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Library of Congress1916

Image 8 of The Circle banner (Circle, Mont.), January 14, 1916

THE CIRCLE BANNER Ben M Larson Owner and Publisher Published every Friday at Montana Entered as secondclass matter Nov 27th 1914 at the post office at Circle Montanaunder the Act of March 31879 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months Advertising Rates on Application Circle 6200 6100 A newspaper is the indicator to strangers what a town is Have you ever noticed in traveling that if you buy a paper at some place while passing through that you size it up from that sheet If it contains plenty of advertising well displayed you mentally comment that the place looks prosperous and good If the news is put to gether and displayed up in an attractive and lively style you de cided that it must be something of a town if it can afford first class printing Now a kept newspaper is not much belter than any other kept I hing commands no influence and is an expense that makes it hate ful No a newspaper is a busi ness proposition pure and simple It must pay at the front office if it is to yield power in the editor ial room So it behooves a community to build up its newspapers

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), August 31, 1905

RECOGNITION DAY AT CHAUTAUQUA Correspondence of The Journal Chautauqua X Y Aug 21 Wed nesday morning August 16th about one hundred and seventyfive members of the large class of 1905 of the Chau tauqua Literary and Scientific Circle passed through the Golden Gate and received their diplomas in token of the completed course Recognition Day is the crowning event of the Chautauqua year the natural climax of the As sembly program and the goal toward which thousands of men and women in all parts of the globe strive zealously throughout the years The Cosmopo litan class well named because of the widely different communities represent ed in its membership and the broad in terest which its members have mani fested in all the work of the Circle re ceived formal recognition for the fidel ity with which its members have pur sued to completion the four years course of home reading prescribed by the Circle With the one hundred and seventyfive of this class who were present to go through the mystic portal were a large number of graduates of former years but who had never be fore been at Chautauqua on Recogni tion Day All over the world however

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Library of Congress1865

Map of the State of Virginia

General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Richmond. Printed in blue are concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C. A table of "Distances by Railroads" appears below the map title. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 509.2 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1894

Image 3 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), November 16, 1894

1 T Jaitu gomriwc journal City and County __ i POLICE BALL Over 1000 Ptople In Alt n iance and Ail Enjoy tlo Event Concert P0ramme Finely Rendered and 200 Couples Join in March The sixth annual hall of the Augusta police was given In Mconian hall last evening anti about loot people were in at tendance The concert by Higgins fnl orchestra from H to i oclock was a d light to the hearers and every irt of Its pro gramme was rccePetl with appreciation some of the selections licing osfxrially fine The Goblins Frolic and The Salvation Army were very catchy At sharp i the directors F W Math ews A V Brooks F I Hersey S S Ha mini 1 Dr K 1 Martin Dr A T Titcomli Horace Cony and Kverett Stone mareiied out with the Isxes of lieauliful dance onlers and then the grand march and circle liegan Marshal Bean and wife led tile march and were followed liy tlie other incmliers of the police force and ladies When the circle had formed over 200 couples were oil the floor and it nettried as though there was hardly room for them to lance The crowd

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Library of Congress1934

Image 4 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 26, 1934

DILLINGER ELUDES NET OF PURSUERS U S Men Mass in Vicinity of St Paul Preparing for Finish Fight Continued From First Page_ desperadoes shot their way to free dom killing two men and wounding four others Dillingers other wound was sus tained March 31 when he and at least two associates blasted their way out of a police and Federal trap in a St Paul apartment Dillinger was shot in the leg and later attended by Dr Clayton E May Minneapolis phy sician May and his nurse are now held on charges of harboring a criminal NET IS TIGHTENED Escape of Dillinger Is Feared by Officials CHICAGO April 26 The law with 5000 eager arms slammed shut the stable door today but the horse John Dillingerapparently was gone A great circle ol men blocking high ways and stopping all suspicious ap pearing persons was swung for hun dreds of miles around Mercer Wis to prevent the escape of the gunman yet even as the circle tightened there came reports that the desperado had lipped through Federal men burning under such criticism as seldom is made of Gov ernment detectives were massing some where in the vicinity of St Paul Minn

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Library of Congress1863

Map of the state of Virginia

Relief shown by hachures. General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and sourthern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, and rivers. Map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Richmond. A table of distances by railroads appears below the title. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 481.7 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1854

Telegraph and Rail Road map of the New England States

LC also has 1855 edition. Description derived from published bibliography. Inset: Map of Boston showing the entrance of the Rail Roads. Circle, diameter 22 cm. Scale ca. 1:775,000. LC Railroad maps, 109 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1887

Map showing the Norfolk & Western Railroad and its connections

Map of the eastern United States showing drainage, cities and towns, distance by 100-mile concentric circles centered on Roanoke, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. This line became one of the world's greatest coal carriers. It began as the City Point Rail Road from Petersburg to City Point, a distance of 9 miles. It was consolidated in 1870 as the Atlantic, Mississippi, and Ohio Railroad. See entry 491. It was sold in 1881 under the above name. In 1896 it was reorganized as the Norfolk and Western Railway Company.

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Library of Congress1864

Map of the State of Virginia

General map of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania showing cities and towns, roads, rivers, and relief by hachures. The map is overprinted in red to indicate railroads, the state name "West Virginia," and concentric circles centered on Washington, D.C. A table of "Distances by Railroads" appears below the map title. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:887,040. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 493.6 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.

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Library of Congress1900

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), June 21, 1900

MRS POMFRET MAKER OF GENIUSES Alclton T Hatch was almost a prodigy Indeed to one ordinarily versed in the distinctive marks of embryo genius be might have seemed prodigy pure and simple Two circumstances however kept him out of the infant phenomenon class he was as yet a prophet in his own country and Airs Ioutlet refused to give Him his standing It was not known among the Apville people just why Melton T was outside the pale of genius hut all understood there was some good reason so it seemed openly schismatic of Airs Ilanslomthe new tailors wifeto declare that the hoy teas a genius positively And when Airs Iontret was quoted by the opposition Airs Ilanslom had laughingly added that comets were always more or less inconvenient to celestial bodies of fixed habits and that a certain person could not hope to order the universe forever and to keep alw ays intact her neat little assortment of carefully graded stars This remark made at the sew ing circle traveled straight to the lonely ears of Mrs homfret as she watered her gladi olai and mignonette in the early morn ing pending the arrival of the milkman with the

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Library of Congress1901

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 3, 1901

ALMOST A MIRACLE THE WORK OF A STROKE OF LIGHTNING 0 C Peak of Milwaukee Wis Knocked Down While at the Telephone ReceiverA Subsequent Experience Such as Falls to the Lot of Few Strange happenings are constantly being eeorded but it is safe to say few people iu tell of a personal experience as wonder ul as that which fell to the lot of Mr D C 1 yak of Xo 814 Wells street Milwaukee is His miraculous recovery from loco uotor ataxia is attracting widespread at tention throughout the country and has ex ted much comment from the press and Liming physicians Mr Peak is wellknown in railroad circles liroughout the entire State and held an im ortant position with the Chicago Milwau kee St Paul R R Co for a number of ars up to the time he was taken with this rrible affliction He is now well and ex erts within a short time to resume his posi n with the company Iu view of the int oi tance of Mr Peaks case and the talk his n C PEAK has caused a reporter was assigned to k up tlie matter lie went to Mr Peaks Alienee

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Library of Congress1948

Image 1 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 13, 1948

muuuuuumuuuuumuumu We Stand With The J People By The People and For The People No One Is Safe Until We All n Are Saved V0LUMN x _JACKSON MISSISSIPPI MARCH 13 T948__ NUMBERZO Stale Attorney Genera Says Nothing Can Be Done About Klan Activities Whose Charter Was Revoked Last Year Negro Voters Frightened By Grand Dragons Speech Firey Cross Burns Here Wrightsville Ga ANP No Negroes voted in the Johnson county primary last week follow ing the appearance of the Ku Klux Klan in this coimty seat and an appeal to bloodshed by the KKK Grand Dragon aingNesgroe Some 300 hooded and robed klansmen paraded through the town on the eve of the election A 15 foot cross was burned on the lawn of the county courthouse Inside a circle of fully hooded and Iobed klansmen greenclad Dr Samuel Green of Atlanta grand dragon of the hate order made no direct reference to the election slated for the next day but openiy attacked President j Trumans announced program for j civil rights and threatened that j blood would flow on the streets j of the south if the Negro takes a j place at the side of white men thru 1

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Library of Congress1916

Image 6 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), July 10, 1916

daily KENNEBEC JOURNAL Entered at the Augusta Post Office a iSecond class mall matter ESTABLISHED 1825 Kaaotlee whatever will be taken of unsigned communications The Journal cannot be held responsi ble for the preservation or return of rejected communications Address all communications relating to subscriptions and advertisements to Kennebec Journal Company Publishers Augusta Maine Monday July 10 1916 Republican Nominations FOR PRESIDENT CHARLES EVANS HUGHES VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES W FAIRBANKS GOVERNOR CARL E MILLIKEN U S SENATOR Frederick Hale REPRESENTATIVES TO CON GRESS 1st DistLouis B Goodall 2nd DistWallace H White Jr 3rd DistJohn A Peters 4th DistFrank E Guernsey STATE AUDITOR Roy L Ward well A Misguided Friend Editor Kennebec Journal The Journal editorial of June 27 entitled the Right Course at Last has been read with considerable surprise by a wide circle of manufacturers and railroad men The editorial in question claims to reflect the publicity attitude of the newspapers to ward American industry In the present wage controversy between the railroads and the brotherhoods for example you say no safe dependence can be placed on the claims of either side and in the public interests you think the contestants that is to say these conflicting and unre

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Library of Congress1929

Image 41 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), May 21, 1929

SALEHOUSES iCmllmri NORTHWEST 8750 750 CASH 6750 MONTHLY Nine Pooms 2Car Brick Garage Excellent Condition FISCHER ft MANNAKEE 1010 VERMONT AVE MAIN 566 near war dm an park Opposite Private Estate Allbrick MILLERBUILT S rooms 4 bedrooms 3 baths and 2car garage plen tiful shrubbery and terraced lawn excep tionally attractive 2621 29th st n w W C A N MILLER 1119 17th St NW Decatur 610 Big 4Bedroom Home 3 Covered Torches Garage 10950 Terms A beautiful colonialtype brick home with mansard roof in the charming Petworth section conven iently located near Sherman Circle Covered concrete front porch and 2 wide covered rear porches 7 large rooms 4 bedrooms tile bath with builtin tub and shower bright kltch n completely equipped builtin re rigerator large dry cellar with laundry trays and toilet This home is In excellent condition lust redeco rated hardwood floors hotwater heat automatic hotwater heater large wardrobe closets numer ous floor plugs all modern im provements It is 20 feet wide by 35 feet deep with a nice yard with garage paved street and alley Gas and water connections on the second floor making it possible to use this home as a twofamily apartment This is

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Library of Congress1929

Image 59 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), November 1, 1929

SALEHOUSES Continued 9250 NEAR GRANT CIRCLE Colonialtype tapestry brick home with concrete front porch and Mansard roof with attractive dormer windows 30 ft wide mat ins all rooms large and desirable Contain ing 6 bright beautiful rooms 3color tile bath with builtin tub and shower break fast porch and sleeping porch 30 ft wide b 10 ft deep hardwood floors and trim throughout large clothes closet with plate glass mirror door beautiful electric fixtures Red Jacket boiler automatic hotwater heat er well planned kitchen with special built in cabinets onepiece sink and large Frlg idalre garage to match house large yards beautifully shrubbed and planted Located on one of the highest points In Washington and convenient to parochial and public schools stores cars and busses Reasonable terms to responsible person This Is an unusual value being a 20ft house at the same price as one 18 ft wide For appolnt ment Adams 8317 A Smart New Home of Eliza bethan DesignBuilt by W C A N Millerin Cleveland Park 13950 All brick 3 baths Including shower slate roof copper guttering and spout ing open fireplace large attic and beautiful decorations breakfast and sleeping porches OARAGE At a very reasonable price

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Library of Congress1919

Image 6 of Great Falls daily tribune (Great Falls, Mont.), September 6, 1919

GREAT FALLS DAILY TRIBUNE n U BOLE BdlUr S WARDEN UUlfW LEOVAJRD llOllBMI n niBHL lluaiw EDITORIAL PAGE MR WILSONS FIRST SPEECH President Wilson hit the nail squarely on the head when in his Columbus speech the first made on his swing around the circle he said that most of the derogatory statements made about the peace treaty were made by people who have not read it or who have read and did not under stand it It is a fact that the republican politi cians who have opposed the treaty and the league of nations have muddled the public mind in re gard to both of them at every possible opportun ity The presidents first speech was a clear and straightforward discussion of the issues at stake and they are tremendous The principal thought of the men who have devoted months of their time to drafting the treaty is to make Ger many repay in so far as it is humanly possible for the damage she has done for the terror she spread over the world for the blood she spilled for the homes she ravished for the industries she destroyed for the farms and the towns and the

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