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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1938
Page
10
A quiz page presents five questions with brief answers. It asks about jealousy versus envy, the harbor where a battleship was blown up, authorship of The Canterbury Tales, annual Antarctic whale catches, and which state leads flaxseed production.
A scrambled crossword style list includes horizontal and vertical clues about a young actress born in Canada and other wordplay items. The grid references various definitions such as dress protector and alluvial matter, plus a mix of generic and specific terms across clues.
The article describes royal and wealthy hunting in ancient Egypt along the Nile. Hunters used chariots, bows, and copper or iron-tipped arrows, with dogs aiding pursuit. Lions, deer, wild oxen, goats, foxes, hares, leopards, and even elephants in distant lands are noted, as geese and ducks frequented Nile marshes.
A Q and A style note discusses stain removal and home crafts. It suggests soaking ink in milk for two hours then washing with soap. It also offers upcycling a discarded chair with a new cover and explains meringue toughening from excessive oven heat.
A secretary should use Sir or the proper title with her employer. The service plate is larger than the dinner plate by one or two inches. A man's social card should bear the prefix Mr. The piece presents etiquette questions and concise answers.
Instruction on common errors in English usage and pronunciation. Defines misused words and spelling pitfalls and presents a daily word to expand vocabulary with examples of proper context and usage.
This item presents five trivia questions. It asks if Salt Lake Temple took exactly forty years to build, defines osmosis, asks for careers of Jane Addams Carrie Chapman Catt and Edith Wharton, queries why one stretches, and asks the height of a horse measured in hands as related to a fourteen hand horse.
Guilford County records list transfers in multiple townships including MOREHFAD Barbee-Hayes company with a Charles A Root tract on Gregory street. R B Gantt and wife to J P Painter on Madison avenue. Z W Mitchell and wife to G W Vick plus 12 lots in Z W Mitchell subdivision.
Evanston Police Chief William Freeman gathered traffic squads for a pep talk urging arrests of motorists without city licenses. The plan was halted within minutes when Freeman announced a two day grace period and then to obtain 1938 licenses for squad cars.
The Travel section describes methods for catching waterfowl with sticks and nets, and notes ducks and geese were tamed in Egyptian farm yards. It mentions monkeys trained to work, shown picking figs, and includes a promotion for a travel leaflet, asking readers to send a stamped return envelope.
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