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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1938
Page
8
Five small land connected lakes formed by strip mining were stocked with game fish by miners and a state hatchery. Fishing is allowed weekly with mine office permits. Miners claim the fish help grocery costs and joke about two asteroids in space.
A long horizontal and vertical clue set presents a themed crossword including terms for royalty kin betrothed rulers melodies fences and wings paired with common nouns like road plant turf and island. Several entries imply language crossovers and classical instrument references across eras.
In 1801 Piazzi observed a small shining object while surveying Taurus with a telescope. It proved to be the first asteroid or planetoid, named for the goddess Ceres. Since then hundreds more have been found, with several thousand believed in existence. Asteroids orbit the sun mainly between Mars and Jupiter and vary greatly in size. Ceres measures about 485 miles across, while others range from a few miles to tens of miles. The famous Eros asteroid pair includes one about 146 million miles from Earth in January 1931.
The text asks which animal ranks beside the dog as mankind’s first domesticated, names the American poet known as the children’s poet, states an average adult skeleton weighs about thirty pounds, explains ten inches of snow equals one inch of water, and identifies Athens as the oldest European city founded around 1500.
Aster Sergeant John Dolan, who earned service in the Mexican expedition against Villa and in the Spanish American War the Philippine Insurrection and the World War, retires from the U S Army after 30 years in the air corps.
Five statements test general knowledge. Jadwiga Jedrzejowska is not Yugoslavia's prime minister. A creck is not a golf club. Fencing is an Olympic sport. Jean Piccard is not a professional golfer. The note mentions Gemuetlichkelt in a skiing maneuver with an answer on the Want Ad page.
The ironing board cover can be smoothed and tightened by wetting the cloth before tacking it to the board. This prevents wrinkling as it dries.
A column offering etiquette guidance. It answers three questions: closing social letters with Respectfully yours is inappropriate for equal-status correspondents. use Sincerely yours. salt should be taken with the salt spoon and placed on the plate. tipping a Pullman porter merits at least twenty five cents per day for day or overnight travel.
Charles Valentine Riley born in London came to America at seventeen with a stout heart and keen insect knowledge. He became a pioneer government entomologist and led efforts against pests and misguided laws.
A compact English lesson item by W L Cordon presents daily vocabulary growth. Today’s word Obtrude is defined as to thrust oneself upon attention with an example about the vulgar rich imposing pretensions on the public.
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