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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1937
Page
14
Questions and answers cover topics from U S interest payments to air conditioning processes and notable stars. Notable items include Joseph Haydn as Father of the Sonata and Lake Baikal as the deepest freshwater lake.
The article recalls Galilee in Palestine, 13 by 7 miles, 682 feet below sea level, ringed by a beach. It notes once major cities Tiberias Tariachea Bethsaida Gadara and others, with Jesus' ministry here and miracles, though now only Tiberias survives.
A reader submitter provides a word puzzle with clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid includes multiple definitions such as prominent settlement house worker, sandalwood tree, and forms of verbs, with references to other terms like 72000 pounds, electrical unit, and celestial bodies. The compilation weaves varied topics from social work to science and language.
The Paris talking clock by Esclangon answers time by telephone and has handled over 12,000,000 calls in seven years. Aims to relieve Paris observatory staff by providing accurate time to the public. A leaflet offering the seven wonders of the world is available by return envelope.
A Q and A excerpt shows answers on preserving leather with linseed oil, avoiding cereal lumps by sprinkling into boiling water, and cleaning black broadcloth with fuller's earth then resting before brushing. It reads as practical home advice from a period publication.
A modern etiquette column by Roberta Lee discusses whether a husband should show interest in his wife's daily activities, advising that a considerate husband will do so. It also covers ink color for social letters, recommending black ink only, and whether cream should accompany after-dinner coffee, answering not unless requested.
A compact language notes piece explains common usage errors and spelling tips. It highlights tense shifts for were wounded during the fight, stresses principal accents, and defines augment as to enlarge or increase in size or degree with examples.
A quirky Want Ad style puzzle asks color hair options auburn flaxen Titian and asks to name stone types clingstone brimstone gall moonstone. It includes a geography riddle about a part of Rome in England and a tongue in cheek translation about deglution and diet. It ends with a math question: if a dozen eggs cost 15 cents what do 16 eggs cost.
Asheboro reports a campaign to raise 500 dollars to support Boy Scout work in Randolph county. Scout executive Bunn Hackney of the Uwharrie council and campaign chair H. K. Moore plan to meet November 2 at 7 30 p m at the home of district chairman J B Stedman to organize the drive.
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