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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1947
Page
5
A quirky collage notes Truth as Time’s daughter and hidden near a well, Costa Rica votes mandatory with escalating fines and sanction, wartime plastic instruments, and a forecast of 3.5 million births in 1947 with postcard nostalgia and miscellaneous ad-like snippets.
The article traces Jubal as harp inventor and notes Sebastian Erard's 1794 and 1808 patents for seven pedals and double action, enabling string pitch changes. It mentions 19th century refinements, US molybdenum dominance, sunrise temperatures, early Indian steel crafts, Damascus blades, and British railway capital with vast shareholder counts.
A crossword like puzzle with many across and down clues including cities, elements, and wordplay. The Sunday Cryptoquote features the quotation LET US DRAW UPON CONTENT FOR THE DEFICIENCIES OF FORTUNE by Goldsmith, distributed by King Features Syndicate.
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