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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1938
Page
9
A crossword style puzzle entry listing multiple clues and answers across vertical and horizontal positions. The reader deciphers terms such as MOTHERS PRESS OBSERVE STREET STRIPED ANIMALS and other word pairs to fill the grid, with references to kings queens and various objects.
Uncle Ray invites readers to imagine touring a 4000 year old Egyptian kitchen. The scene shows hired male servants, shaved heads, a large pot, man tending fire, meat cutting, grain pounding with a crab, a goose broiling, and a bread oven as loaves bake for a feast.
Five trivia prompts ask if peanut is nut or vegetable if any active volcanoes exist in the United States whether Lincoln was applauded at Gettysburg and what civil death means and an estimated weight of a dozen eyes with answers promised on the want ad page.
A reader asks how to bleach yellowed lace and is advised to wet and spread it in the sun or cold, keeping it wet for days. Another reader learns to clean decorative candles with absorbent cotton dampened in alcohol. A tip suggests placing bread in a doughnut box to keep doughnuts soft and fresh.
A quiz style item listing five questions with answers: world airway length about 250000 miles, Ariel and Caliban are from Shakespeare's The Tempest, pupil-dilating drug is belladonna, a dryad is a wood nymph tied to a tree, and Zanesville is nicknamed the Clay City for its pottery industry.
A column presents etiquette answers on introductions and obligations, packing lightly for trips, and preferred job titles. It states the introducer vouches for the person, advises minimal luggage, and treats saleswoman as the proper term rather than saleslady or salesgentleman.
Daily vocabulary note from W. L. Gordon teaching correct usage. Emphasizes misused words like ravenous and mispronunciations such as Buddha. Includes tips on spelling Vanilla and a word study rule to master one word daily. Mentions decadence and a sample sentence about patriotism.
Four more braces remained to be run today in the derby stake of the Pinehurst Field Trial club. Yesterday three braces were completed with Shore's Mabel Doone winning the amateur all age stake, and Shore's Zeb Doone second. Vick finished third and Carolina Schoolfield fourth. The report also notes the giant anteater has strong legs and claws used for digging.
A travel era note invites readers to request a free illustrated leaflet titled Marvels of the Sky by sending a stamped return envelope in care of Uncle Ray at Tomorrow Market Day in Old Nay pt. The piece hints at a forthcoming feast and proper guest entry.
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