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the motto OF Popular Mechanics
magazine, and the 2s1 articles appear
Ing In the October number are loyal
to the standard set for them. with
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tain 2s4 Illustrations, ten OF which are
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In this issue, by John Kenneth Turner,
entitled Barbarous Mexico. -Four im-
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mark OF literary excellence: The Con-
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William James-Professor Of Philoao-
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question the greatest living authority
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Football Strategy, by "Bill" Reid. the
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Soul Of John Brown, by Eleanor At
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