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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1944
Page
5
A fragmentary OCR passage mentions an English soldier named Packennam fatally wounded in the American Revolution at the Battle of New Orleans, with his body allegedly embalmed in a cask of rum. It also references U S demand growth for castor oil and geographic notes on colonial boundaries and flora.
A fragment from a puzzle corner hints at Cumberland Maryland as a destination. An antique find involves an old cooking item and a note about NOAH. The readable bits suggest a light, puzzle style item rather than a full news story.
The article describes the White Sands near Alamogordo New Mexico as nearly pure gypsum with mice fur as white as ermine. It notes unusual rainfall forming strange lakes and mentions the garnet as a good-omen stone said to bring health ward off grief unite friends and foster wealth and love. It references Gatling’s Civil War era and a machine gun spuriously in the text.
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