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Library of Congress1938

Image 11 of Evening star (Washington, D.C.), March 3, 1938

Press Is Held Roosevelts Scapegoat Inquiry Was Made in Use of Profit From Writings By DAVID LAWRENCE CiNDOR between the White House and the American peo ple is an essential not only to good government but to the maintenance of a democracy If the White House in any way misleads the people and they lose confidence a tragedy ensues in whiqh both Gov ernment and the people suffer This is said apropos of the a nnouncement that not a penny of the money earned by the President in con nection with the sale of his writ lngs by newspaper y n d i c a tes or magazines will go j into his own pocket This an David Lawrence nouncement is in itself gratifying ana anybody who received either from this correspondent or anybody else the impression that Mr Roosevelt was trying to make personal profits should erase that impression from his mind and regard it as nonexistent Such a correction is essential because the President through his secretary now has officially announced that he will not profit by the sale of his writings and no matter what went on before it is the last statement that should count Handling

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Library of Congress1870

Map of the business portion of New York City below Madison Square : 1870

General street map showing wards, piers, pier numbers, and streetcar lines. Shows 1-mile radial distance from City Hall. Issued as the summer 1870 no. of "Mackey's shipping indicator" (broadsheet). "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1870, by Joseph Mackey, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York." Imperfect: Fold-lined, torn (halved) at fold line, annotated in ink in lower margin "Deposited June 15ʺ 1870, no. 877." Includes text, descriptive directory of ship arrivals/departures, and cameo impression of the District Court. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

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Library of Congress1905

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 7, 1905

MONTREAL AND QUEBEC Impressions of These Canadian Cities by an American Tourist Leaving Belfast on the 120 p m train Sept 27th we arrived in Portland at 635 and after a short stop there took a sleep er for Montreal over the White Mountain Division Well now a sleeper is all right but it proved to be a waker for me and I had a good chance to study the sky all night as I laid beside a window In the mean time others were sleeping 1 could tell this by a peculiar sound coming from some of the berths near me We were sidetracked at St Johnsbury Vt for a while waiting for the through train from Boston to Mont real We had been riding head towards the engine but after we were coupled on to the Boston train and started 1 said to my wife good Lord they are taking us to Moutreal feet first and so it was Well we were up and dressed early and had a good view of the country as we went speed ing along toward our destination We noticed that it was good farming land and very level for miles before we

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Library of Congress1905

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), December 21, 1905

GRANDJANYON A Womans Impressions and Description ot that Natural Wonder Correspondence of The Journal Fort Apache Arizona October The next morning after a shower I saw a most wonderful effect produced as the mist rose and formed in little cloudlets drifting and wandering in and out among the turrets and pinnacles uch as though it possessed a will of its wn and on some errand intent Many were tlie cameras in evidence attempt ng to catch some small portion of the inusual sight A drive of two and a half miles along the rim took us to Rowes Point where the most advantageous view can lie obtained It is a huge peninsula utting out a half mile into the canyon md some places but a few feet beyond the carriage wheels at each side was a sheer declivity which made a cold chill run up my spine as I anxiously watched every movement of the well trained horses From this point one has an minterrupted view of 70 miles up and iown the canyon Lying below at the i ight was the battleship Iowa a stone formation of striking resemblance Then there is Vishmes Temple Senti lel Point Point Havi

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Library of Congress1907

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), October 3, 1907

FAR WEST FARMER Bruce 6 Eaton and Bis Farm of 23000 Acres A visitor from the west came to Springfield the other day and has gout away with the impression that the Con neticut valley is the prettiest place that he has ever seen This man was Bruce G Eaton theownerof a little farm in Colorado near the town ol Greeley which is in the center of one of the richest farming sections of the state and thanks to irrigation one ol the best of the country Mr Eatons little farm comprises at present 23000 acres of which 1300 are under cultivation and Mr Eaton is making preparations to till about 500C more the coming year Mr Eaton is the son of one of the pioneers of that section who crossed the plains in 1850 Mr Eaton was married about 1C years ago his wife being a native ol Colorado bat also a graduate of Mt Holyoke college so that they have a tie with the east The town in which they live is Greeley named after Hor ace Greeley and it is a beautiful town about 52 miles north of Denver The homestead was but the begin ning of

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Library of Congress1912

Image 2 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), March 21, 1912

Letter from San Francisco To the Editor pF The Journal Thinking that a few lines from the Me tropolis of the Pacific coast might be in teresting to your many readers I will give you some of my impressions of the city There has been but little rain here for the rainy season In January only about two inches of rain fell Last year in January the rainfall was thirteen inches Sometimes there will be a week at a time of pleasant sunny weather I was surprised to see it so pleasant in the rainy season as I had an idea that it rain ed nearly every day They tell me it is about as pleasant here now as at any time of year In the summer there is much more wind ard fog The nights are all cool here in the summer and you want plenty cf bedclothes There are no hot nights as we have them in the east The papers say there are forty thousand men here out of work Thou sands have come from the east this win ter expecting plenty of work and big pay but they have been grievously disappoint ed and are stranded

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Library of Congress1896

Image 12 of Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.), May 7, 1896

JUST A GLIMPSE Of the Early Editorial Writers of Kennebec Valley Storng Characters That Left a Deep Impress Upon Those Who Came Within the Sphere of Their Pow erful Influence Head before the Kennebec Historical Society To give this subject the range ami fulness of detail that it merits would be to furnish material for a good sized volume I shall therefore undertake at this time merely to touch briefly upon the more salient characteristics of a small group of men whose names are prominently identified with the earlier newspaper history of Central Maine and who exerted a power for progress that will extend far beyond the narrow limits of their own day and generation I shall also consider only the work of those writers who attained distinction in the newspaper work of the Kennebec valley prior to the Civil war and shall not undertake to pre serve any chronological order In the very nature of things the best work of the editorial writer is largely of an impersonal character and he so frequently sees the children of his brain adopted and reared as the natural off spring of others that the experience has nothing of novelty for him It

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Library of Congress1948

Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), April 8, 1948

There is a photographing machine on a lower floor of Grand Central Station which is a marvel even in this day of mechanical miracles In appearance it resembles the body of a honsom cab You step inside sit insert a qarter in a slot and press a button In just one minute there is delivered to you automatically your photograph already framed For an other nickel a mailing envelope is also furnished The first days of spring have broght a new look to New York Side streets which had been piled high with snow are clean from warm showers Store windows have chang ed from their winter dressing to bright mildweather colors like the clothing of passing pedestrians Cen tral Park has taken on a verdant mantle set with diamondlike lakes And out in the suburbs residents have removed their overcoats too soon done too much raking on their vards have become overheated caught colds and now are taking the modern version of sulphur and mo lasses I recently had occasion to ride the Pere Marquette railrdftd from Grand Rapids Michigan to Chicago and I was much impressed by the dining car service This railroad is owned by the Chesapeake

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Library of Congress1890

Image 2 of The Anaconda standard (Anaconda, Mont.), March 14, 1890, (Morning)

THE ANACONDA STANDARD PUSLISHED EVERY MORNING IN THE WEEK EXCEPT MONDAY The Offcial Paper of Deer Lodge County altvwhel by earnr or mall t see delles a lmr thrcc dober a qmlurr r oae ddiar a meoMU THI STrN DM1RWD to the ly da ewpaper with tlergmaphk dt pHeein l nIer uli r y It prm mor tirapllle mew ths sanyor newspaper l Momltaa Correpsieasee anwl buinween ktter should 1 atdrwemi to THE STANDARD Corset of H and Third streects aAcudam Montaam FRIDAY MARCH 14 I The lacreasing importation of water for beptismal purposes from the Holy land will doubtles suggest to some enterprisang Yankee the project of starltg a water canning factory on the beaks of the Jordan How bath the military glory of Francs departed when she is content to fight the poor old king of Dahomey and his thaae warriors Thespirit of Bona parte meut kick itself in mortification for the country that once made Europe tremble Chief Justice Fuller stubbotrnly re fues to shave off his moustache al though it is said the associate Justices have advised him to make the sacrifce in the name of dignity and impressive ness The chief justice is evidently keeping

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Library of Congress1914

Image 2 of The Bossier banner (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.), December 31, 1914

The Bossier Banner W H SCANLAND Editor and Proprietor j rr 777 BENTON Thursday December 31 1914 _____ I BEGINNIN G THE NEW EAR _ __week Always there is something impressive about the last of anything for the mere suggestion of finality sobers the finite mind Always a sense of parting sweeps r one just before the bells ring as they j 1 ove will tonight Whether as from friend or foeand surely no year ever passed without some friendlinesswe part thoughtfully and looking back we dwell for at least a little while upon the fullnessor emptiness of the last mile marked for us on the course Alwaysif we look closely enoughwe can see something to encourage us in the effort which will betaken up anew tomor row And this is true even though the backward glance reveals a seemingly un interrupted succession of mistakes and failings For tomorrow we shall have another chance and tomorrow the mistakes and stumblings of yesterday will serve as a guide and keep us from so faltering in the progress we long to make What a fine and helpful thing is this closing of the old set of books this open ing of the

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Library of Congress1918

Image 2 of The Glasgow courier (Glasgow, Mont.), August 16, 1918

HUES CITY KEEPS OPEN BOOST FOR SCRIBES The newspaper men of northern Montana who were fortunate enough to attend the recent State Press asso ciation convenion at Miles City got a new angle on the metropolis of the Powder River country They went down there with the impression that Milestown was the place of the last stand of the cowman accustomed to living in the raw They expected an outing on the frontier with all its red blooded riotness In this they were disappointed They found Milestown one of the robust cities of the state the home of 10000 happy and prosperous peo ple The only evidence of the old puncher days was the substantial foot ings of the banks They found a beau tiful city of substance paved streets so modern and up to the minute that all automobiles must be parked in the center of the pavement substantial and modern business buildings blocks of them palatial homes bord ering beautiful boulevards the most pretentiousElks home in the state and the most hospitable people there are in any city in all the west Every visitor who went to the con vention came away with the impres sion that a

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Library of Congress1914

Image 1 of The Caldwell watchman (Columbia, La.), March 6, 1914

Uat_6IZtite IW Ea urna VOL XXVIII COLLTiMBLV LA UWDAY MAJWII 6 1914 NO 11 INTERYENTION NOT DES1RlBLE BUT PRESIDENT WILSON R ALIZ ES THAT GOVERNMENT Y SE FORCED TO ADOPT I SITUATION GROWING GRAVE Determination First to Exhaust Every Peaceful Means for Peace in the WarRidden Republic Western Newssper Union News Service WashingtonPresident Wilson re vealed to those who discussed Mexi can affairs withhim that he realizes the gravity of the situation growing out of the killing td William S Benton a British subject the reported murder of Gustave Bauch and Clemente Va gara American citizens and Gener Carranzas denial of the right of the United States to look after the inter ests of foreigners in Mexico The presldent spoke deploringly of armed intervention but at the same time he referred to the size and power of a country like the United States as being sufficient warrant for a calm and patient course while complian3e with the American demands is being sought Callers came away impressed with the idea that the president is determined to try every peaceful means at his disposal to solve the Mexican problem but that he realizes that a drastic course may become ne cessary He

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Library of Congress1918

Image 1 of The Rice belt journal (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.), September 27, 1918

NW s S Oiieia Orgui n ri WAR SAVINGS STAMPS on Ia ii Irkh ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 43 Z ru bbe JRACA I41 OXG Jefferson Davis Parishs Leading Weekly Newspaper SUME IX 1WELSH JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH LOUISIANA FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27 1 918 1 A4A T T ___tmnm _ ireshyteri1n Church Rev C F llotl nuin Pastor Sunday Sept l 1918 Subject 11 a m The r 1irch ier Special muic Subject p 1 HI The Fighitinltg Chance A cordial ins itation to all It Meh Church CIo U I C M lU t RALLY PAY EX ERCISES at e4V11 Life of Christ in beautiful colorsa at N10 1 V i lervey JOEL BIIINIM WRITES FROM FRANCEi ks They Will Get the Kaisers Goat Befur Clhristnias Early in the itK ltsters were re hived by several ti tih boys from here from Jo L DIihm former pro prietor of the City Retaurant who i now with the 279 nero squadron omewhere in France His departure from Welsh for the European front aide a profound impression on Joe ais evidenced by the tone of his let ters He is glad to be over there in the interest of re0loms

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