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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1941
Page
2
A mixed crossword style puzzle appears with clues for across and down entries, a cryptoquote cipher text, and a separate quoted phrase COUNT HIM COMES. HIS DESIRES THAN HIM WHO CONQUERS. The page notes MapesHORTER ApEART VICTORY and advertises distribution by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
The piece recounts Wintus J. Jackson birthday in Washington D C and describes his wartime sketches. It touches on Metavist origins among Oxford students, early pin prices and sale days, and adages about dogs in war. It notes John Wesley influence and the metric system used in the Philippines.
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