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Library of Congress1876

Image 2 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), February 15, 1876

litt lD55ttr garnier SemiWeekly Published Tuesdays and Fridays OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF BOSSIER UARISH BY W H SCANLAND TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION Twelve monthTwo Dollars Six mouths ne Dollar Three monthFifty Cents Five copies twelve months and one to getterup of clubTen Dollars Postage paid by the publisher BELL EVUE LA TUESDAYFebruary 15 1876 Change The time of the quar teily meetings for the North and South flossier Circuits is hereby changed as follows South Bossier at Fillmore April lstand2d North Bossier at Concord April 8th and yth Joel T Daves Presiding Elder The Political Field In the political field this year set your coulter deepplough a straight fur row to the endand if any decayed Badical roots hinder your progress turn them uuder Keep no scare crows but give it your personal su pervision and if any tresspassers come about coaxing you to mix Bad ical dirt with the native soil treat them in a way that they will not be likely to trouble you again With good culture this year we can bury all the insects and verminthat have been eating every green thing we have heretofore raised Spring time is coming and the voice of the turtle is heard

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Library of Congress1898

Image 4 of The Opelousas courier (Opelousas, La.), October 22, 1898

The Toledo Weekly Blade Every intelligent family needs in ad dition to their local paper a good na tional weekly The greatest and most widely known general family newspa per is the Toledo Weekly Blade For thirty years it has been a regular visit or in every part of the Union and is well known at almost every one of the 70000 postofiices in the country It is edited with reference to a national cir culation It is a Republican paper but men of all politics take it because of its honesty and fairness in the discus sion of all public questions It is the favorite family paper with something for every member of the household Serial stories poetry wit and humor the Household department best in the world Young Folks Sunday School Lessons Talmnages Sermons the Fat m stead the Question Bureau which an swers questions for subscribers the news of the week in complete form and other special features Specimen copies gladly sent on application and if you will send us a list of addresses we will mail a copy to each Only 1 a year If you wish to raise a club write for terms Address The

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Library of Congress1946

Image 4 of St. Ignatius post (St. Ignatius, Mont.), December 5, 1946

VSOMDAY DKBMM L IMC St Ignatius Post Millard BuDerdick Publisher Published every Thursday at St Ignatius Lake County Mon tana a historic bountiful and picturesque spot in the famous Flathead valley Entered as second class matter Juno 22 1946 at the post office at St Ignatius Montana under the Act of March 3 1879 sWocription Bate 8300 per year in advance in tpke county tdne f county 350 Advertising Bates Local display adverMu M par column inch outside advertising 45c political idvertisiue legal advertising at statutory rates want ads reader and notire 10c per line per insertion WERE AT POLSON Mr and Mrs Bill Kelly spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs Kellys parents Mr and Mrs Har ry Goble at Polson CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ALL THE FAMILY Toy Electric Ranges Toy Elec tric Washing Machines Xmas Decorations Fariyland Dols Walking Dosrs and Ducks Toy Tractors Toy Electric Irons Large Wagons Scooters Electric Alarm Clock Automatic Toast ers Automatic Irons Glas Cof fee Makers Electric Mixers Large and Small Radios Emer son StewartWarner and Spar ton WE HAVE A NICE STOCK OF ELECTRIC LAMPS IN ALL KINDS AND SIZES MISSION ELECTRIC St Ignatius NM Pierce COMPLETE SEED SERVICE CAUTION Buyers

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), July 5, 1917

ITEMS OF ALL SORTS Big Wool Cargo Safe A cargo of South African wool valued at 3500000 arrived at Boston last week and underwriters were manifestly elated when the news reached their offices The consignments were purchased for Boston importers by a score of buyers during the past six months some of the bales of scoured wool being worth at least 350 Italian Branch Banks in U S Prompted by the sending by Italy of a commercial and political commission to the United States several of Italys largest banks have decided to open branch houses in New York instead of relying upon American banks to represent them as in the past The purpose of these banks is to compete for the handling of the large war business resulting from the purchases now being made by Italy in the United States for the handling of the funds sent home by Italians and for the general tourist and trading business ex pected to come after the war May Have Deciding Power Charleston hew6 and Courier DemJ It is hard to estimate now the import ance of the weapon which has been placed in the Presidents hand in the shape of this embargo

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Library of Congress1924

Image 3 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), March 4, 1924

The True Story of Woodrow Wilson By DAVID LAWRENCE CHAPTER IX The Private Life of Woodrow Wilson and the Whispering Campaign Os no phase of Woodrow Wilsons life was there less actual knowledge and at the same time more mlsrepre i sentatlon than the personal side The true story has never appeared In print largely because there never was an occasion to take public notice of that which originated in partisan politics Almost from the beginning of his political career Mr Wilson could not bring himself to believe that what he did in the privacy of his home what the members of his family did whom he entertained and whom he did not was of any business to the newspapers or the public On more than one occasion he exhibited indig nation over the inquiries of the press relative to his personal plans from day to dayhe never did become ac customed to the fact that Just as the secret service men were constantly in the company of a President of the United States so also the repre sentatives of the large press associa tions must keep their eyes on their President or at least know where he is every

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Library of Congress1921

Image 4 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), April 22, 1921

THE NORTH MISS HERALD Issueed Every Friday LOUIS C BARBEREd and Pub SUBSCRIPTION180 PER YEAR _Strictly in Advance_ Entered at the Postoffice at Water Valley as secondclass mail matter 1 Foreign Advertising Representative THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION J rei April reT Sir 1 Vto n fe Sal 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 Id 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 2 24 25 26 27 28 29 K Political Announcements The Herald is authorized to an nounce the follownig names as Can didates for Circuit Court Judge of the 17th Judicial District JOHN W KYLE Sardis Miss GREEK L RICE Charleston Miss Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with Local Applications as they cannot reach the seat of the disease Catarrh is a local disease greatly in fluenced hy constitutional conditions and in order to cure it von must take an internal remedy Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous sur faces of the system Halls Catarrh Meddne wag prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years It is composed of some of the best tonics known combined with some of the best blood purifiers

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Library of Congress1962

Image 6 of The Chronicle (Pascagoula, Miss.), May 16, 1962

f nrruTj_iinnnrumnnrumr SdCtonfaU II WE SEE IT THIS WAY 1 a riiiinnannjLiijumjmju yr i Horn Island For people profit or for the birds Eighth in a series Who is opposed to the countys plan for developing Horn Island and what does the opposition offer as an alternative The Mississippi Wildlife Fed eration last September adopted a resolution opposing the Horn Is land plan and similar plans advo cated by Harrison County politic ians for developing Ship Island W V Robertson of Gulfport president of the federation told the Chronicle that the federations opposition is based on its belief that commercialization would des troy recreational facilities now open to the public on these islands Jackson County supervisor president A P Moran says that as far as Horn Island is concerned more not fewer people would be able to use the island for recrea tion Ample public areas would be available he says And who can get out there now he asks Only the few people who have big boats With the building of the causeway anybody with an automobile will be able to go to Horn Island and iiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimii use those recreational facilities The wildlife federation has an other objection however

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Library of Congress1886

Image 1 of The Meridional (Abbeville, La.), January 16, 1886, (English)

r aYIu ABBEVILLE LOUISIANA SATURDAY JANUABY 1o 1880 NO 80 H J EDWARDS X D TOUNG EDWARDS Physicians Surgeons BBEVILLB LA opposite ýadeleine Square 1 T C Youngs Drug Store at N C Youngs mug Store given prompt attention M SALOON 1M Proptietol ABBEVILLE LA lbrte resort of pleasfrs and will be found one of the most in the town to while hours in rocreation Good K ES LN4j D CIGARS oad and also a Pool and lil Kind and polite attention eivery one Oct 3n51y IBEAUXIS ABBEVILLE LA geonst4aatly on hand a fresh and spply of Family Groceries of all f ned and J erred Gends of a full and Couutly Produce of every and the very best brands of yeWiucs and Cigars Unaidies aikes tsh retails Liquor by the drink bargnis and fresh goods I claim srpjeed by any other merchant placeOct3d51y AL PRODUCE AND CoxwIssION MEPCHANT DRALutR IN AR MOL4SSES COTTON AND ALL KINDS OF RY AND WESTERN IROD U C E 61 Poydrats Street NEW ORLEANS L V Boi 3215 promptly attended to W W EDWARDS LAW Y E3R Ah ville La WIllatteed to all bnsines in the line of gouduulo in Vermiliou or the adjoin

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 29, 1908

Literary News and Notes President Roosevelt has signed a con tract with The Outlook to act as an asso ciate editor after his retirement from the Presidency in March next This is made subject to the existing contract to write the story of his African travels tor Charles Scribners Sons His work in connection with the Outlook is to cover political and economic topics William Dean Howells Mary E Wil kins Freeman John Kendrick Bangs Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews Mary StewartCutting Alice Brown Henry van Dyke Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Elizabeth Jordan Edith Wyatt Mary Heaton Vorse and Henry James have written a composite novel The story is entitled The Whole Family and will be published next week after having run as a serial in Harpers Bazar where the puzzle was to find which author wrote what chapter The plot hinges on the engagement of pretty Peggy the daugh ter of the house to a fickle youth who is in love with her aunt and the whole family gets delightfully tangled up about it As a literary device this book is bound to create a pleasant little stir The November Everybodys is an elec tion number That is three out of

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Library of Congress1901

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 21, 1901

LITERARY NEWS AND NOTES The contents of the New England Magazine for November are a3 follows Sherburne Farms by Henry L Hazel ton When Me and Ed Got Religion by Fred W Shibley Isaiah Thomas the Patriot Printer by Frank R Batcliel der A Political Conspiracy by Epes W tSargent Ye Ancient Inns of Boston Town by Frederick W Norcross Self ishness by Charles H Town An Archi tect of the Old School by Henry T Bailey Manda a story by Jeannette Pemberton WashingtonGreene Cor respondence A Castle in Spain by Frederic lteddale Is there a decadence of New England Agriculture by Charles S Phelps The English Com monwealth by Burdett Hart For seventyfive years The Youths Companion has been published every week as a family paper In these sev entyfive years the papers constancy to a high standard has won the confidence of the American people It has kept pace with the growth of the country Its stories its special articles its edito rials its selections represent all that is best in American life For 1002 the foremost men and women of the Eng lishspeaking world have been enlisted as contributors The work of an un precedented number of

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Library of Congress1962

Image 2 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), January 25, 1962

UosUaii But Not UN Legislature Can Decide State Reapportionmenf The men in the Legislature seem to be spending a lot of time talking and listening to talk memorializing Con gress on matters which are complete ly outside their jurisdiction and final ly politics as usual with tthe little petty squabbles and infighting the public has come to regard as the nature of the Mississippi Legislature Let us hope that if and when these gentlemen get down to work they will be consistent in their approach to the solution of the states many serious problems and it wont be another ses sion of saying Dont do as we do but do as we say do We refer specifically to their memorializing the United States Con gress to limit contributions to the United Nations and prohibit the U S from participating or buying any bonds that may be issued by the United Nations This action was said to be inspired by House Speaker Walter Sil lers and others It received a highly favorable vote in the House and over whelming approval in the Senate Tt is well and good that we stand for fair play in the United Nations and we agree

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 21, 1907

NATION MAY BE DRY Hovember Elections Help to Swell the Roll of Prohibition States The temperance people who are light ing the saloon and the saloon influ ences in politics have reason to feel elated over the result of the November elections Democrats and Republicans lost and won but the returns show a steady gain for the cause of prohibition Following is a statement of actual con ditions in all the States up to date as compiled and issued by the Chicago RecordHerald AlabamaFortyone counties have voted to stop the sale of liquor entirely and the same result is said to be cer tain in nine others where arrange ments have been made for elections These nine include Montgomery the third largest in the State This will make titty out of sixtyseven against whiskey Four of the seventeen left have dispensaries that cannot be dis turbed for two years yet It is well established that the incoming legisla ture will make all the State prohibition ArkansasFivesevenths of the pop ulation live in dry territory License majority of 52000 in 1894 has changed to an aggregate majority of 10000 for prohibition in 1900 CaliforniaFour dry counties and much dry territory in

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Library of Congress1915

Image 5 of Greene County herald (Leakesville, Miss.), December 10, 1915

Greene Count Herald n obltuurv to each deceased published free If It does not exceed 400 words Count the words and cut It down If excessive Card of Thanks not political will be Inser ted for 1 whereof average short form If long winded extra 5c per line for such overuge Let the thanking parties bear the expense of their lhankyou talks In print which Is but fair to the newspaperman Local Reading notices of a commercial or business nature will be run for lOo per line for the first Insertion onehalf prloe for subse quent insertions When such notices are of a religious or benevolent nature 5c per line No charge for church or charitable notices where there is no admission fee or benefitstring at tached I in DAY Dec 10 1916 localj Mrs Joe Tooley ot Minneapolis Minn is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs E W L Davis out in the forks of Big Creek She is accom panied by her little daughter E P Walley principal of Pleas ant Hill Consolidated school has pur j ised himself an auto of the Stu oaker type Its a twoseated one table of carrying live passengers D C Turner

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Library of Congress1917

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 31, 1917

u America and Great Britain Many people do not realize that hitherto all the active political relations between Great Britain and America have been hostile relations writes William Archer in the Westminster Gazette Twice the two Nations have been at war and there are not a few Americans who are fond of boasting that in both of these conflicts they whipped us Our normal level relations have no doubt been amicable enough but when ever the level has been broken it has been by incidents which left a certain legacy of illfeeling The general attitude of Britain during the great Civil War was anything but j sympathetic Once we were on the verge of a rupture over the case of Mason and Slidell The affair of the Alabama was exceedingly disagreeable the Venezuelan squabble led us not perhaps to the brink of hostilities but some way in that direc tion The incident of Manila Bay is perhaps the only international episode of any note that has definitely tended to draw the two Nations together Of course this does not mean that there has not been real friendship between them There has never been a moment when thousands of Englishmen and

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Library of Congress1922

Image 60 of New-York tribune (New York [N.Y.]), November 26, 1922

A RAILROAD THAT ISSUES ITS OWN NEWSPAPER Of Employees by Employees for Employees Is The Pennsylvania News a Paper With out Politics or Advertisements and No Purpose Except to Tell Whats Doing on the Line By ROBERT B PECK Jhe Pennsylvania News only girl correspondent Miss Mattie Miner interviewing Lord and Lady Mount betten in Union Station Chicago a NEWSPAPER without poltica and without advertising whose private iJa ends are served alraply by service to the community and whose staff seivs rthout payit Bounds visionary enough for i maddest hatters of Gr3enwich Village but ere is such a publication two of them in ftt and they are corporation products The publications are The Pennsylvania giro of the central region of the Pennsyl finia Railroad and The Pennsylvania News i the northwestern region of the same rail md system Directors of the road are to de al this month whether the enterprise is to be stended and a similar paper published by the euployeea of the eastern region which includes Ne York and Philadelphia and has almost nc as many employees as the 60000 In the satra region The clannishnesa of railroad men is some thing that a few months or

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Library of Congress1850

Image 1 of Eastern times (Bath, Me.), October 31, 1850

A Journal of Political and General NewsAn Advocate of Equal Rights VOL V_BATH MAINE THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 31 1850 jt0 lq le Eastern imt9 Ii PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY GEORGE E NEWMAN Wc in north nd of Uniou Block third tory Front St opposite head of Broad StEntrance first door north of the Arch TERMSOne dollar and fifty cents per annum If paid TRICTLY in ADVANCE one dollar seventyfive cents within six months two dollars if payment is delayed to the end of the year These tern will be strictly adhered to nr Any person who w ill send us sLx good subscribers shall be entitled to a seventh copy for one year IjT No paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid unless at the option of the publisher O Single copies four cents O All lette and communications to be addressed post paid to the Publisher Bath Me Ters o AdvertisingLess than 15 lines three weeks seentyfive cents each subsequent insertion 17 cents fifteen lines three weeks 1 each subsequent insertion 20 cents _ 8 M PktteoillNo 10 State St and V B Palmer r BuUlnS Uourt St Boalon are our authohled Agents Tor the transaction of

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 31, 1900

THE HUMOR OF POLITICS Some Good Stories Told of Public Men by Hon Joint J Ingalls Some of the very best stories of poli tics were contributed recently to the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post by ExSenator John Ingalls First he says Charles Sumner had no more sense of humor than a hippopotamus but there was something excessively hu morous about his colossal selfconscious ness of which it is no paradox to say he was apparently unconscious llis egotism was inordinately vast though innocent in its simplicity it was far from conceit and led to no dis paragement of his associates Indeed 1 doubt if lie ever instituted compari sons Probably Irant whom he hated and abused came the nearest to sizing him up when he said The reason Sumner doesnt believe in the Bible is because he didnt write it himself lie bad large intellectual powers but not so large as he imagined He had no inliuence on legislation He was un able to endure opposition If he could not have his own will he would do noth ing But this is not intended as an an alysis of his work or his character 1 started out to say that

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Library of Congress1908

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 1, 1908

POLITICAL POINTS Mr Bryan declares that President Roosevelts letter indorsing Mr Taft is irrelevant and immaterial That is what a tioubled lawyer always says of hostile testimony which he cannot refute Mr Bryan dodged the cameras in Baltimore for fear that the photographer would catch him without his victory ex pression He clearly realizes that his victory expression wont pass at its lace value in Maryland Mr Taft believes in revising the tariff with judgment Bryan proposes to re vise it with a bludgeon Being scared to death and overconfident at the same time is the condition ascrib ed to Chairman Frank H Hitchcock by Bryan organs Those who have known Hitchcock any length of time have never known him to be either Even though Mr Taft were not to come to California there is no doubt that Cal ifornia will go to him Los Angeles Times Now that Theodore Roosevelt Jr has reached his majority Taft has two votes in the Roosevelt family not counting Nicholas Lingworths Bryan is going to visit Judge Parker and Dave Hill Once before in a Presi dential campaign Bryan visited the Sage of Wolforts Roost but nothing happen ed Out in Missouri there

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