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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1944
Page
5
During the Metropolitan Opera season, one employee performs only marcel wig work every day. Farm machinery sales in Canada fell in 1943 with tractors dropping from 17,162 in 1942 to 7,456 in 1943.
A North Carolina Dutch settler tale reveals a method to control flowering by chilling bulbs stored years ago, a discovery showing bloom timing can be managed by artificial cooling. Also notes East Texas oil field misjudgment, pineapple plant height and single fruit, and Picts ancient Britain skin tattoo origin.
The set notes Captain George Vancouver circumnavigated the island named for him near British Columbia. It mentions U S mills importing about 100000 pounds of angora wool yearly from France England and Japan. Also cites Atbaris a legendary miracle worker with a magic arrow of Apollo. Concludes with Mount Tina as the highest peak in the West Indies at 10300 feet.
A cryptogram style puzzle page with clues across and down with mixed languages and garbled text. It includes a quote about knowledge and ignorance and a list of words with several errors and formatting issues. The fragment shows a variety of clues including astronomy names Norse gods and common phrases, suggesting a published puzzle card from a historical newspaper.
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