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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1941
Page
12
In Arkansas City Kansas a man told car hop Michael Means he owed him for a year and handed him two pennies before driving away. In Janesville Wisconsin Ruth Sister found her duck dead in a tub of water, disproving the adage that water runs off the back of all ducks.
The advertisement promotes Wilson & Co celebrating its 25th anniversary with an easy feast. It outlines Fresh Fruit Salad MOR and Spaghetti with Alice New York Ice Cream Beverage, serving two, and a 25 minute bake at 330 F.
A scrambled list of crossword style clues including skills, res[pite], anger, scolds, make over, copies, suffix, lighted, symbol for calcium, grade, avid, hobo slang, eye part, victory, explosive bulk, employer, state abbr, Italian city, conducted, data, brother of Cain, info, weigh heavs, nickel symbol, nights abbr, girl name, ore vein, openings, left side abbr, actress, European native, impresses, bundle, consumed, nation, sarcasm, iris related, age, quiver, dog, chorus gift, letter, give false praise, onager, vertical clues across abutting terms and their definitions for a puzzle solution.
Screwy News from Charlotte reports a rash of odd incidents across North Carolina. Prohibition officers nab moonshine from a car in Columbus after a bump opened the door. Plymouth chase ends with a crash but jars survive. A Cheraw robber steals cash and the docket, leaving a convict unaccounted for in Winston-Salem. A Gastonia crowd riffs on melons and a man carries two watermelons on a crosscut saw. A Carolina farmer spots a trailer fire near Fair Bluff after a cigarette starts the blaze.
Grasshoppers breathe through openings on the sides of their abdomens and cannot be drowned by holding their heads under water.
A fragment from a column prompts reader questions about a hut-sut song and other numbers blaring from juke boxes. It asks for the rawson and rillerah terms, the prayer answer with an echoing sigh, the Treasury Department theme question, and what the singer wants from Daddy, noting the answers appear on the Want Ad Page.
Anne Ashley Q asks for methods to avoid misshaping after washing. The answer suggests a sunlit mosquito net hammock laid flat to hold the sweater and prevent doubling, ensuring an even dry.
William F Cody known as Buffalo Bill. Persia was Iran’s former name. Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red Sox has won the MVP award the most times. Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland.
Local listings show Oak Hill Grocery Corner at English and Burton with phone 3e43, Phillips Food Store at 302 South Main Street with phone 3230, and Salem Food Center in Thomasville, North Carolina with phone 2p.
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