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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1946
Page
5
Scott's Scrap Book notes WM Wilberding a botanist in Shropshire and an elderly woman treating herself for dropsy with a foxglove mixture. The item discusses the valued discovery of foxglove and WS drug product in heart disease treatment originating in England.
Summary of notes on Protagoras a fifth century B C Greek sophist who traveled to Athens as early as 445 B C to teach for pay and gain influence. Includes a remark on the mouse tower near Bingen built as a watch tower now signaling steamers and a legend about Archbishop Halto I. Mentions Agnes Sorel as first woman to wear diamond jewelry circa 1444 and the etymology of Indiana meaning land of Indians.
A fragmented item mentions Dear Noah as a fisherman who bottles excess baggage with a corker. Names Geller Bronson Mich, Len Wyatt, and Cokelya appear in a puzzling note about sending notions to Noah. The RS reads like a quirky local snippet with scattered proper nouns and odd phrases.
Mrs Polk wife of President James K Polk hailed from a Tennessee planter family. She received Moravian schooling and, at White House receptions, banned drink and dancing. The Danish city Elsinore is said to house Hamlet's reputed grave.
A jumble of puzzle clues covers across and down entries with references to railroad mileage, languages, and birds trained to fish, followed by a cryptogram quotation about time and an ever rolling river.
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