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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
5
Fragmentary notes describe Africa as an area of approximate size with islands. The dulcimer is noted as a musical instrument with origins claimed in the Far East and ancient Mesopotamian Ur, and later spread to Europe.
The text notes gars and sheepshead as hosts for larval stages of freshwater mussels and mentions the yellow sand shell mussel as highly valued. It also mentions the shore fish known as soup common along the eastern United States from Cape Cod to South Carolina and cites New England fur and jones half million ponds as a portion of the national catch.
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