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Library of Congress1895

Image 2 of The Opelousas courier (Opelousas, La.), September 21, 1895

fhc Opelousas Courier PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY OPELOUSAS LOUISANA MONTYS SCOOP ONTG OMERYS acquaintance with the newspaper woman dated from a cold wet evening in that season of the year which without being either winter or spring possesses tlWe disagreeable features of both Miss Dodge came drearily down the capitol steps feeling her wet skirts flap disconsolately against her wetter boots at every step She was too dis couraged to care She was tired and cold and miserable as she could be She wanted to revel in it She felt old and shabby and a great wave of pity for herself washed a lump up into her throat Up and down the avenue umbrellas were bobbing like an endless funeral procession of mourning mushrcoms The ruby and emerald lights of passing cabs and herdicks threw splashes of color on the wet pavement and the street lamps were yellow blurs in the dusk It was her habit to stop for a moment on the terrace to look down along the grays and purples of the av enue but tonig she walked on stol idly Montgomery was sitting in the hall way of a deserted buildtLg a few block further down the avenue

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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 Congress1941

Image 6 of The Harlem news (Harlem, Mont.), April 4, 1941

Page Six x J JBVMns Harry Pugh McClure WNU Service CHAPTER I Slap bang bumpteybump Kath leen Maguire smothered an eloquent Damn A rear tire had gone flat and was smacking the pavement with loose rubber It was no more than she expected The family se dan was on its last legs Nothing could do it any good except to jack it up and run a new one under it And a fat chance there is of that muttered Kathleen attempt ing to steady her wabbling vehicle But she had been hitting a smart pace and the pike was badly worn as full of holes as the sedans dilapi dated roof With a little wheeze and a groan the car slid off into the ditch to the right and coasted gently half up the other bank where it hung precariously poised on two wheels in the thick tangled under growth of blackberry vines and dog fennel She had been to the country for flowers Because they were cheaper than hothouse products On the front seat carefully balanced beside her to keep from damaging their tender tips was a bucket full of purple irises She had thought it a bril liant

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Library of Congress1860

Part of map of Washington City D.C. showing the track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as originally constructed and as it now exists : also showing tracks along which the company might have built the road ... and the proposed paving of East Second Street by the corporation of Washington

Covers area bounded by A Street N.E./N.W., 3rd Street N.W., Florida Avenue, and 12th Street N.E. Also shows block numbers and elevations of block corners. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Brittle, lacking sections along edges, and mounted on cloth backing. Includes note and track profile. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault DCP

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