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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1938
Page
22
The passage presents a crossword style set of four-letter clues and a humorous narrative about a small man in a hardware store who eyes rows of shiny items then selects one. It ends with a dated puzzle prompt and a quoted lyric-like line referencing a famous typing exercise.
Davenport woman Mrs Ellen Wells owns a plate cup and saucer said to have belonged to Abraham Lincoln about 85 years ago. The pieces were given to her father by the Biddle family of Virginia many years ago in a story tied to Lincoln.
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