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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1944
Page
5
A collection of curious notes on old customs and trivia. It recalls a ship office Madeira cradle kept in motion, suggests England’s coal adoption, notes about 1.7 million choir members in the United States, tracks a 1830 push for a 10 hour workday, and cites the first English use of the word garage around 1903.
Reader questions why Dew berries are cited as a favorite fruit by bill collectors. The note mentions Fran Zablonski from Ston, Mass, and sardines being canned to stay connected with many other poor fish, with a cryptic reference to California and the number 88.
Bellows Falls in Vermont began as a settlement in 1753 and became an incorporated town in 1761. The area sits amid mountains and noted falls that supported a historic salmon fishing industry among Indigenous peoples, with seasonal gatherings and tribal clashes recorded in colonial times.
A mixed cryptogram and crossword style puzzle lists Across and Down clues with numerous misspellings and garbled entries. The page includes theme like CRYPTOQUOTE and fragments such as RRY SB YF and others, suggesting a newspaper puzzle column with multiple clue sets and a coded quotation.
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