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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1947
Page
7
The text notes a February 1940 fund of 6000 for early atomic bomb research, marking the start of a 2 billion expenditure to complete the bomb. It adds trivia about the vicuna wool, Pomona the goddess, Columbus and horses, Vitus Bering’s voyage, and the meaning of the name Alice.
Unclear how the message relates to a local item. mentions Dear Agah, Mrs C.K. Holton in Timore and a trombone, with fragmented phrases about growing square watermelons to fit new refrigerators and odd interjections.
A collection of disparate notes covers topics from Pole position shifts and ancient Macedon to chenille origin and beetle eye count. The text cites Boothia Peninsula movement, Olympias and Zeus, chenille etymology, and beetle anatomy, but remains incomplete and disjointed.
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