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Library of Congress1901

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), May 2, 1901

WEATHER PREDICTIONS Hie Work of the C S Weather Bureau Bruttits to Commerce and Agriculture There is no other subject in which the people throughout the civilized world are so generally interested as they are in the weather and there its noth ing that exerts a greater influence on the affairs of men Although the weather has occupied mens minds to a great extent since the earliest days of the race and much scientific research has been made it is only within a com paratively few years that any systematic attempt has been made to record and diffuse meteorological data or knowl edge Since the work was taken up by the leading commercial nations of the world great advances have been made and great benefit has accrued particu larly to navigation and agriculture and allied branches The early Egyptians studied meteor ology as a branch of astronomy and Aristotle compiled a comprehensive work on the weather from their writ ings and his own observations He dis cussed prognostics of rain wind storms and fair weather but made no attempt to explain any of the phenomena Cicero Virgil and others wrote on the subject but they added little to the knowledge

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Library of Congress1902

Image 7 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), February 6, 1902

k FINEST MOUNTED CAVALRY i hern Trihare to the Blk Horse Company indebted U Gen I illey uni tor copies of the Huirle i y Edwin Eibby Post i Alt tair J an 22nd and 23d and a h we quote the following Generals Utice Portland Me Gen J P I illeyMy Dear herewith a letter which ie 1 haw no doubt that the li 1st Me 1 avalry As now you wen captain of the i Frank li Cutler of Enion my s as lieutenant I have writ o giving him your address him that 1 have lorw arded his a It may be of interest to you eat with him ours very ti lth Gkokoi M s eiders Jan 51902 on of MaineHear SirIt mg time since the Civil War as N il We people in Virginia ething of the many ups and downs lour years of war There was a avaliy from your State known u k Horse company the finest iipany 1 saw during the war I thought of writing to know if in are living as I never heard of May 1 sias thev were just then hard lighting in the valley of We were

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Library of Congress1912

Image 6 of The Republican journal (Belfast, Me.), November 28, 1912

Some New Books QUINCY ADAMS SAWYER DETECTIVE L C Page Co of Boston have re cently published a volume by Charles Felton Pidgin entitled Quincy Adams Sawyer Detective chronicling the fur ther experiences of Quincy Adams Saw yer The possibilities in the establish ment by this clever discreet and ever entertaining person of such attractive qualities of an office for the investigation of crime are capably handled by the au thor The young detective proves his intelligence by unravelling a seriesof startling mysteries which have long baffled the city police LITERARY HEARTHSTONES OF DIXIE La Salle Corbell Pickett widow of Gen George E Pickett the Confeder ate officer whose name is associated with the desperate charge at Gettysburg who has devoted her life to literature is the author of Literary Hearthstones of Dixie a volume full of side lights on Poe Sidney Lanier Paul Hamilton Hayne Henry Titnrod Joel Chandler Harris Francis Scott Key Fr Ryan Dr George W Bagby Margaret Junkin Preston and Augusta Evans Wilson all of whom are poets or authors of the South The text is appreciatively writ ten and much of the material relating to the writers who are alive was gathered in person by

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Library of Congress1882

Image 2 of The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.), April 15, 1882

TITTC PRESS SATURDAY MORSINU APRIL 15 We lo not read anonymous letter and comman etioti Tbe name and addref of the writ are It all caee indtfpensable not ueoeeearily for ibllcs t Jb but a a guaranty of good faith Ve cannot undertake to return or preferr con UsXPioatln that are not ued Following the Fashion U is a favorite diversion with writers to broadly divide mankind into two classes The classifications made by Lamb Byron Mill and later humorists poets and pedants will be readily Recalled Newspaper leaders may be divided by publishers and journal ists in the same very general way There are those who are too busy and those who are too lazy to unfold a paper Both wish to take in the news of the great outside world at a glancethe one because he thinks he cannot spare the time to turn a page the other because he knows he lacks the energy These make up the larger number of news pa ter readers and to their needs and ca prices the publisher must yield Many jour nals have others will we do now Unlike the old guard the Punas never dies but sometimes surrenders its

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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 Congress1921

Image 8 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), November 24, 1921

I yj TUI I I I 3 öl W Copyright 1921 by he Bell Synchcatejnc SYNOPSIS PART ONE Proud possessor of a printing press and equipment the gift of Uncle Joseph his nephew Herbert llllngsworth Atwa ter Jr aged thirteen the fortunate youth with his chum Henry Rooter about the same age begins the publica tion of a fulliledged newspaper the North Knd Dally Oriole Herberts small cousin Florence Atwater being barred from any kind of participation in the enter prise on account of her Intense and nat ural feminine desire to boss Is frankly annoyed and not at all backward In say ing so However a poem she has writ ten is accepted for Insertion In the Oriole on a strictly commercial basiscash In advance Tile poem suffers somewhat from the inexperience of the youthful publishers in the art preservative Her not altogether unreasonable demand for republication of the masterpiece with Its iheauty unmarred are scorned and the break between Miss Atwater and the publishers of the Oriole widens The Sunday following the flrst appear ance of the Oriole Florences particular Chum Patty Fairchild pays her a visit They are joined despite Miss Atwaters openly expressed disapproval by Master

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Library of Congress1921

Image 10 of The Wolf Point herald (Wolf Point, Mont.), December 15, 1921, (Special Holiday Edition---1921)

IJ MCI 0 ft m TÏTÏ I lid V 7 v I A Ts Y 7 W ml Copyright 1921 by the Bell StjnchcateInc SYNOPSIS PART ONE Proud possessor of a printing press and equipment the gift of Uncle Joseph to his nephew Herbert Illingsworth Atwa ter Jr aged thirteen the youth with his chum Henry about tbe same age begins the publica tion of a fullfledged newspaper the North End Daily Oriole Herberts small cousin Florence Atwater being barred from any kind of participation in the enter prise on account of her intense and nat ural feminine desire to boss is frankly annoyed and not at all backward in say ing so However a poem she has writ ten Is accepted for Insertion in the Oriole on a strictly commercial basiscash in advance The poem suffers somewhat from the inexperience of tbe youthful publishers in the art preservative Her not altogether unreasonable demand for republication of the masterpiece with its ibeauty unmarred are scorned and the break between Miss Atwater and the publishers of the Oriole widens The Sunday following the first appear ance of the Oriole Florences particular chum Patty Fairchild pays her a visit They are Joined

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Library of Congress1886

Image 2 of The Pascagoula democrat-star (Pascagoula, Miss.), September 10, 1886

fhecmt7crjtSfjr T22 booh rrm Tbe report of veffow fever a rkl mid 4f JAl 12J 1 SffiH CHT1 resolred ia another tni to tbe Const as a summer DETZCTI7S 320TTi A12ZaT3 tir here last TS EQHTTCrilXiriOl Ordinarily R KJTAYERa EiaTCR Scrarucn Miss FRiDAT Septemfier 10 IW i old blow rtsorr from wnieii we fear she will be alow in rewreriiig Is baa al ready liken her several years of imojautty from infectious diseases There wan some week occasioned by the aires of the t aegroes aieticioiieiliti oar bust issae by Detective Erowi of the jtiii jri UetMor iu espeet Memlua Cape LVowi left Iait auey ia retan tor bis oat lay Saturday wubouc the dark ami Strange to ear tbe payment ot tax after his departure Shentf Clark es ia an exception to this role Some disappointed nor beaded A COOP AXS1Z33 We bare come serosa many ad wben a ma a ram with bis money he doea ao cheerful1 mawnmp m me iocurOTi dresaea this year delivered at press I l rt t rt A lBklf aaln Hdiia I i eiub aad editorial aaiwciatioo dia ntuaes sutue very grave aa writ us false charges against tbe support ersof Scoekdafe

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