms for large animals and passenger luggage policies.
A professional strong man lifted a heavy dumbbell to illustrate a tonic's power and fractured a rib. Advertisers now claim the incident shows the tonic was misrepresented or overhyped.
A reported new weapon hazard allegedly triggers an explosion or release upon a handshake. The claim targets politicians and public figures as a potential threat from a mysterious gas. Authorities offer cautions about verification and safety measures.
A remark notes that three quarters of Soviet medical students are women, asking what interest these women would have in being sick. The comment suggests gendered views on health care and women’s roles in Soviet society.
The steamship company owning the Morro Castle asks the government to limit its total liability to twenty thousand dollars and to keep the state from intervening in the business.
A long piece blends an inventor’s dream of dehydrated powdered water with literary reviews of The Golden Spike and other 1934 novels. It muses on modern life, compares past and present water quality, then critiques works by Dell Waugh Gerhardt Murphy and Thayer.
In 1898 a waterspout was reported offshore near New South Wales reaching an estimated height of 5105 feet. The sighting drew attention to extreme weather phenomena observed along the Australian coast.
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