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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1946
Page
5
A fragmentary report notes a 1939 Charleston Hamburg Line incident in South Carolina where a locomotive explosion followed a fireman tying down a safety valve after hearing a loud noise. The text is unclear but references Clarence Gray and William Ritt in a wartime era setting.
Odd facts note tin as money used by ancient Numidia and mentioned by Aristotle with Dionysius of Syracuse. It recalls Numidians as skilled horsemen but faithless. Also touches on China, Malays, Senegambia as modern money users and early American cattle arrival in 1634. A 1945 lettuce variety slobolt is noted as not seeding in warm weather. Manual training origin cited in Finland in 1858.
A fragment outlines the Nobel prize management by a government appointed board. It names Norwich Connecticut charter dates, Revolutionary War figures, and notes New London founding links. Mentions a 1945 Brazilianite gemstone origin and St Aloysius Academy for girls founded in 1874 in New Lexington Nameaug.
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