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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1938
Page
8
Puzzle page presents a dense list of horizontal and vertical clues mixing anatomy physics and language. Readers decode terms across body parts edifice chemistry music and ancient terms to fill a crosswise grid.
The writer describes Singapore on an island near southern Asia owned by Britain with British warships in the harbor. He notes stairway gangplanks at the dock, meets Mr. R. L. Archer, treasurer of a Methodist mission, views Chinese rickshaws, ox carts absent, and the Singapore dollar worth about 60 cents. The scene includes bright streets, red and black rickshaws, watermarked currency, and a warm tropical climate near the equator.
A questions and answers style excerpt covers social forms. It advises wives not to refer to husbands as Mr Gibson using "my husband" or "Charles" in conversation, notes how to address servants, confirms eating a sandwich with fingers is acceptable for simple sandwiches, and outlines when a secretary should rise upon introductions based on gender.
A quiz feature lists five questions and answers. It notes that about one in 200 American men reach six feet, Benjamin Franklin invented the rocking chair, the petroleum industry pays more than 11 percent of all taxes, a cowboy’s lariat averages sixty feet, and New Amsterdam was the city’s name in 1625.
A compact reader notes common word misuses and pronunciation. It covers terms like complected versus complexioned and ap aratus, plus reminders on spelling and vocabulary growth. A feature on acquisitions quotes Sterne and hints at travel notes and a travel leaflet offer for Singapore.
Anne Ashley answers readers questions on shrinking cottons and ginghams by salt water treatment to set colors and prevent further shrinkage. A clean white oil cloth serves as a pastry board substitute, easy to clean and store. The advised room temperature is 68 to 70 degrees.
A girl in a yellow halter and shorts and a boy in yellow trunks were arrested and convicted under a Yonkers city ordinance banning bathing costumes on public streets. The defendants argued the ordinance was vague and not definite in prohibited conduct. the court is asked to approve the judgments.
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