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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1949
Page
6
A dense page item combining a crossword puzzle with a cryptogram quotation. It lists clues across and down for a daily crossword, an encoded quote by Longfellow style, and a sample from Isaiah indicating a featured cryptogram solution.
Questions cover a famed female sharpshooter, Tennyson’s Arthur poems, Pancho Villa’s foe general, Bad Lands location, and the first U.S. state grant of women’s voting rights. Also notes 1455 Fra Angelico, 1766 Stamp Act repeal, 1837 Cleveland birth, Rimsky Korsakov, Rudolph Diesel, and actor birthdays.
Central Press summarizes Lilian Campbell notes on a politician admitted to the bar in 1875 who rose to Indiana governor in 1909 and earned national renown after securing the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1912 with Woodrow Wilson. The piece includes a quotation about a five cent cigar and a tangential note about Socrates and Cicero. It also teases future job prospects and a scattered Q&A segment referencing Annie Oakley and Gen. John J. Pershing.
The text compares western and communist bloc estimates of industrial and manpower strength, noting unofficial guesses and leading roles for the United States and Britain. It also mentions U S Navy enlistment, star additions to the flag in 1912, and various country troop counts, plus gas usage figures and Alabama becoming the 28th state.
A compilation of questions and biographical hints asks for the maiden name of Priscilla Alden, the saying about sparing the rod, a definition of shadow-boxing, the most valuable farm product, and Abyssinia’s modern name. It also lists birthdays and historical figures with clues about their lives and achievements.
The article notes Gus Dorals, a quarterback turned Irish coach, who built winning teams before dying in a plane crash on March 31, 1931. It also touches on calm meditation and childrearing ideals, then briefly explains apparatus terms from Latin origins.
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