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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1938
Page
8
A reader puzzle listing numbered clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to coats of arms, animals, objects, and various definitions, with entries like sea eagle and goddess, plus many crosswords style hints.
Uncle Rays Corner describes banyan trees in Colombo and across Ceylon. It notes their many trunks and aerial roots forming forestlike groves, with examples at Trincomalee and a hostelry yard. The column also explains jack trees bearing numerous large fruits hanging from trunks and limbs.
Claude Bayard was found floating in Long Island Sound. Post mortem suggested drowning after a knockout, but police traced the crime to New York City gamblers who hired Ossie Fliegel to kill him. Fliegel allegedly knocked Bayard unconscious, dumped him in a bathtub, then moved the body to the Sound. The key finding: Bayard did not drown in the Sound.
A reader asks for ways to stop mist on glasses when moving from cold air to a warm room. The answer suggests mixing plein potash soap with about 3 percent glycerine and a touch of oil of turpentine, then polishing lenses with the solution.
Roberta Lee answers common questions about party manners. Guests should enjoy all courses but not appear squeamish. Brides and attendants should arrive exactly at ceremony start, and gifts should be opened immediately at the party.
A quiz column lists five largest states by size Texas California Montana New Mexico and Arizona. It notes about daily newspapers about 1950 in the United States. It asks which minister's son followed another minister's son to the presidency, answer Arthur after Cleveland. It gives dog years rule one dog year equals seven human years and defines a quatrain as a stanza of four lines.
Daily vocabulary note highlights proper usage and pronunciation. It explains common misuses such as using hate instead of dislike and clarifies pronunciation of words like compass. It features synonyms, a word study on ownership of a word after repetition, and today's focus on celerity with a Johnson quote.
The article describes jackfruit pieces weighing 20 to 60 pounds and its pale green exterior with yellow flesh. It notes Ceiyon natives use the yellow pulp as edible while outsiders dislike it. It also mentions jack wood as excellent lumber, initially yellow then aging to red brown, and references travel leaflets and a cryptic note about Ceylon’s wild ants.
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