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Library of Congress1909

Image 13 of The commonwealth (Greenwood, Miss.), December 17, 1909, (HOLIDAY EDITION, SECTION FOUR)

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH Being handicapped by the seemingly impossible improbability of having oth era bring as into print we deem it not inappropriate and not an unpardonable imposition to exercise oar high pre rogative and relieve oar systems of a little history and dope that may per haps be of little interest to those inter ested in The Commonwealth and its management The Commonwealth is now enjoying its fourteenth year of newspaper life After having been established and con ducted by former Governor Jas K Vardaman for a number of years Hon F R Birdsall of Yazoo City pur chased the office and successfully ed ited same for three years Nearly five years ago the present management came into possession of the paper The Commonwealth now owns its home on Market street and is here to stay The Commonwealth greets its readers today with as comprehensive an edition of a newspaper as ever issued from a Green wood press and in that affirms Its primacy corresponding to the primacy of the city that it represents and re flects Iu rejecting this special edi tion we called it our Holiday Edition which title has been abundantly jus tified

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Library of Congress1913

Image 4 of The commonwealth (Greenwood, Miss.), February 7, 1913

WHO IS WHO Here the 1 cret I11I cv 1 are the re hustling I line tiell Mglil CORIC a I liS d AllVI l TISI RS Mv Gr i Slate It t ri r IMenu d Fled ply c Hi A M it Mark 1 in While Slai fill I Brad k Ini A Si 1 M 12 a I Wot 1 Id S I I I I 1 I it I N Cliandl 16 17 Brent 1 1 N Shop Realty Co IS Hoffmans A 19 I II Wilkinson Bum 20 Words Smoke Ihm 21 2 Spates Collfertlol 1 Wllsc visions Tony Saunders Tailor 26 27 McIntyre Irug Stores 28 Woodworth linn nr Henderson A BiirJ IIini 2 ware Co We the iimlersignei selected lo award the prizes in the Who is Who foulest hen lv certify thiil the first if ptlr wins wni hv Miss Muv I 1000 llcnlcy 500 George Street the second prize of r 00 by Rich ard Limgnn Clarke LOO lumiir streetand that the mo been paid to the winners A J SCATKS urn MOV Inis F WHITMAN A R HEW Feby 5 1913 Judges I Abstract of Title Blanks for sah at

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Library of Congress1916

Image 7 of The commonwealth (Greenwood, Miss.), September 13, 1916, (WEEKLY EDITION)

APPRECIATED fraternal mention OF THE DAILY COMMONWEALTH Greenwood Comes in For a Deserved Lions Share of Good Advertising as a Result of Its New Daily Newspaper The Register is pleased to welcome j j j ts exchange table The Daily Com j realth the rcw daily started at I d last Friday Sept 1st by non Greenwu j l Gillespie who formerly edited Commonwealth For a tie a jear or more the business men of Greenwood have clamored for a daily realizing that so far as a weekly pa ncerned the town had out it and The Commonwealth is was ci per grown tje result of this clamor The Com ith is a very neat paper typo inonwc graphical Utest net be in competent hands afternoon out under r speaking contains the of the world and seems to It uses the Associated Press and starts very auspicious circuits We wish for the paper stances ahundant patronage and much success The editor of the Register knew years ago that tlie weekly in a large town voidd started The Daily Register in Clarks daie in 1D0S Wiseacres said at that that tlie paper would not pay and within three months would suspend

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Library of Congress1919

Image 13 of The White Mountain echo (Bethlehem, N.H.), July 12, 1919

BETHLEHEM N H JULY 12 1919 what similar cog railway for moun tain climbing and purposed to build a railroad up the Rigi Just what influence the studies of the Mt Washington system had upon the Swiss plans is not known but the Rigi railway was soon under con struction and was opened in 1870 or 1871 The Riggenbach patents were used and everyone who is familiar with the Mt Washington device can see at a glance that the mechanism is decidedly different put no doubt the demonstration of a cog railway in actual operation up a mountain gave great encouragement to the projectory of the Swiss railway and thus Mt Washington pointed out the way for the building of the Alpine road Through Mr Aikens enterprise the Summit house was built capable of accommodating 200 persons The house was built in part on land leased from the owners of the terri tory and this fact combined with the rivalry of the two enterprises led to friction and ultimately to litiga tion We do not feel disposed to pay for the use of the summit and to have to fight for it wrote Mr Aiken to his antagonists on one

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Library of Congress1903

Image 20 of The White Mountain echo and tourist's register (Bethlehem, N.H.), September 19, 1903

20 THE WHITE MOUNTAINS It Is hard to realize that within the mem ory of men still living the White Mountains were still undiscovered as a summer resort says the Listener in the Boston Tran script To put them on a low plane In the capacity of the producer of millions of dol lars annually for hotels and railroads they are a triumph of newspaper writing up They had of course been noted as natural features of New England ever since the English first settled in the Merrimack Val ley in the 16405 Then that omnivorous seeker of knowledge Rev Manasseh Cut ler of Ipswich and Timothy Dwight of Western Massachusetts and a Boston par ty containing such kindred spirits as Dr J Bigelow Dr Francis Booth F C Gray and Chief Justice Shaw explored them in the last years of the eighteenth century and the first of the nineteenth and the very fact that these journeyings are recorded in history shows that in the first half of the last cen tury it was about as rare for people to visit the White Mountains as it is now to go to Labrador or Greenland Thelr wonders bad been topographically set

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Library of Congress1906

Image 6 of The White Mountain echo and tourist's register (Bethlehem, N.H.), July 14, 1906

6 THE WHITE MOUNTAIN ECHO ESTABLISHED IN 1878 BY MARKINFIELD ADI EY Editor 18781898 CHARLES WAYLAND TOWNE GIDEON WURDZ Editor and Proprietor PUBLISHED WEEKLY DURING JULY AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER Application wide for entry as secondclass matter at Bethlehem Post Office rare The cho Blow bugle blow set the wild Echoes flying Tewgw THE ECHO Is the authorized organ of the United States Hay Fever Association Members of the Appalachian Mountain Club are Invited to make use of The Echo as a medium of Intercommunication Correspondence is solicited from tourists upon topics of interest but If not found suitable the pre nervation or return of communications cannot be Insured The White Mountain Echo is devoted to the In terests of the entire White Mountain region It is Independent of any special Locality Hotel Board Ing House or Railroad Corporation The Echo supports a Free Reading Room In which dally and weekly papers are on file In connection Is a Bureau of Information for the dis trlbutlon of transportation folders hotel announce ments and Interesting literature published by The Echo advertisers Terms of Subscription Single Copies Ten Cents For the season 12 weeks postpaid One Dollar Addresses can be changed as often

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Library of Congress1911

Image 1 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), March 30, 1911

I_ ___ MAINE S BEST COUNTY WEEKLY Canaaliiiatutg tjr 8mnrrart 3lnirprnipttt anil Qlljf fcomprart Hrportfr SWORN CIRCULATION OVER 6000 WEEKLY VOL 72 _ SKOWHEGAN MAINE THURSDAY MARCH 30 1911 NO 13 PATTANGALL MADE GREAT PLEA FDR POWER DEVELOPMENT Scores Newspapermen for Giving Kennebec Dam and Reservoir Company Bad Name In printing below the able defense which Representative Pattangall re cently made of the Kennebec Dam Reservoir charterwe are endeavoring to place the matter before the public just as it appears to the average busi ness man The IndependentReporter has taken no position with regard to this project endeavoring merely to present the facts Mr Pattangall studied the situation with care be came convinced that the proposed de velopment would be a great thing for Maine ana espoused the cause The arguments which he puts for ward seem well nigh unanswerable If there is another side to the ques tion let it be given all possible publi city so that when public opinion be comes finally crystallized the de cision may tie right and for all time The columns of this paper will be op ened for the exhaustive discussion of this matter and we hope for a cor dial response

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Library of Congress1911

Image 3 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), October 19, 1911

rd Parlor Stoves Crawford Parlor A genuine indirect draft stove with full return flue the smoke passes down between the firepot and the outside casing of the stove to a flue beneath the ashpan thence up and out through the back smoke pipe to the chimney giving more heat and burning j less coal The grate center slides for i ward for dumping Large clinker door wide deep ashpan dust damper nickel rails removable Four sizes Tropic Crawford With or with s out down draft back pipe Draw center grate Best stove made at the price crawtord parlor Nickel rails removable Crawford Wood Parlor in this new heating stove for wotd the front dcxir j swings open to give the effect of a fireplace By moving fi a slide in this door the fire can be seen without opening the door itself The slide openings are protected by wire gauze The main top swings to one side and underneath it is a large plate that lifts to admit large pieces of wood j This stove is madein both direct and indirect draft styles It is strongly made and very handsome Three sizes to burn 19 22 or 25 inch lengths

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Library of Congress1921

Image 8 of The independent-reporter (Skowhegan, Me.), December 29, 1921

We yield to the temptation to present our readers with the following very pleasant entirely unsolicited and unexpected letter recently received from one of the best known Advertising Agencies in New EnglandHttPjmtrntdKppnrtpr dnmpattg r DANIELSON SON V iSTAUSHKl 1SS i INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING Providence Rhode Island i Skowhegan IndependentReporter i v 4 fv v Skowhegan Maine OjTJf T 1 f ct h r W J Dear Mr Patten V r v We have your exhibits of November 17th including a rate card and detailed state 0 I ment issued by the Audit bureau ot Circulations S A May we say that it is remarkable the manner in which you have proceeded to i I CAi illif Ot ue SOIf I AOUJ M H i l N t V f f J s assemble and furnish specific information concerning your medium and your field We jtn1 j tvspi04n or U n 1 m look to large dailies in metropolitan centers for information of tins character but have svri pr j tfn mfOLrtvrpoir COVCOIVUJS horn OO not been taught to expect anything of the sort from a weekly newspaper We are glad to i1 Trnf 11 Ut f V have the information

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