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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1937
Page
10
A dated crossword style puzzle lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries about famous figures and objects. It includes hints like the most famous astronomer and terms such as aurora and seed covering, with various ages and crafts implied by the clues.
Uncle Ray's Corner recounts Stanley's party enduring marches in central Africa aided by plantains. They describe pygmy customs, village layouts, and forest enemies using poison arrows, spears, and traps. Monkeys, sunbirds, parrots, and eagles are observed.
A reader asks how to stop a cracked egg from leaking during cooking. The answer: add a teaspoon of salt to the water. A separate query about damp cellar walls suggests applying unstacked lime with a garden sprayer. Another question on water stains recommends wiping with a cloth dampened in cold water then sponging with equal parts alcohol and ether.
Advice column style notes on conversation pace and letter writing etiquette. The piece answers how to avoid monopolizing talk and awkward lulls, and how to address a long awaited letter with politeness. It mentions hostess duties at luncheons and invites readers to request the Funmaker leaflet by mail. Tomorrow topic is Ermin Pasha.
Daily vocabulary guidance emphasizes correct usage and pronunciation. It defines morbidness as gloom or unwholesome sentiments, and offers tips on common misuses mispronunciations and misspellings to expand readers' vocabularies.
The piece provides five Q A items: literacy decline in Virginia from 1870 to 1930, origin of a quote, yardage in a mile, U S fiscal year end date, and Louisiana’s largest city. It lists: 20 percent illiterate in 1870, 4.3 percent in 1930. The Battle Field by Bryant. 31 760 yards in a mile. June 30. New Orleans.
Guilford County deeds show transfers across High Point and surrounding townships including Emerywood Hartiman-Dillon and College Heights. Transactions involve Fred S. Pritchard to Edgar Snider and others, several 10 dollar and few higher value tracts, plus multiple parcels in Sumner Jamestown and Gilmer Townships with buyers such as H W Reynolds C S Stowe and Gresham Incorporated.
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