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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1938
Page
8
Comets Through History and Halley's Notable Visits
The article explains public fear of comets in the past and how modern astronomy has revealed their nature. It highlights Halley’s Comet seen in 1910, its harmless passage, and the scheduled return in 1986. It notes about 1,000 recorded comet visits and ranges in comet head sizes from under 10,000 miles to about 1,000,000 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Etiquette Q&A on dining, speech and dress
Modern etiquette guidance covers who leads into a restaurant when no waiter is present and how a woman should dress for an afternoon call. It warns against slang like okay or all righty and emphasizes plain street dress for such visits.
Look and Learn trivia questions and answers
A magazine page quiz presents questions on space of one million dollars in bills and the Grand Canyon dimensions. It lists answers: 35 cubic feet. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. coup de grace meaning finishing stroke. 217 miles long, 4 to 18 miles across, about one mile deep. Kaiserblume cornflower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Bureau of Tees and Printing
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lessons in English and Celestial Chatter Compiled
A column presents English usage notes by W. L. Cordon with misused words and pronunciation tips. It then shifts to astronomy lore describing comets nuclei tails and meteors, noting measurements and mass comparisons, ending with a note about a leaflet on Famous Music Masters and a teaser about Vega.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Cronel Ray
Vega
Storks of Baghdad Build Nests on Mosque Domes
William Ferguson describes Baghdad storks placing nests on sloped mosque roofs. They hang the nests from the three balls atop domes and use glutinous saliva to affix the nests to glazed tiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Odd Word List Puzzle From Cranium Crackers
Cranium Crackers presents five word groups asking which item does not belong in each. Each set blends related and unrelated terms. the odd one out varies by meaning, form, or usage. The answer is promised on the Want Ad page.
How Can I Make Household Remedies
A reader column by Anne Ashley answers common home questions. It explains a paint remover recipe using sal soda and hot water, a pie crust improvement with egg yolk and water plus baking powder, and a method to brighten bone-handled cutlery using hydrogen peroxide on a cloth.
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Uncle Ray's
Venus
Roberta Lee
A. C. Gordon
W. L. Cordon
Charles
Gulf of Mexico
D&e
Harlem
Polo
Aki
Freckles
J. B. William
Avene
Tr. Williams
Bloss
Ces
Dudley Wangle
Goodby
Dktator Beny
Boots
Cecil
Mar
Willie
Buss
Merry Neo
Willie Waan
Mickey Finn
Lank
Leona
Phillie
Joe Palooka
North Africa
By William Ferguson
Anne Ashley
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