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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1930
Page
8
Detective Dundee probes a poison perfume deed in the Berkeley mansion. Heavy wood alcohol traces in perfumed earth point to Gigi Berkeley as a potential target. Wickett admits sourcing alcohol for lighters as Dundee works in privacy to build the case.
In the Hamilton mansion, Detective Dundee questions maids Peggy and Della about perfume odors near drains linked to Doris Matthews murder. He also questions George Berkeley about last Friday night and a planned beauty shop venture funded by Berkeley. Wickett reports fountain contents and awaits further results in the tower room.
Medical for the ankle and a quiz style list of clues with various definitions. Includes questions about a port of call to a president and a set of vocabulary hints across numbers and activities.
A detective contends with suspect figures about wood alcohol in Berkeleys' fountains and notes a dwindling supply in Mrs. Berkeley's vessel. He then locks the tower room and addresses his parrot, hinting at a prolonged inquiry. The scene ends with a cliffhanger.
A list identifies errors in a conversation and publication. It notes fixes for grammar usage could have corrected spelling of bulletin Portugal as a republic with a president and a scrambled word HEALTHFUL.
War Department approves river and harbor allocations for North and South Carolina. Cape Fear River at Wilmington receives dredging to restore a 30 foot channel at the entrance bar and 26 feet to Wilmington costing $40,000. Cooper River South Carolina funded for dredging and contract payment totaling $22,100.
A UNC study based on the 1920 census finds New Hanover County has the smallest share and number of native white illiterates aged 10 and over, at 2.9 percent with 85 individuals. Wilkes leads with 3,601 illiterates, 17.1 percent, while state totals reach 104,673.
Readable portion shows a list of counties with Yancey noted beside it and counties following in descending order: Wilkes Graham Surry Wilson Stokes Burke Swain Caldwell and Scotland.
The Shale Brick Plant of the Cumberland Brick Co. between Thomasville and Denton in a rural area near Lexington has resumed operation after four months of closure due to brick surplus. The surplus was sold, and production restarted.
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