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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
5
The text notes gladiolus belongs to the iris family and derives its name from gladius meaning sword. It mentions Dutch heritage, Easter gifts and Santa Claus from the Netherlands, a claim about black horses being heat sensitive, and a claim that baseball originated in China.
The record shows 1942 iron ore 103,640,000 tons coke 52,822,000 tons and limestone 22,857,000 tons charged into blast furnaces amid wartime production. A fragment notes Wagner operas once drew empty houses but now fill New York’s Metropolitan Opera with signs and borrowed props.
Fragmented text references soil erosion and a rope knot method with terms like sodium nitrate and compass. Lacks coherent events or names, leaving only scattered technical phrases and measurements.
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