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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1936
Page
8
Chinatown in Los Angeles shows remnants of New Year firecrackers as Chinese celebrate the movable feast. The Chinese New Year falls in late January to February, dating from the first moon after Aquarius. People greet neighbors with phrases meaning joy and good wishes.
An article reviews stamps and archaeology from Petra or Wadi Musa in Transjordania, noting Nabatean artifacts, tombs, and Roman and Greek traces. It then shifts to Chinese New Year customs including lanterns masks dragon dances door gods and public celebrations and invites readers to join the 1937 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club with directions and a stamped return envelope.
Mrs. Camill Jordan reported a front door left ajar and found a stranger in bed inside a neighbor’s cottage. Police closed in and shook the bed where a wax head of Jesse James rolled out, a dummy meant to frighten thieves. Mirage stories from South Africa are noted as sensational.
Horizontal clues reveal Scottish poet ties and crossword style answers. Vertical hints include terms for tatter manifest animal obliterates right bushel and other definitions. crosswords lead to names like Robert Burns and related wordplay.
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