Savage legends of captive girls amid tribal feasts
Fragmentary OCR mentions young girls kept in small huts under guard before marriage, then released to prisons during feasts. No clear names, dates, or places available.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1946
Page
5
Fragmentary OCR mentions young girls kept in small huts under guard before marriage, then released to prisons during feasts. No clear names, dates, or places available.
Fragmentary notes recall Kenyon College founded in 1824 by Bishop Philander Chase in Gambier Ohio the first Protestant Episcopal bishop of Ohio and the first men’s college west of the Alleghenies. Also references Haydn Lond on visits Manchuria soil Old Faithful gusher and America’s first medical school in Philadelphia 1751.
A garbled summary cites the National Academy of Design and the Society of American Artists merger in 1906, mentions a 1945 Kellor Australia skull tied to the Madjak skull of around 20,000 years, recalls University of Georgia charter in 1786 and opening in 1801, and notes Chinese history back to 2205 B C.
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