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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1949
Page
5
Central Press notes a mix of fanciful fears about automation and ghosts, plus jokes about President Truman’s pay and a salty dig at political salaries. The Atlantic Seaboard’s sinking forecast and winter carnival postponements loom as a jumble of casual observations and humor.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions names like Noah Nuwsquie eel iT Burners and Mrs A Westor Springfield Ill, with questions about state levies and unheated lunch stands. Content is garbled and lacks coherent event details, making reliable summary difficult.
A digest of trivia questions about cities colleges and quotes, followed by birthday notices for Cary Grant Danny Kaye and Myron C Taylor, plus modern manners tips and a feature on Estes Kefauver and Margaret Mitchell detailing birthplaces education careers and notable achievements.
On January 18 events include Kipling’s death in 1936 and 1986, siege of Leningrad breaking in 1948, Daniel Webster’s 1782 birth, and the 1770 Golden Hill battle. Quotes and trivia follow focusing on literacy prizes, authors, and a pop quiz with Cleveland, Harvard, and a declaration signer.
A mixed page of crossword clues across four grids, with several numbered entries for across and down words including terms like Paradise, Burden, and Medieval. The cryptogram quote decodes using a simple substitution, with a sample quotation provided and a key noting A maps to L and X to O among others.
A Kansas City fire involves an elderly woman who saved a girdle with 2200 sewn in its lining. Firemen assisted her and her wheelchair but returned at her request. The item details suggest a broader domestic incident as streams swell in Charleston after heavy rain.
Fragmented OCR recalls a flooded day with poems and personal snippets. Mentions West Virginia roads, state Route 20 near Wallace in Harrison county flooded to 18 inches, and a rising stream threatening closures.
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