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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1949

Page

5

FOLKS OF FAME GUESS THE NAME

A quiz page presents clues about a 19th to 20th century female novelist famous for My Antonia and other works. she was born December 7 1876 in Winchester Virginia and died in 1947.

Winchester My Antonia Femina Americaine Wolfe Island Ontario Canada

Superfluous defined in Latin origin

A concise note explains that superfluous means in excess of what is sufficient or necessary. It traces origin to Latin superfluus, highlighting surplus as the linked concept.

Obituary Note on Stage Actor with Notable Roles

A Central Press obituary recalls a stage actor who began in a village priest role in The Broken Seal and later achieved fame in works such as The Prisoner of Zenda and Monsieur Beaucaire. He died in 1926, with a career highlighted by The Queen's Necklace and Rupert of Hentzau.

New York Monsieur Beaucaire

Anniversaries Mark Miliza Korjus MacMillan Romains Trio

Miliza Korjus the singer and actress, Sir Ernest MacMillan conductor, and Jules Romains the French writer celebrate anniversaries on this date with tributes and notes on their contributions to arts and letters.

Miliza Korjus Ernest MacMillan Jules Romains

Fortunes rise in coming year says astrologer notes

A forecast states your fortunes likely revive in the next twelve months. It adds that a child born under the same influences will likely be industrious and persevering.

Governance during minority or absence and a racetrack term

The clues describe a regent appointed during a sovereign's minority or absence, the sport horse racing, the number two, the dormouse in Alice in Wonderland, and a shuttlecock game with racquets and a net. The string VOOM M PUL Fs JW VINK-E appears as a cipher or filler.

Your Workshop Inc Lets Amateurs Rent Woodworking Space

Seattle ex pilot Grover Tyler Has created Your Workshop Inc a fully equipped shop where non professionals can rent space and tools for 25 cents an hour plus small tool usage fees to build or repair household furniture. The system uses an honor timekeeping method with no formal classes and has yielded cabinets radio consoles and a 15 foot kitchen sink combo. Housewives frequent the shop and benefit from lower cost plans and access to lumber purchases if needed.

Seattle Wash INEA Hand &T Your Workshop, Inc Grover Tyler Tyler Powereis

Rodgers And Hammerstein Still Going Strong In Broadway

Composer-librettist team Rodgers and Hammerstein remain active pioneers in musical theatre. They describe a careful, integrated process for hit creation writing shows like Oklahoma Carousel and South Pacific. They work separately during planning then reunite for dialogue and lyrics shaping.

Rodgers and Hammerstein Cynthia Lowry New York Sam Goldwyn Richard Rodger Godwyn Hammerstein Rodgers Goldwyn Dick Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein South Pacific Mary Martin Wonder Rodgers and Hart Lorenz Hart Connecticut Kee Jupiter Jerome Kern Doylestown Fairfield Conn Dia Bali H'ai Bali H’ai

Venus CO2 discovery sparks debate on life proof

The Carnegie Institution of Washington reports finding carbon dioxide on Venus, a claim some interpret as evidence that life might exist there. The assertion notes atmospheric gas as a potential indicator, though conclusions about life remain contested.

Carnegie Institution of Washington Venus

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