Restatorium plans collide as Parker hotel tale continues
In chapter XII, Parker heirs tensions rise over the half ownership of a Connecticut home and a restless cast, including Sally, Kinks, and Greta and Clara Fenimore arrive at the Restatorium scene. Miss Fenimore seeks rest after six months of sleepless nerves, while the group debates selling the place and future marriages. The odd blend of characters and a dachshund punctuate the evolving plot.
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Raid Parker
Heroe
Ted
Connecticut
Sly Pennington
Riond
Sally
Miss Fenimore
Wolfgang
Mr. Markness
Mr. Harkness
Wolfgange
Reuter
Clipetack
Fenimore
Kinke
Kleptomaniac exploits at riverfront sanitarium scene
A quirky tale unfolds at a shabby retreat where Miss Fenimore seeks relaxation. Objects vanish and reappear as Mr Harkness’s pliers, Bull Griffin’s gun, and Sally confront a mounting kleptomania scandal amid eccentric residents.
Special Election on Bonds for High Point City Hospital
City of High Point announces a special election on September 27, 1938 to authorize issuance of up to 220000 in bonds for construction of a city hospital and related lands, furnishings, and tax levy. Polling places and appointed registrars and judges listed by precinct. Lois Welborn, City Clerk.
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City of
Point
Istrar
Lessons in English by W L Gordon
Lesson notes discuss common errors such as confusing learn with teach and mispronunciations like Fenwick. It defines evanescent as fleeting and includes a brief quotation from O W Holmes about memory and vocabulary growth.
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W. L. Gordon
Fenwick
O. W. Holmes
What is the highest mountain largest lake and longest river
Uncle Ray answers a reader on geography and race. Everest is the highest mountain, Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake, and the Caspian Sea if counted as a lake is the largest water body. The longest river is the Mississippi Misssouri combined. Lower California belongs to Mexico. Races of mankind are debated with several classifications and many named groups.
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Misa Violet
I. M. Hills
Lower
California
Mexico
Mount Everest
Himalaya Mountains
Entral Asia
Lake Superior
Victoria Nyanea
Africa
Superio
Mississippi-Missouri
Amazon
South America
Lower California
Wisconsia
Uncle Ray
Coupon Request For Maker Leafiet From The Enterprise
A reader asks for a copy of the maker leafiet sent to Uncle Ray at High Point New York care of The Enterprise. They request instructions to return a stamped envelope addressed to themselves with name street or RK F D State or Province.
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Uncle Ray
Enterprise
High Point
N. Y
Crop Prospects Excellent Across North Carolina Farms
Enterprise Bureau reports North Carolina farmers in Piedmont and mountain areas enjoy excellent prospects with abundant yields forecast for grains and fruit. United States Department of Agriculture statistician Frank Parker notes cash crops like cotton and tobacco are less favorable, while non cash areas show strongest production and better farm conditions. He cites barley as in good shape in Alleghany county with yields around 3500 pounds per acre and an average barley yield near 900 pounds per acre.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Carolina
Piedmont
Frank Parker
United States Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Parker
Mountain
Alleghany
Aera Ia
He A
St Louis to cut art museum tax and cap cat buy
In St Louis the city considers halving the art museum tax from 2 to 1 cent per $100, cutting annual revenue from about $220,000 to $110,600. City officials argue the move would fund general needs and curb spending on art acquisitions seen as wasteful while voters may face the ordinance.
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ST. Louis
Art Museum
B. C
Vrester
Bernard Dickmann
Look and Learn by A G Gordon quiz answers
Answers include: the king’s three gowns five times a day prayers for a Mohammedan five times. The country with the greatest natural gas wealth is the United States. The poem with ships that pass in the night is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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England
India
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
United States
McKenney on Bridge final hand hits swing over 1500 points
In the last of McKenney’s series on ewings bands the final hand yields a swing of over 1500 points across halves. South ruffs after a heart king and club ace sequence, with a five with a doubled contract at one table and a contrasting line at the other where the diamond and spade plays decide the outcome.
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McKenney
Ewing
King of Hearts
Weeat
South
Contract Problem Try to Make Six Odd in South
In a three no trump contract South faces West cashing two aces. If West delays, can South still make six odd? The problem presents a bridge play scenario with specific hand notation and asks for the optimal line to achieve six odd in South.
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West
Modern Etiquette Q&A With Roberta Lee
A column on proper social forms covers invitations for each male family member, brief sincere congratulatory notes for engagements, and the acceptance of women wearing hats in restaurants, outlining accepted etiquette norms.
How Can I By Anne Ashley Question and Answer
A reader asks how to drive away ante using quicklime and how to remove a burnt cake from a tin by branding the tin on a damp cloth. The third query advises against leaving cut flowers in a sick room overnight due to air consumption by the flowers.
Missing terms puzzle from Cranium Crackers page
The item presents four fill in the blank prompts. The monetary unit of Cuba is peso. Russia's Foreign Commissar Litvinov. Ernest Hemingway's first book was In Our Time. An antonym is a word meaning the opposite of another word.
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Cuba
Russia
Litvinoff
Ernest Hemingway
State patrol maintenance cost across U S reaches 24 million
The annual expenditure to maintain state highway patrols nationwide totaled 24 million dollars in the last fiscal year. The figure covers patrol services, equipment, and staffing across all states.
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United States
Buds Of Promise Meeting At Hay Street Home
The Buds of Promise of J Stephen's A M E Zion church gathered Tuesday evening at the Phifer home 205 Hay street. Twenty one members and supervisor Mrs J F Dunn shared refreshments. The Mt Vernon Baptist ladies class plans a tea Sunday afternoon at 725 East Washington street hosted by Mrs Arline Lemons with Mrs F R Mason as guest speaker.
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Buds of Promise
J. Stephen's
A. M. EB. Zion
Phifer
Hay Street
J. F. Dunn
Mt. Vernon
Lawn Party At St Stephen's A M E Zion Church
The Young Women's Missionary Society of St Stephen's A M E Zion Church sponsors a lawn party at Miss Fannie Baldwin's home 1408 Olga Street on Saturday evening at O'clock.
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Young Women's Missionary Society of
Age 14 Drive Cars Allowed in Several States
In Florida Idaho Louisiana Michigan New Mexico Oklahoma and South Carolina only boys and girls aged fourteen may legally drive motor cars under state law.
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Florida
Idaho
Louisiana
Michigan
New Mexico
Oklahoma
South Carolina
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Edwin Rutt
Spencer Ames
Winatock
Kenworthy
Wilton Ames
Wilton
Pinks
Joe
Mr. Waldorf
Greta Garbo
Pennington-Parker Restatorium
Ang & Dehshund
NEA Fervice, Inc
Locomotive
Bull Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Kinks
Bull
Mra. Clipstack
Kinka
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High Point, N.C
Aleveraaie Seneo
Oak Hill School
EB. Green &T
EB. Green St
Eee Bo
Elm St
Pr. High School
Ardmore Circle
W. Lexington Ave
N. Wrenn &T
Woodrow Ave
Johnson &J
Iiderton Motor Co
Willowbrook 8&T
W. P. Moffitt
J. W. Hedrick
Carl Ellison
J. O. Gold
O. M. Andrews
G. Roy Shiplett
Frank Armfield, Jr
Elwood Cox
Rodney Snow
J. R. Moss
H. B. Ellington
B. Moses
Murphy
T. Bule
D. H. Hall
B. W. Hackney
van Wheller
Ken Price
H. H. Kennedy
Clyde Cox Frank Sechrest
Hah, Jarrell
Leona M. Kilburn
C. A. Kirkman
A. C. Auman
Frances Marshall
H. C. Clement
Ted Priest
Dolly Brown
Nantley
T. M. Bell N. H. Carithers
Ewanson
Cecil Allied
Dorothy Hoskins
F. Ferree
Clyde Rush
Geo
Pratt Grover Kerr
L. L. Greenway
Luna Wood Geo
Pike
Order of the Council of the City of
Heipal Board of Elections
Lois Welborn
Dodge Auto
Leurine McDonald Dodge
Daniel Dodge
Georgian Bay
Young Dodge
Little Current
Ontario
Ray
RK. F. D
George Clark
Gordon
Tammany Chief
Thomas F. Dewey
Manhattan
New York
Supreme Court
Tammany
James 4. Hines
Setalts
James J. Hines
Ferdinand Pecora
Hines
William E. McKenney
American Contract Bridge League
Roberta Lee
Anne Ashley
Madam Ardelle
Ain St
City Limits
Western Union
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