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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1955
Page
5
A scanned puzzle grid with scattered phrases and garbled entries includes across and down clues such as Violins, letters, seaport in Algeria, river in Russia, cabbage variety, parts of garments, plant juices, and various personal names. The text appears as a jumble of partial words, misread letters, and faded headings from a historical newspaper puzzle page.
A hotel manager in New York declines donating the Grand Ballroom for a charity dance to aid penniless authors arguing peak rental season. He recalls a local estate mistress suggesting hosting at her own home and a bishop credits his tolerance. A parishioner notes lessons after his son left for prep school. Copyright 1985 Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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