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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1937
Page
8
A dated puzzle grid lists numerous across and down clues from a gravity themed word game. It references terms from science and daily life, including hints like gravity law discoverers and common nouns, with a final note reading South Carolina.
In 1780 a hurricane battered the British warship Phoenix under Capt Hyde Parker off Jamaica. The ship took on water, pumps ran, the mainmast broke, and the vessel ran aground near shore. Lieutenant Archer aided efforts as sailors swam to safety with a shore rope.
A fragmentary article notes earthworm activity and a church matter in Sault Ste Marie. It comments that lunar mountains appear tall from high lunar plains, comparing elevations and geographic context with Earth.
A compact note on English usage today highlighting common misuses and spellings. It introduces the word CALUMNY with a quotation about avoiding calumnies, attributed to Montesquieu. The piece reinforces daily vocabulary growth and includes tips on pronunciation and spelling for ochre and Illinois.
How can I prevent moths in the piano and keep garments fresh. Gum camphor placed inside the piano protects it from moths but must not touch strings. Soaked cold water with borax treats soiled clothes. cabbage is freshened by 30 minutes in salted water and refrigerated.
A reader asks if a divorced woman should keep her former husband’s full name and is advised against it except for business. It notes that when couples print names on cards the wife’s name appears first and defines a garden party as an outdoor afternoon tea.
A Q and A feature reveals answers: heavier metal platinum. Invention basis for cotton states wealth credited to BM Whitney and the cotton gin. Independence Hall located in Philadelphia. About 45,000 amateur radio stations exist in the U S. Myocardium is the muscular wall of the heart.
Mrs. Alice Regan, left a widow with three children, was told by a Gypsy fortune teller that she could restore happiness. The woman removed $500 from a bank and hid it in a stocking as instructed, but ten days later found only brown wrapping paper.
In Scottsbluff Nebraska H D Heintz tries to corral a hog using hot water and butcher tools after buying the porker from his truck. The incident sits alongside a fragmentary adventure note about ships wrecks and rescues and an appeal for stamp collecting leaflets.
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