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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1949
Page
5
By R. J. Scott The Radio Pioneers, The Twenty Year Club and a large veterans association built around broadcasting and radio research laboratories. Its founder H.V. was instrumental in key discoveries. Seattle is named for an Indian chief who befriended the first settlers.
Damage from early killing frosts is discussed. It suggests covering plants with newspapers to prevent damage. Onions left in ground over winter sprout in spring. Thomas A. Edison lit the world’s first electric light in October 1879 and burned it out two days later. Oklahoma's state flower is the mistletoe.
In a rural interlude Kit Marvell and Henry join Marvell as he meets Peter Audrey and Poldi Stanoweski. The siblings, living near their Polish father and Irish-American mother, reveal a faded household, shared chores, and budding trust while plans for play unfold in a quiet morning and afternoon on the farm.
Marvell Coomes, newly returned to plumbing, moves into contracting in Colcord with Kit at his side. He hires a teenage helper Henry, bares himself to clients, and risks social friction as he rebuilds his career, facing bittersweet prospects with Mrs Staneweski and a looming pregnancy.
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