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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1940
Page
20
Readers learn to build a willow teepee frame covered with morning glory vines for a summer play fort. Instructions cover poles, ground anchors, vine training, and a toy bow and arrow set for safe, active games with friends and family.
A Ticonderoga boy aged 11 turned comb selling into cash for a bicycle and trombone lessons. He sold 426 combs at 10 cents each and earned a one cent commission on each. He saved, bought a used trombone, joined the junior orchestra, and plans ongoing magazine sales. He encourages others to write to the Money Makers Editor with their schemes for publication.
A brief exchange shows a character asking Hop if he rang. Hop replies that he was telling and thought the other person was dead, reflecting tension and possible miscommunication in a secluded setting.
A playful note hints at decay and sea related wordplay. It mentions the Riddle Man printing riddles with your name in this newspaper.
Advice urging owners not to blame motorists for pet injuries and to seek prompt veterinary care after a hit and run or accident. Emphasizes quick treatment, possible rest and nursing, and consulting a qualified animal expert to assess recovery and avoid unnecessary euthanasia.
A police officer stops a speeder who provides an unusually long and elaborate name Aloysius Alistair Chamon deley Coypoikle. The officer releases the driver with a warning to avoid future violations.
A classroom joke unfolds as a teacher asks Johnny about a cannibal and a paradox about being both child and parent. Johnny replies with a punchline calling himself an orphan, prompting laughter.
A guide for first time flyers explains a dollar plane ride trend across airports. It urges riders to stay calm and trust instruments as the craft climbs, soars, and experiences a sudden downward plunge like a fast elevator, all described with an enthusiastic, period voice.
A pilot guides a trainee through a wind risky approach to an airfield. The learner identifies buildings rails and lakes below while observing the wind sock and nose alignment. The text emphasizes smooth landings and thoughtful questions to the pilot for education and enjoyment.
A reader offers a recipe for Chocolate Marshmallow Fudge to Aunt Peggy The Kitchenette contest. Nadine Amado of Port Chester New York wins one dollar if printed. Contest limited to under 18s.
Betty and Jo make candy duck and bunny place cards for an Easter luncheon. They use candy eggs as bodies and heads with toothpicks, candy corn for beaks, cloves for eyes, marshmallows and gumdrops for ears and feet, and small tags with guest names.
In a long reminiscence reader Tirley Shemple described a stage style illusion where a goldfish bowl with three goldfish vanishes after placing the bowl in a wall closet. The piece notes the trick relies on a hidden shelf and a simple setup and asks for the reader's contact to receive a new magician’s book.
A teacher asks to define a bolt and nut and explain their difference. The student describes a bolt as a metal stick with a head and threaded body and the nut as a hole in a short iron piece with internal ridges, noting their opposite roles.
A school guide urges students to return borrowed items promptly and in good condition. Do not borrow without permission. ask first and treat others' belongings with care. Cultivating this habit earns trust and reciprocity, with long term personal and social rewards.
A guide lists playful tricks for an April Fool party. Ideas include invisible ink invitations and backward writing, layered envelopes, decorative substitutions using celery tops and beets, humorous signs, taped surprises, and darkened rooms. Refreshments served in odd containers heighten the mischief.
Five reader riddles appear with names Charles Luttrell Lucille James Robert Mullins Edward Fisher Jr Ruth Bond invites others to submit more. The item notes the Riddle Man column and states names may appear if riddles are printed.
A quick set of trivia questions asks who gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States and where it sits, when the gift was presented, and Civil War and World War I dates. It also asks about the supposed fiddling while Rome burned, garnet color, and a city with canal streets, followed by a playful exchange about washing it down with punch.
France Bedloe Island 1886 Fort Sumter April The Emperor Nero Dark red Venice in Italy appears as a set of quiz prompts with terse geographic and historical hints.
A compact list shows puzzle like word groups from Plank to GOLD and LOON to HOME. It weaves phonetic shifts and homophones such as sail sale seal seat beat boat coat pack and lane lone hene home as quick wordplay cues.
A Daily puzzle note introduces colored Easter eggs as the central theme for the first puzzle of the series. The item hints at the season’s decorative tradition and sets a playful tone for readers.
A playful Easter word puzzle invites forming at least 36 words from Easter letters. The clue hints at a busy Easter Bunny and a diamond formed around the word bunnies, suggesting a themed word scramble and hidden game.
A word square around a flower hides Easter terms. The puzzle clues include phrases with sorry for outside skin and an ordered placed. It adds two word chains: CHOSEN RIVER TO LAKES in four moves and SEAL to LAND in four, requiring real words at each step.
dialogue excerpt features Lefty noting a pretzel maker cleaned up crooked dough and Louie asking about foreign entanglements with a joking reference to spaghetti as a plate of pasta.
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