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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1940
Page
6
Margaret Zinn explains simple magnet theater using a horseshoe magnet to move paper clip figures on Bristol board sets. Build a mini stage with a backdrop trees and cardboard props, using magnets to guide character motion for playful science demonstrations.
Don Young and Buddy Aldridge substitute on Greenmount as coach orders players to call star Johnny Kelton Skunky to acclimate him to the taunt. Johnny fights back, earns two banishments for swings, and the team risks losing the district title before facing Hartsville.
Johnny Skelton, sidelined by an infected toe, returns to score twice and force a tie against Canon City in a dramatic late rally. Buddy Aldridge then steals the win in overtime as Greenmount’s district title hopes rise pending next week's Hartsville clash. Dolores Young and Don discuss the future.
Johnny, tormented by the jeer word Skunky, trains his ears with cotton and a whistle, regains form, and plans to surprise Hartsville as Greenmount fans ignite for the district final. His coach and teammates keep the tactic secret while a town-wide basketball fever builds.
A Memphis reader credits Master Bob Ashwander for a knife swallowing trick. The performer borrows a pocket knife, drops it, then seemingly swallows it after a staged wipe. The deception lies in hiding the knife in the leg while the hands appear full.
Simple guide to making a tin can propeller plane using thread spools clothespin nails and a dowel. Steps cover assembly twisting a cord to launch propeller and tips to practice flights and build extra props for continued use.
Dorothy Beck of Guys Tenn enjoys contesting and earning money by using her wits. In three years she entered many contests and won prizes including 12 dollars for an essay at age 13. now 16 and a high school senior she still finds prizes like a silk scarf and small cash awards. She urges readers to try every contest and keep trying for payoff.
A dialogue recalls a bounty named in Arizona offering ten thousand dollars for a brother, dead or alive, prompting questions about the motive and the sheriff’s role in the pursuit. The fragment hints at a crime or legal pursuit with a strong reward and imminent danger.
The passage names masthead content including the panel name editor or publisher publication days and circulation. It discusses wood pulp printing and Linotype as a printing method and mentions Benjamin Franklin in relation to printing history.
Most newspaper pages use about six columns. Not every page shows the full date, but many include the day month and year. Newsprint paper is made from wood pulp. A by line is the author’s name and sometimes the article’s source.
The questions explore a statesman who was once a printer, the newspaper plant’s main typesetting machine, whether masthead refers to a ship’s mast, and an alternative paper source beyond the common material.
A landlady and a vegetarian boarder spar over prunes with the guest asserting his dietary choice. The exchange ends with no resolution in sight as tensions rise in the shared dwelling.
A short guidance piece notes mean moods are common and uncontrollable yet can be hidden. Examples show a girl who walks the block and a boy who stays in his room until the mood passes, preventing unhappiness for family and friends. The Editor signs off.
Lenora Smith of Rendville Ohio submits a potato carrot onion salad with mayonnaise and lettuce garnish. A $1.00 weekly prize is awarded by Aunt Peecy to a reader under 18 for a chosen recipe.
In a brief quirky exchange, Humperdinck asks who doubted learning saxophone. Picklesimmer replies the installment col lector, a cryptic remark that stalls the humor in the dialogue.
A column of reader supplied riddles and jokes introduces five questions with credited contributors from Agnes Franks to Persis H. Ayer, Sarah Jane Lukemeyer and Betty Lou Wright. The piece ends with a toe and sock exchange involving a playful pun about being darned.
The list presents four riddles with playful explanations. Each line gives a pun or twist on meaning, such as the dime’s cents, a batter’s success, a long word due to a letter mile, and a narrator whose tale springs from his head.
The note says start of week puzzles uses an Irish word as base for a diamond. The second word means everything, the third means to, the fifth is a cloth, and the sixth is a number.
Four familiar places hidden in a picture word puzzle. One square clues to an object linked to the Irish harp, another to the current name of Ireland. A word set hints at foods, a go name, and mixing, with letter-change rules for two St Patrick themes. The puzzle links to St Patrick’s Day and Trish.
Across clues yield marshy place momentary while father wing of building note of scale boy s name sea eagle the following one Ireland Down clues yield flower yet to blossom opening in mountain range island pointed sliver of metal part of verb to be prefix meaning three hotel stopping place cutting tool comparative ending
The scene depicts a crowded arena where expenses loom. Officials note high upkeep for the lions and ongoing losses. A Christian mage cites the prophet’s fate as part of the grim spectacle, reflecting tension between faith, commerce, and spectacle.
Puzzle solutions and word list included. Entries include Crossword answer, categories with pairs and sequences such as COW and bow, PIG and tall, plus a long string of seemingly jumbled terms and phrases.
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