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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1938
Page
10
A long mixed set of horizontal and vertical crossword clues covering terms from deafblind experiences to ancient gods and everyday items. Includes references to people, places, and common objects with numbers marking positions in the grid.
In this travel column a voyage aboard a steamer reveals day and night opposite from readers, discusses a hypothetical earth tunnel, and explains why a person could not reach the other side. The piece highlights the night sky in the torrid zone, noting Orion’s position and the Southern Cross with its four bright stars forming a cross.
Officer Tom Sheldon pursued a speeding sedan and, after pulling it over for a license check, claimed the couple faced a possible charge of driving a stolen vehicle. The wife explained their new car, bought due to her husband’s long driving phobia, was delivered that day. The scenario ends with a puzzle note promising the solution on the Want Ads Page.
A reader asks about removing paint and putty stains from glass using a wet cloth with soda, then warm water rinse and polishing. Another query seeks rat prevention with liberal chloride of lime. A tip suggests using flour paste to fasten oil cloth to a table to avoid cracks.
Answers cover tea invitations naming debutantes under their mother's name. Do not title a judge’s wife with her husband’s name. she remains Mrs. Warner. For informal afternoon weddings a man should wear a business suit.
A short Q and A feature answers common reader questions. Fountain pens trace to China centuries ago. Geoffrey Chaucer is called the Father of English poetry. White coal refers to waterpower. The First Rainbow Division was the WWI American unit from twenty seven states. Bolivia and Paraguay are the two landlocked South American nations.
The page teaches misused phrases and pronunciations with examples and focuses on expanding vocabulary. It highlights correct letter phrasing February 23 and common errors between residence and residents. It defines solvent as able to pay all legal debts and notes a corporate firm’s solvency.
East Lake City files a rare quote from State Highway Patrol Superintendent R. Whitney Groo who instructs officers to “make them gently but firmly” with a balance of politeness and righteous dignity during arrests. The remark reflects patrol culture and leadership style in law enforcement.
In La Canada California community church members can fulfill a $14 000 mortgage by attending services. An anonymous donor offers to pay the mortgage if attendance averages 200 people for six months. Rev James H Halliday says the average is safe even if pews are empty next Sunday. The note ends with a weekend promo for UNCLE RAY and a Saturday talk.
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