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Article : 42 wordsThe figures of the foreign trade of Great Britain for 1911 exceed those of any other year in the history of the country. The very satisfactory results, it is as well to remember, ...
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Advertising : 366 wordsOne of the outstanding items of the sale of the Hoe Library in New York was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible, printed at Mainz by Gu[?]enberg and Fust (1150-55), formerly in the library ...
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Advertising : 98 wordsThe Liverpool Watch Committee, England, on January 10 approved the appointment of Mr. Francis Caldwell, first assistant head constable in Liverpool, as Head Constable, in succession ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 18 Feb 1912, Page 19
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