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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1938
Page
3
Nellie Bly sails from Yokohama aboard the Oceanic bound for San Francisco. Crowds cheer her voyage and sailors pledge to win or die for Nellie Bly as rough seas test the trip.
A local tire advertisement touts safety and long mileage with Goodrich Silvertown tires. It invites customers to visit for a set emphasizing value and no price premium for high quality tires.
News recounts Nellie Bly’s 68 day voyage of over 21 000 miles aboard the Oceanic ending in San Francisco with a long journey still ahead. The scrap shows a crowd’s greeting contrasts with today’s larger welcome crowds and hints at plans for tomorrow’s homecoming.
William Eb McKenney discusses using eight trumps as a barrier to stop opponent aces and kings in bridge. The article recounts Edwin Goldsmith, Chicago bridge leader, facing a ruff threat and choosing a heart discard to preserve control. He later ruffs, cashes hearts, and ends with a successful trump finish.
East's optimistic five hearts contract can be defeated if North overtakes the club jack and cashes a club with exact timing. If North fails, East still makes the contract. The hand contains AK65 Q1043 and Q53 Q54 with AKOB6 and dealer showing 31098 and 365 109876 Q7 AKOa KJ 10742.
An orchard farmer sells Spitzenburg apples for 25, buys back at 20, then sells again at 35. Net gain equals 60 dollars from the round trip trading.
The Southern quarterly meeting of Friends will convene at Marlboro Church in Randolph County on Saturday and Sunday with 11 o clock sessions on both days. Rev. Edward Harries and Rev. Virgil Pike lead revival services nightly, as the church, 11 miles south of High Point off highway 77, welcomes large crowds.
Q and A style guidance on train travel manners and dining etiquette. It advises keeping feet in, preventing drafts with windows, drawing shades to avoid glare, using natural phrasing over formal speech, and not breaking crackers into soup.
A compact lexicon column listing misused words and pronunciation tips. It highlights absolute misusage, the correct form, and notes on misspellings and pronunciation. It promotes daily vocabulary growth and includes a sample word perfidious with a quoted definition.
An old advertisement touts 8.5.5 Tonic as a health booster for skin and eyes. It claims the product works with a balanced diet to rebuild sturdy health, improve alertness, and help you look like yourself again. Get a bottle at your druggist today.
Raleigh August 25 Governor Hoey's commission studying state schools favors another eight month term raising minimum to six dollars. Only one meeting held in Raleigh this week as the panel urges longer terms and plans to push the issue before the 1939 General Assembly.
Robert Farlowe, a bearded 71 year old from Randolph County, has no home or income. With his wife and son dead, he begs for meals while awaiting approval for an old age pension and refuses to go to the county home. He says he does not feel at home there.
Butter totals reach 1,595,298 pounds with steady pricing. Creamery firsts command 88 to 89 scores at 214 to 24, seconds 84 to 87 five cents, other prices unchanged. Eyes totals 56,984 pounds with firm rates for fresh graded extra firsts at 23, current receipts 20 percent, other prices unchanged.
The historical report notes Britain’s national flower sector was valued at 50 million dollars in the present reference point, with a far smaller 605 thousand dollar valuation recorded thirty years earlier.
Two hundred and thirteen hospitals in 47 American cities hold about 2 grams of radium among them. The distribution appears centralized for medical and research use, with facilities coordinating storage and safety protocols.
Guilford County real estate transfers list multiple tracts in Sumner Gilmer and Rock Creek townships. Transfers include P W Clark and wife to Winnie E Laughlin on Best street and others to C E Hornaday and wife on Durham street, Macon street, and adjoining Foust property.
A desert study reports the average sand depth in the Sahara spans from 206 to 306 feet. The finding highlights substantial variability in dune layering across regions.
Health note warns that persistent backache and leg pains may signal kidney or bladder issues. It cautions on toxin buildup in blood from waste matter and urges prompt medical attention rather than delay.
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