The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-22

The necessity of popular medium for the
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lists, has always been recognized, and many at
tempts have been made to meet .he want. The
successive failures which so invariably followed
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journal, did not prove the indifference of the
people of Hmerica to the claims of high art So
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technical disquisitions do not interfere with
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