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Newspaper
Wilson Mirror
Location
Wilson, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1924
Page
2
Long prose spoof notes a nationwide craze for cross word puzzles used in teaching by schools and churches. A comical courtroom scene unfolds with wordplay as clues, highlighting obsession with puzzles and quirky exchanges.
An 8 year old named Hortense recites a school piece with muddled words claiming Mary had a little deters meaning the y werd of a sheep. The moment highlights a garbled memory or mispronunciation in a classroom setting.
Mrs Brinks orders a dozen four letter oval forms and six nine letter terms for creeping plant fruit. A bushel of eight letters clues edible tubers from a South American plant as Marvin tears a phone from the wall amid a plate glass window break.
A newspaper notes Cross-Word weddings where the minister and couple speak in puzzle clues. It speculates funerals may adopt the same format, though a corpse would protest any six letter term for a departed breath.
A light conversational puzzle unfolds with two women exchanging clues about word meanings. One speaker hints at a four letter word for a large hole, another references a three letter word for not good, and a six letter word for appreciation. The exchange centers on wordplay and interpretation.
Wilson area checker player Ben Herring, long regarded as top in town, has died. He recently turned to creating crossword puzzle designs, spending two months on a concept where the road would feature white squares on the board.
The piece mocks looming international tension as a crisis and ultimatum threat. It predicts future delays and transport changes on the Norfolk & Southern line, hinting at a move toward a seven letter word for a city and an eight letter word for the opposite of North, with the line described as rough as before.
Premier Herriot reportedly resisted a coup by would be cabinet rivals aiming to replace him while ill. He joked God save me from my friends then vowed to return to work, preferring rest only in the afternoons and plans to resume his duties on the first floor as soon as possible.
August Freyder has returned to his Gambsheim residence on the lower Rhine in Alsace following a period away. Details of the absence are not provided.
A man declared legally dead after years abroad fights to resume life and property in court. A German adieu to service yields a record speed run by Adjutant Bonnet at 429 025 kmh, with a related note on travel home taking twenty hours. German pugilists cling to superstitions about trunks and gloves, while Lyra Mara and Eleajer Schosshauer-Reynolds shine in Berlin stage life with Carmen amid dramatic onstage danger.
Moving pictures have drawn record crowds at the Paris Opera, surpassing grand opera receipts. Le Miracle Des Loups, the first film shown there, earned 45,155 francs at matinee and 44,144 francs at evening shows, despite musician opposition. Faust Sunday and Aida Saturday earned 35,750 and 30,354 francs respectively.
Paris census shows 620 865 foreigners among four and a half million residents. Italians lead with 118 574 registered, followed by Belgians 96 157 and Russians 56 909. Unemployment正式 rises to 3 4 percent, hitting autos textile wood and brewing sectors.
The adjutant and father of two, awaiting a new child, received word that his wife anticipated delivery any moment. He then prepared for a speed test at Bas Istres Airdome near Marseilles, wiring his 430 horsepower engines to launch a flight at 10 o clock the next morning.
Berlin December 27. The Reichstag leaders plan to repurpose lounges into seats as members rise from 472 to 498 with more expected. Aisles will be reduced to maximize space and seats for speeches and debates.
London December 27 The number of persons in Great Britain who have taken out wireless receiving licenses has passed the 1,000,000 mark and is growing steadily It is estimated that the actual number of listeners is over 4,000,000.
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