Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-01-24
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wherever known as distInctively the best type OF
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in the land, its articles quoted by all perodi-
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in thousands Of refined and cultivated homes
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the times. Prof. G. w. Garfield OF the Michigan
Agricultural College, contributes every week 70
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