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plural Mariettans
- A native or inhabitant of Marietta.
Mariettans opened their hearts and homes to them and did everything humanly possible to make them comfortable and set the stage ashore for a successful regatta.
1951 July 24, Allison Danzig, “Sports of The Times: Not So Charming Now”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
And so, when people hereabouts board gaily decorated sternwheel ferries to head for the island and picnic or relax there, or just check out the tourists who are coming here by increasing thousands each year, they do so not only as Parkersburgers or Mariettans but also as regionally conscious residents of a larger entity, the Mid-Ohio Valley.
1987 September 8, William K. Stevens, “Parkersburg Journal: The Fall and the Rise of Aaron Burr”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015They include a play about the lynching of Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent convicted amid anti-Semitic frenzy of murdering 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a Web site listing the names of prominent Mariettans said to have organized his lynching and a debate about a statue of a civic leader who fanned the mob.
2000 August 26, Jane Gross, “Georgia Town Is Still Divided Over the 1915 Lynching of a Jew”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015
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