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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1937
Page
8
A scanned puzzle lists cryptic clues and answers across themes like Artistry Regions and tools. Entries include Native tablet references, color names such as Carmine, dye terms, and weatherish terms like Frostbite. The fragmentary grid hints at a crossword or acrostic with numbered clues and verticals.
Uncle Ray recalls the 1927 Mississippi flood that covered 20 000 square miles and displaced half a million people. He notes levee history from New Orleans to Cairo, describes flood events and sandbag efforts, and cites a dramatic attempt to blow a levee downstream to save New Orleans.
W Petit and Clark York long term convicts who fled Caledonia prison farm eight days earlier are now back in custody. Authorities caution that pursuing action against the pair for the abduction of two guards and a passing motorist will await the capture of their remaining confederates.
Dare county school authorities announce Little Building company of Charlotte won the contract to build seven schools in the county for a bid of 50,150 dollars.
Raleigh February 24 The highway commission announced plans for an immediate survey of a proposed road from Wilmington to Carolina Beach spanning about 12 miles. Moon farming planting seeds by moon phases has no scientific support per a U S Department of Agriculture report.
Mortgagees A F Hiatt and M T Hiatt will sell at public auction for cash on March 4 1937 at 2 30 pm on the premises in Point Township Guilford County adjoining M H Wheeler and H Mendenhall. The property containing 18.85 acres more or less, description bounded by Lewis Davis line and Mendenhall lines. This 2nd day of February 1937.
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