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Grafton Sentinel in Grafton, West Virginia

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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1947

Page

7

Travels and curiosities from a chaotic clipping

A garbled mix of notes mentions Giovanni de Marignolli as a Florentine traveler and papal envoy to the Khan of Cathay, with dates from 1338 to Peking, plus scattered remarks on wind behavior around tall buildings, Australian birds, the accordion’s Vienna origin, and nonsensical phrases.

Giovanni de Marignolli Florence Benedict XII Peking

Lumpfish shape and Atlantic habitat noted

The lumpsucker, oval with conical bony tubercles, clings to rocky north Atlantic shores preying on smaller fish. In Elizabethan times laws forced fish consumption for 155 days annually. FBI records show 645,431 arrests in 1946. Ves tal Virgins kept Minerva’s fire. US farmers urged to plant sugar beets in 1947.

North Atlantic United States

Puzzle Corner Across and Down Clues Revealed

A dense cryptogram puzzle page lists across and down clues with numbers and hints for words in various languages and domains. It includes sections for dress trimming and geographic and botanical terms, plus a Cryptoquote quotation and a clockwork set of wordplay prompts.

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