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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1944
Page
5
A mix of antiquity and industry notes includes Aesop's origins as a Phrygian slave, U.S. steel pig iron capacity growth since 1917, and wampum as currency and ornament. Also cited are blast furnace temperatures, the Rome Nero tale Quo Vadis translated into over 30 languages, and North Carolina herbs in a catalog of crude roots.
The text notes Nigeria using columbium for stainless steel alloys and rising imports due to steel industry needs. It credits Benjamin Franklin with starting circulating libraries in 1731 and mentions Julia Ward Howe receiving five dollars for The Battle Hymn of the Republic when first published anonymously in a monthly magazine.
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