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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1936
Page
14
A crossword style puzzle lists across clues from 13 to 47 and vertical clues from 1 to 45. The grid references mammals, verbs, objects, and common nouns with definitions such as mother, midday, worship, cavern, and capuchin monkey. The theme hints at ape classification and related terms.
The article explains coal forming from plant remains with peat as a key guide. It notes peat bogs like the Dismal Swamp and Canada’s vast peat areas, peat as fuel in Europe, and that burning coal is buried sunshine. It describes lignite and anthracite and mentions Pennsylvania’s large hard coal field.
Alderman Henderson Inches smelled smoke in the Aldermanic chamber and declared it must be him when a box of matches ignited in his overcoat pocket. The odor grew stronger as colleagues searched the corridors but found nothing. Meanwhile the P A A Clippers completed 25 Pacific round trips before starting passenger service.
From October 12, 1492, to January 16, 1493 Columbus explored the West Indies then reached Palos. The Nina arrived alone. messengers told King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who summoned the admiral to their court amid triumphal processions with Indians, parrots, birds, and exotic spoils. The scene appears on a Capitol panel and a 6 cent stamp.
Answers give Jesus as the salt of the earth from the Sermon on the Mount and the derivation of Thursday from Thor the god of thunder. Toxicology is named as the science of poisons. The Dead Sea in Palestine is the world’s lowest place, about 1300 feet below the Mediterranean.
Question and answer format covers brass faucet polishing and setting color in colored washes. Brass can be polished by moistening a cloth, dipping in flour, rubbing, then drying with a clean cloth. For colored wash fabrics, soak in salt water or vinegar solution before washing.
Roberta Lee answers readers on manners and proper behavior. A man introduced to a girl should be expected to ask her to dance. At an afternoon wedding the groom and best man should wear business suits, not tuxedos. Macaroni served Italian style should be broken with the fork to avoid embarrassment.
Lessons in English by W. L. Gordon presents guidance on word usage pronunciation and spelling. It defines common misuses and mispronunciations and urges vocabulary expansion by mastering one word daily with examples such as potential meaning existing in possibility like an acorn becoming an oak.
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