Washington statue in Raleigh and other odd facts
The first George Washington statue in the US stood on Raleigh capital lawn after an appeal to Thomas Jefferson for help. Canova’s marble work cost $11,000, a tenth of yearly state revenue, and was destroyed by fire in 1832. Other notes touch on plant pigment Carotin found essential for cattle reproduction in 1945 and hair tint reactions to strong soaps and pools.
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George Washington
State Capitol
Raleigh
General Assembly
Thomas Jefferson
Italy
Canova
No coherent headline from fragmented OCR text
A garbled OCR passage mentions Noah, tree growth, 74, a wheel of fortune, and various names and phrases. The text is incomplete and does not present a clear event, person, or place to summarize into a coherent news item. No distinct source facts beyond scattered fragments.
Old Navy vessel Keokuk returns to merchant fleet
A historic U S Navy ship, one of the oldest still using its original engines and boilers, has been decommissioned and reentered service in the merchant fleet under the name Keokuk. It previously hauled freight cars sown mind fields and laid underwater nets during its war career. Genghis Khan, born in 1162, rose from an orphan to conqueror after tough struggles with rival tribes.
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U. S. Navy
Keokuk
Cryptogram puzzle and word clues from 18th century paper
A scanned fragment presents a cryptogram puzzle with a long list of crossword style clues and partial phrases about early Indiana settlements, Indian battles, and a poet. It includes cryptogram text LGVvsaw and USLW MSVEL along with scattered letterated hints and dates.
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Ry Cneeria Ifa Ainme Ena Caz
Bradford—And the
Wanchi
Witch Doctor
Brick
Akett
Theater
William Ritt
Clarence Gray
Pate
BY Paul Robinson
Sna Ata Ise Saree
Muggs and Skeeter
Nui
HIN BK
BY Wally Bishop
Big Sister
Donnie, Drif
Raft
Felix the Cat
Hes
Byles Forgrave
Scott
R.j.scott
Gascony
France
AME
Russia
touSio
Awwo
Tennessee
Texas
Anno States
Temhessee
WRING
Sysui
By Stanle
Kiva PeaTi
Senva
Sally
Stanling
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Greece
Noah
Raymond Cosgave Deriver
Colo
Charlotte A.C
Shirov
Petre Ryan
Genghis Khan
Daily Crossword
Ireland
Indiana
Tippecanoe
Pric
MSVEL
Vesterany
Ysole
Ugwa
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