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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1937
Page
8
The page provides a large thematic crossword with Across and Down clues. Entries reference musical terms, geographic hints, anatomy, and misc descriptive words, linking to common crossword answer patterns and classic puzzle language.
In southern Chile the wreck of the British ship Wager during a fierce storm drives 140 men ashore on an island near a bay beneath Mount Misery. They lash a cutter into a shelter, scavenge biscuits, seagulls, limpets, and shellfish, and welcome three Indian canoes bringing aid.
A reader asks how a divorced woman should distinguish herself from an ex husband and the answer is to prefix her maiden name to his surname. The column advises sending congratulations promptly on a birth announcement and states that corn on the cob is never served at a formal dinner.
Guilford County real estate transfers list numerous lot transfers in High Point Jamestown Morehead and Gilmer townships. Names include Marvin Wade G Garrett F Ray Henderson Mrs Owen Dorsett Lexington Grocery Alice McRae Caldwell N L Garner and others with prices noted often as 1 or 10 dollars, some larger sums.
The text discusses common usage and pronunciation errors in English from Gordon and lists often misspelled phrases. It highlights the word impetuosity defined as a violent state or quality and urges daily vocabulary growth with a quote about delaying rash passions.
A reader asks how to remove spots from blue serge. Advice suggests rubbing with cloth wrung from coffee, then resting a day and ironing on the wrong side with medium warm heat. Additional tip: place a slice of bread in pea soup to prevent sinking and burning, and notes that varnish should never be mixed or thinned.
Question and answer style content defines terms from a lesson. It asks what a sharecropper is how many RCMP members who the Roman goddess of fire is and what the ape symbol represents. It also notes Canberra as the capital.
Alfred J. Coty, head of a New Britain roofing concern, plans to close his business on August 13 and hide at the seaside to escape the Friday the 13th curse. In past years he has faced minor auto accidents on the date.
Oklahoma City man Oak Disney told Judge Frank P. Douglass he fell in a lake and took a couple of sips to ward off a chill. The judge allowed that but said more drinks to combat pneumonia were not OK. Disney was fined $5 and ordered to be found in the “Funmaker” buffet.
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