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Library of Congress1933

Image 3 of Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news (Red Lodge, Mont.), January 11, 1933

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Greatest American fffl r I Wi J j t r m i m 4 â m STwSSH x N 3 s y 7 7 Jl M Wm Bust of Franklin In the Hall of Fame By ELMO SCOTT WATSON ANUAHY 17 is the anniversary of the birth of the greatest AmericanBen jamin Franklin Insofar as the mem ory of last years bicentennial cele brations honoring the birth of George Washington Is still fresh In the minds of most Americans there may be those who rend this article who will exclaim What Ben jamin Franklin a greater American than George Washington Several years ago a historian an swered that question in the affirmative and gave as his reasons the following 1 The expression of Franklins greatness did not depend on events beyond his control 2 He would have been a great man In any period of worlds history in any land 3 He would have been among the great even If his endeavors had been confined to one only of sereval lines of activity in which his achieve ments were of the highest rank 4 He would be a grea man If he were living today 5 Franlln

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), January 23, 1919

CELEBRATING POOR RICHARDS BIRTHDAY Government Has Pictures Ready for Every Member in the Family Benjamin Franklin Gave Us Gifts We Shall Never Cease Using Benjamin Franklin whose picture adorns the 1919 or Franklin issue of War Savings Stamps receives unique recognition from the country which gae him birth and which he in turn helped to make a nation Born in Boston on January 17 two hundred and thirteen years pto he began his career at the age of ten in bis fathers trade of tallow chandler and scan boiler Dissatisfied he later h one an apprentice in his brothers printing office and such was his character that he quickly rose to an influential position and subsequent ly became one of the most illustrious figures of all times He not only amassed wealth through wise spending sane saving and secure investment but saved time to give himself a complete edu cation developing his gifts to the ut most as a writer philosopher scien tist and statesman He founded the Philadelphia library the American Philosophical Society and the Uni versity of Pennsylvania he discov ered that lightning is a discharge of electricity he was Postmaster of Philadelphia and later on Deputy Postmaster

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Library of Congress1933

Image 6 of The Western news (Libby, Mont.), December 14, 1933

The WEDDING WVRCH MURDER _v til 1 MONTE BARRETT y s U u u S m WKU SERVICE Sy Tin BoUsMtrriîl Co n iVî SYNOPSIS Waiting In the ministers study while the wedding procession is being mar shaled Jim Franklin about to be mar rled to Doris Carmody Is stabbed to death Callis Shipley one of the brides maids is obviously In a state of anxiety CHAPTER IContinued O 2 Without waiting to be Informed he knelt beside the bridegrooms body Then with a low shh of expelled breath he turned a startled counte nance to Peter again Jim Franklin he ejaculated Look here Doctor The medical examiner knelt beside him and with swift fingers laid back the vest and shirt that covered the wounds Franklins death had been caused by two knife thrusts one a longjagged tear across the groin the second a smooth deep wound between the ribs at or near the heart This second wound was about three Inches wide and at either end a small blue bruise half the size of a dime stood out against the white skin Sergeant Klldays glance darted about the room questlonlngly The knife Isnt here Sergeant Nick Royce Informed him

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Library of Congress1914

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 27, 1914

The European War ft Eflecct Upon the Resource and Indus tries of this Country Washington Aug 24 1914 A di rect benefit to the United States from the European war will be its effect in making the people of this country real ize to a greater extent the value of its mineral resources said Franklin K Lane Secretary of the Interior in an interview today It is entirely possible to so utilize these resources and expand our industries that the label Made in America will become familiar in our own foreign markets Of an importance second only to that of the food supply said Mr Lane is the supply of mineral products necessary to meet the requirements of Twentieth century civilization One of the first ef fects of the war has been to make us realize the interdependence of nations in the matter of food supply Most of the countries now at war are dependent up on importation of foodstuffs and we have cause for selfcongratulation in the United Stales that we are able to feed ourselves What we possibly have not so fully realized is that we are nearly as independent in the possession of essential mineral resources and

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Library of Congress1931

Image 4 of The Washington daily news (Washington, D.C.), February 28, 1931

Vivian Gordon Death Linked With Graft Noted Rabbi Says Wise Asks Gov Roosevelt to Investigate City Affairs as Result of Womans Murder By Utted Prese NEW YORK Gangsters inside and outside the police department on and off the magistrates bench I were under suspicion today for kill i pe odHolra q i ing redhaired Vivian Gordon who apparently died because police had revealed her intention to disclose fin other police frameup So sensational was the killing so dramatic and revealing were her ac tivities disclosed in the investigation that followed so strongly did the killing recall the revelations in the famous RosenthalRecker police racketeer alliance of1912 that Rab I bi Stephen Wise issued a public J statement today arraigning New i York City police and judiciary for their alliance with crime Awful Punishment The murder was notice that ex posure of organized criminality will meet with swift and awful punish ment he said The affairs of New York cry for investigation from top to bottom be ginning or ending with the office of Mayor He called for an investigation by Gov Franklin D Roosevelt whom he praised for the present Seabury magistrates inquiry and suggested further the organization of a

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Library of Congress1918

Image 4 of The Morgan City daily review (Morgan City, La.), October 12, 1918

Personals Mrs Frank Hutchings Sr of Cuero Texas arrived yesterday on a visit to her daughter Mrs C E King Miss Valley Kobicheaux who is attend ing school in New Orleans has returned to her home Mr E M Marques is the guest of her daughter Mrs Brown Borer in Al Mr A Toerner was a visitor to Patter son Friday Mrs F J Morvent of Port Arthur is the guest of her daughter Mrs N J Boudreaux Miss Eunice Beadle of Lafayette is visiting relatives here Mrs R Wbitô has returned from a visit to Franklin Miss W OBrien has returned from New Orleans Mr and Mrs H L Waterbery of De troit were guests of Mr and Mrs Win Krisle Friday Mrs C rSj Lowman and daughter Leona are visiting relatives in Memphis Mrs J Southerland and baby have re turned to their home in Memphis Mr I Greenwald is on the sick list this week Miss Rena Meyer is spending a few davs in New Orleans Mrs W Aueoin of Amelia is a visitor here today Mr H Durand of Gulfport was a visitor here this week Mr E Pollock of New York is a vis itor

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Library of Congress1895

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. C, 1895. 131 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Austin, Berwyn, Clyde, Franklin Park, Grossdale, Harlem Hawthorne, La Grange, Lyons, Maywood, Melrose Park, Morton Park, Oak Park, Ridgeland, River Forest, River Grove, Riverside, Western Springs.

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Library of Congress1909

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.

Vol. C, 1909. 127 sheet(s). Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Bellwood, Brookfield, Forest Park, Franklin Park, Lagrange, Lagrange Park, Lyons, Maywood, Melrose Park, River Forest, River Grove, Riverside, Western Springs.

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Library of Congress1956

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana.

1915; Republished 1956 Vol.3A. 80 sheet(s). 35 X 29 cm. Bound. Other places as they appear on original: Beech Groove, Parts of Center, Franklin & Perry Townships, Southport, Part of Warren Township & Unincorporated Places known as Action, Cumberland, Edgewood, Julietta, New Bethel (Wanamaker Post Office), New Jerusalem.

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Library of Congress1878