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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1937
Page
10
An old dictionary style puzzle lists clues for across and down entries. The grid includes terms for anatomy, geography, verbs, numerals, and common nouns, suggesting a word wheel or crossword challenge with many double meaning hints and a few garbled letters.
Uncle Rays Corner describes thousands of icebergs drifting along the Labrador coast from Greenland valley glaciers with giants taller than ships and many beneath water. It notes dangers to ships, exotic bay names, and Eskimo dog sled travel using komatiks with commands for starting stopping and turning.
A column on social manners answers questions about gifts, lateness, and addressing invitations. It states men should not give apparel except to close relatives, a hostess should wait fifteen minutes for late guests, and invitations should be sent separately to each adult in a family rather than “and Family.”
A reader asks how to bore wood without an augur. Answers suggest heating iron rod to red heat to substitute for the augur. Another query covers gummy oil in a sewing machine. Alcohol in an oil can flavored to dissolve gummy oil. A lemon question proposes incising the lemon end to squeeze only the needed juice.
The page presents a Q and A on national wealth Mulberry silkworm food Phidias and a sphygmometer. It adds a dog whip description used by drivers and a travel section snippet noting distances in snowy conditions and a request for a stamps leaflet from UNCLE RAY in Alaska.
Scientists restore fossil skeletons not by guesswork but through anatomy. Earlier skulls of the animal yielded only minor changes from the original specimen, showing careful reconstruction based on anatomical structure.
Word study notes on common misuses and pronunciations. Advice covers phrasing like not so skillful as, radiate pronunciation, and fiancé versus fiancée. Promotes daily vocabulary with a sample word FELICITY and a quote about happiness.
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