The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-01
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"OL1vER OpTIo's MAGAZINE for
June This pet of juvenile America appears
with increased actractions. Oliver Optics and
Elijah Kellogg's stories are completed, and
new ones promised for the next issue. Sophie
Mays story, "The Doctors Daughter" in
creases in interest. Among the particular at
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dunck," or "Devils Fiddle" plays promi-
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How my future was revealed to me; Man, his
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ScIBNER's MONTHLY for June con
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Mrs. Oliphant's admirable novelette, o
"Norah," and of George MacDonald's "Wil
fred Cumbermede," and the usual attractive
editorial miscellany. The article by Governo
Langford on rhe Wonders of the Yellow
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THE LITTLE CORPORAL for June close
volume twelve of this valuable Juvenile
The next number begins new volume, an
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