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Grafton Sentinel in Grafton, West Virginia

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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1947

Page

5

Odd facts tie to frothingham and poll origins

The text notes Octavius Brooks Frothingham and his father Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham as Unitarian clergy and Harvard professor. It references the 1824 Harrisburg Harrisburg Pennsylvanian straw poll, inspecting early journalism poll practice. It also mentions coastal land leases in eastern North Carolina for oil exploration and defines the balalaika as a Russian triangular wooden instrument with two to four strings.

Octavius Brooks Frothingham Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham Harvard University United States Harrisburg Pennsylviaian Henry Clay Andrew Jackson John Quincy Adams William H. Crawford North Carolina

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Fragmented Factographs From Obscure Atlantic Notes

Fragmented OCR text mentions Columbus 1493 voyage discovery of the Virgin Islands Danish rule 1686 to 1917 US purchase for 25 million after decades of bargaining details vague. Notes New Zealand islands and Cook Strait thinly described. Also mentions Romania agriculture and walnut wood patterns.

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