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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1940
Page
21
Keith and Jack, spurred by strange lights and eerie laughter from Ghost Swamp across the road, sneak toward the Duncan farm and spot a man leaving with a spade a canvas roll and a white cross. They plan to follow, despite warnings.
Colorful butterflies will decorate homes and add cheer on early spring days. A clothespin serves as the body while wings cut from fruit crate wood are placed between the prongs and fastened with small brads.
Feelers are two lengths of pipe cleaner glued into head holes. Bodies and wings are painted bright. Attach to stakes for plant ties or use as curtain tiebacks and party decorations. Crepe paper wings can be added, clothespins used as bodies, and pins gilded for color.
Horace Mitchell offers summer pet ideas for country or beach getaways and a flipball game blending baseball with tiddlywinks. Tips include using bantams goats or lambs as affordable pets with return options and profits, plus instructions for a home built diamond and scoring system.
In this puzzle page three instrument names are hidden in a picture puzzle. A sentence with three homophones clues includes a musical term. readers must guess the trio. A word chain shifts CLEF to FLAT in four moves and NOTE to TUNE in three. The theme links music, chords, and a discord as a diamond metaphor.
A wordplay puzzle hints at a phrase where the second word means vigor the third means to be held securely the fifth describes a cat’s action and the sixth is the plural of a medical man’s abbreviation. The clue unfolds across six terms forming a concealed message.
Kay's Corner offers simple kitchen reminder crafts. Create a hanging bread board with a magic slate pad, add pictures of foods, and varnish for a lasting memo. Also suggests an enamelled wood board with divided panels for labeling foods and a colorful rolling pin for storage hooks.
A Glen Raven North Carolina reader Maggie Lee Cooke shares a unique candy recipe. The prize list notes one dollar for submission. The method uses a Trish potato sugar and peanut butter rolled into a crust then sliced into one inch pieces and chilled to serve.
Spencer J. Titus of Pickney Michigan wins the autographed picture of the old professor and the book of Magic after sending in a magic trick description. The trick features a dime wrapped in a handkerchief, disappearing and reappearing in a glass tumbler.
A magician explains a coin in a handkerchief routine. The dime is sewn into the corner and concealed under a hat rule. The performer palm drops the coin into a glass beneath the table and claims penetration, then reveals the coin is no longer visible in the handkerchief.
A teacher and student joke about tense as the student corrects the phrase IT have went. The student answers that the sentence is wrong because you ain’t went yet.
A humorous dialogue notes one man waking at night convinced his watch vanished but later discovers it was merely running. The exchange plays on a clock pun with the other person prompting the reveal.
W Dean Alseth of Lake Preston 15 years old outlines his profitable project growing and selling frost proof cabbage from 1000 plants imported from Georgia. He nets 18 83 after costs and dates his harvest from July 8 to August 15. He also notes two hives bought at 198 each yielding honey worth 5 58, enough to cover the bee purchase. He invites readers to mail their schemes to the Money Makers Editor for a potential $1 award.
Lindsey Crawford of Washington DC sent a list of nut riddles asking five questions. The clues hint at a playful nut theme with puns and wordplay about cream sea shore and a girl’s name. The item reads as a light reader interaction asking readers to answer.
A reflective editorial urges readers to respect nonconformity. It argues that youths who diverge from social norms may possess exceptional ability and should not be mocked. The piece cautions against judging others for originality and urges discretion.
The note lists nut riddles with answers Butternut Hickory nut Beech nut Hazel nut Acorn and invites readers to send more riddles to the Riddle Man with contributor names to be published.
A short travel quiz asks where the Great Pyramid lies the full name of the man drawn vehicle used in the Orient the location of Angkor the leaning tower in Italy the country Liberia belongs to the kangaroo homeland the seas connected by the Suez Canal and the meaning of Pnom Penh.
A humorous exchange about a stall resident who eats oats and looks both ways. Dr A Skew reveals the punchline a blind horse. The brief pun relies on wordplay and an unexpected reversal.
The list provides concise locations and names: 1. At Gizeh in Egypt. 2. Jinrikisha. 3. Cambodia in French Indo-China. 4. The Leaning Tower of Pisa. 6. On the west coast of Africa. 6. Australia. 7. The Mediterranean and Red seas. 8. The capital of Cambodia.
A compact crossword clue list with across and down entries including Trained Exclamation Possessive pronoun Behold A bath Preposition Anger Not on Broader Before Organ of hearing Mother Fancy You As and Down clues such as Guardian of the law An exclamation A fish A demon Boy's nickname Unlike Either A country in Asia Belonging to A female sheep Crude metal The sun god Prepositio reposition Moisture Elder Abbr Personal pronoun.
A brief exchange shows a father sternly asking about his son’s whereabouts and the boy replying he has been fishing. The father proposes a whaling expedition in the woods, hinting at a playful or ironic fishing misadventure.
A readable fragment lists puzzle answers including flowers pansy rose violet carnation and birds sparrow woodpecker robin nightingale, plus word ladders and a note Crossword Puzzle Solution.
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