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ZEPPELIN WILL CARRY
TRANSPORTING MAIL
Charge Will Be 81 for Letters and
SO Cents for Post Cards, Besides
Regular Postage.

Limited amounts OF mail will be car
ried by the new German airship Graz
Zeppelin on series Of two or three
transatlantic flights during the latter
part of September and October from
Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst. N. j.,
Postmaster General New has been ad-
vised.
On the flights from Germany to this
country letters up to 20 grams each In
weight and post cards will be carried.
On the return flights letters weighing
not more than one ounce and post card.
will be accepted for delivery in any for
eign country at prepaid rates of 81 ior
each letter and so cents for each pos.
card. in addition to the regular postage
and fees, such as special delivery. regis
tration or United States domestic air
mail fees.
Articles to be sent by airship should
be marked by the sender, by German
eirship L. z. 1877 from Lakehurst, N
j." and should be sent to New York
Owing to the absence of fixed sched-
ule for the airship. dispatch of mail is
not guaranteed. Should the flights not
take place as expected articles marked
for travel by airship will be sent by
steamer.
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hastily disrobed in the lee Of an ice
cake, discarded the freezing garments,
changed into spare clothing and re-
sumed the Journey But it was narrow
escape. Two days later they reached the
mainland of Alaska
Exactly year later to the day. and
in just such blizzard, wilkins
and Eielson were again travelling over
the Arctic ice pack. not on foot. but
in the air. In just such another
blizzard-the worst ever recorded in
Spitzbergen-they we're looking from
another air cruiser for a comparatively
smooth landing field on Dead Mans
Island. in the Spitzbergen Archipelago.
Capt wilkins had chosen what
seemed to him to be the lightest and
fastest monopiane capable of covering
the distance between Alaska and Sval-
bard (Spitzbergen, distance of ap-
proximately 1900 miles. The Lockheed-
Vega machine weighed empty, 1900
pounds and carried a load of 3,40O
pounds, including $40 gallons of gaso-
the air from the 3.500-foot runway at
Point Barrow, but it was impossible.
Difficult Flight.
So they abandoned the laboriously
constructed road in the snow, selected
more favorable site at greater distance
from the village. and on Sunday April
Is, the trim little monoplane, with its
propeller turning over faster than it had
ever gone before, swept down the stretch.
With extraordinary skill and not little
nerve-for there we're only few feet
of clearance on either side-Eiel-
son guided the plane down the runway
and into the wind. Within thousand
feet of the end he lifted the nose of the
beautifully stream-lined little ship gen.
thy into the air and headed out over the
Arctic Ocean.
There have been longer flights than
that of wilkins and Eielson and more
dangerous ones, such as the various
crossings of the north and south At
lantic, but none more difficult. Byrd and
Bennett in their jaunt by air to the
North Pole and back to Spitzbergen
followed a known meridian, which was
comparatively easy from the standpoint
of navigation. Amundsen and Mobile. in
the Norge. did the same thing until they
arrived within sight of Point Barrow.
wilkins, on the other hand. headed out
to sea over great circle" route 1000
miles In length, which required him to
change his course, with reference to
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proportionately and rapidly consumed
| their dwindling supply of gasoline. To
| add to their difficulties they were conf
| PEELED by engine trouble to make two
forced landings on the rough ice. BY
this time darkness had fallen. yet they
continued on in the face of the storm.
Finally, at the end of two hours. the
engine suddenly died; their gasoline
was exhausted.
1t was impossible in the darkness for
Eielson, with his windshield coated with
oil and snow, to choose smooth land
ing spot. The plane pitched and
swerved in the turbulent winds near
the rough surface Hurting through
the darkness. wilkins and Eiclson
braced themselves for the crash There
was no way of knowing whether they
were heading for rough ice, smooth ice
or open water! For what seemed end
less minutes the pilot manipulated the
controls while wilkins stared into the
darkness in search of level spot.
Land on Ice.
While they were thus engaged an al
most imperceptible jar followed py the
scraping of the planes skis on the snow.
indicated that they had landed. A slight
bump as the skis ploWed through
snowdrift-and there they were,
lr,arooned on the ice a hundred miles
from Point Barrow. but unhurt! 1t was
only in daylight that they were able to
appreciate how miraculous their escape
had been; they we're on tiny patcn
of comparatively smooth ice, surround
cd by rough and iumblcd ridges, on
which pilot could have landed in day
light only under the most favorable
weather conditions!
For two days, during which the ex-
plorers lived in their plane, the blizzard
continued. Then the wind suddenly died
down and the warm April sun shone
brilliantly upon the snow-covered waste.
Improvising two sleds from the now
useless fuselage. they packed upon them
their emergency rations and equipment
and set out for shore over the hum
mocky white desert. For twelve days
thew trudged southwark, scrambling
over the rough ice, sometimes crawling
on their hands and knees. Their pre-
dicament was similar to that of the
Italia survivors, except that they had
no wireless. They were also three times
as far from the nearest land. Once
wilkins slipped into the icy water up
to his waist in temperature of 10 de-
grees below zero. With Eielsons help he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
Air-Cooled Engines Prove Worth

The value of air-cooled aviation en-
gines for use in climates where long
continued periods of subzero weather
are encountered has been demonstrated
by 16-month expedition in the Hud-
son Straits region by five Canadian
government airplanes, now nearing
completion.
Thu Wright Whir!wind engines in
the Fokker monoplanes used by the
expedition functioned perfectly under
conditions of extreme cold, II was re-
ported. The motors are similar to
those used by Comdr. Byrd in his
North Pole flight and to those which
will be used on his Antarctic expe-
diticn. .
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SQUADRON TO RETURN.
Largest Air Expedition to North
Expected This Week.

One Of the largest airplane expedi-
tons ever sent into the Far North by
the Canadian government is expected
to return to Ottawa this week after Is
months of operations in the Hudson
Straits region. The feet, commanded
by Maj. J. B. Mclean, is composed of
five Wright-motored Fokker mono-
planes.
The principal mission of the expedi-
ton was study OF weather conditions,
and each day reports on prevailing con-
oltlons were transmitted by radio to the
canadian department of marine and
fisheries. The detailed record is being
compiled and is expected to be of con-
siderable Importance to aviators and
others dependent upon knowledge Of
weather conditions
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Eielson landed on the ice and with their
sonic depth finder ascertaned that the
Arctic Ocean was 1900 feet deep IT
that point. This incidentally. was an
almost infallible indication that no land
was to be found in that immediate
vicinity.
BY the time they had finished their
task the wind had increased notice
ably. Once in the air, they found
themselves facing a 40-mile offsho,e
gale. This reduced their flying speed
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the f1neridians, no less than twenty
times In as many hours, in some in
stances as much as twenty-five de-
grses.
The objective of wilkins and his pilot,
more than 1000 miles distant. was q
tiny group of islands Scoring the fame
that would be his as the first man to
fly over the North Pole from west to
cast, either by airplane or dirigible: put
ting aside the temptation to be the sec
ond to fly to the Pole by airplane Capt.
wilkins followed a course that took
Continual Tnxatk paae
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experienced pilot is far safer, of greater
efficiency and much less expensive to
operate in the Arctic than the oirigible.
The following Spring, with the same
hackers and Lieut.. Carl Ben Eielson.
one of the pilots of the previous cn-
courage, wilkins shipped two smaller
machines to Fairbanks. Alaska, and flew
them from there to Point Barrow. a
distance of $50 miles. At a spot on the
drifting pack almost 500 miles north
east of Point Barrow, wilkins and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
WOULD-BE AVIATOR
MUST LOVE T0FLY
This Is important QuaIifica.
ton for Aspiring Air.
men,.

Note--This Is the eighth and final
article of series by newspaper re-
porter who took l0-hour course in
6ying.
Evening star., 1928-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, who have
an apartment at the Willard, enter
tanned at dinner on the Willard roof
last evening.
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The marriage of Miss Margaret NJ
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Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, wife of
former Senator Lewis Of Chicago, ar
rived in Washington yesterday and is at
the Mayhower.
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Judge John Barton Payne will sail TO-
day on the Resolute for England.
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Fisher, daughter of Mrs Mary e. Fisher
and the late Millard c. Fisher of Rock
vile, and Mr.. Edward p. Watson of
Washington took place at o'clock this
morning in st. Mary's Catholic Church,
IL Rockville, the pastor, Rev. John T..
Coolahan, performing the ceremony, in
the presence of a small company of
relatives and intimate friends of the
couple. The church was prettily deco
rated with Fall flowers and evergreens.
The bride, who was unattended, wore
a gown Of brown transparent velvet
with hat and shoes to match.
Immediately after the ceremony
nuptial mass was celebrated by Father
Coolahan, following which breakfast
was served in the home Of the brides
mother
Aften an extended wedding trip, Mr..
and Mrs. Watson will take up their
residence In Washington.
Mrs McCook Knox is passing q few
days at the Weylin Hotel in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry s. Black, who
have been at Allondale Farm. Hunting
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BrOwder- Mathews Wedding
In California Announced.


Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry A. Mathews of
Cleveland Park have issued cards axr
noupcing the marriage of their daugh-
ter EVELYN Louise to Lieut. Maurice
Eugene Browder, U. S. N, Thursday,
September 81, at Long Beach. Calf.
The bride was attended by her class
mate at Holton Arms School, Miss
Nancy Cannon, daughter of Capt. Sim
clair Cannon until recently COM
mandant of midshipmen at the Naval
Academy. but since September l in
command of the U. S. S. New York.
The bridegroom had as his best man
Lieut.. Comdr Marshall, U. S. N. Lieut.,
Browder and his bride claim residence
in Indiana Her mother is a niece of
Senator James Watson and the BRIDE
groom'S father, the late Clifford Brow
der. was law partner of the late Sen
ator John w Kern, who appointed
Lieut.. Browder to the Naval Academy.
Lieut.. and Mrs Browder will be at
home after October Is at Casa ModeroW,
2074 East Third street, Long Beach,
Calf.
Mrs. Mathews left ten days ago for
Long Beach accompanied by her daugh-
ter. Lieut.. Browder was attached to
the Bureau of Naval Communications
in the Navy Department in washington
until July /, when he took sea duty
on the Pacific Coast as flag lieutenant
to Rear Admiral Cole. commanding the
4th Division of the Pacific feet, flag
ship U. S. S. New Mexico. Mrs.
Mathews will return to Washington the
first of November and with Mr..
Mathews will take an apartment for
the Winter. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews
have rented their house in Cleveland
Park to the commercial counselor OF
the Polish legation and Nine. Wan
kowicZ.
Prof and Mrs. Asaph Hall Of the
Naval Observatory announce the mar
riage of their daughter Mary TO Mr..
Wylie Fitzpatrick of Charlottesville. Va,
at Annapolis, Md. Saturday afternoon,
September 30. Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who IS
prominent in local tennis circles. is q
graduate of the Potomac Private School
and Miss Madeiras School, both Of this
city, and member of the class OF
1924 of Vassar College.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick is associate research
professor of government at the Univer-
sity of Virginia. He is graduate OF
Leland Stanford and Columbia Uni
versities and the Robert Brooking
School.
Following a brief honeymoon, Mr..
and Mrs. fitzpatrick will return to
washington for a visit to the brides
parents, after which they will go to
Charlottesville, where they will make
their home.
Tho marriage of Miss Margaret M
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Mr.. and Mrs. John williams Davis
and their little son are visiting Mrs.
Davis mother, Mrs. Mira Chinn Walker
in her home on @ street Mrs. Davis
will remain in Washington until No.
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vember /, when she and her son will
join Mr.. Davis in Hopewell, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond H. Pilson
have arrived in New York from Los
Angeles and are at the st. Regis Hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs Edison Bradley closed
their villa at Newport yesterday and
are at the Plaza in New York before
opening their home, l54 East Seven
tieth street, New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Lansburgh Hosts
To Children on Jewish Festival.


Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Lansburgh en-
tertained the children of the Jewish
Foster Home yesterday in their resi-
dence, at 2240 Cathedral avenue, In
their Succoth. The children were served
dinner in the Succoth. after which they
were addressed by DR.. Harry Silver
stone. who explained the meaning OF
the Succoth festival. After which they
we're taken to the Geological Park. ac-
companied by Mrs. Lansburgh and the
matron of the home. Mrs. Eisenberg.
Mrs Lansburgh comes from one OF
the oldest Rabbinical families in the
world and Is a native of Palestine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Gibbons of
Miami, Fla, are at the Grace Dodge
Hotel for a week or more.
Mrs James Jay Lawlor and her sister,
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ton, L. T., will return to New York
the middle Of the week.
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Mrs. Fries Has Interesting
List of Assistants for Army Fete.

Mrs. Sheppard, wife of Senator Nor
ris Sheppard; Mrs. Harris, wife OF SEN
ator william j. Harris; Mrs Steiwer,
wife of Senator Frederick Steiwer, and
Mrs. Cramton, wife of Representative
Louis c. Cramton, are recent additions
to Mrs. Amos A. Fries committee IN
charge of the ice cream booth at the
Army carnival and exposition at Wash.
ington Barracks Thursday, friday and
Saturday. Others on the committee
include: Mrs. r. B. Lawrence. MRS.
Harrison e. Howe. Mrs. Charles L.
Parsons, Mrs. william Wolff Smith,
Mrs. CLYDE B. Aitchison, Mrs. Hal Har-
rison Smith, Mrs. Harold N. Lawrie,
Mrs. John A. Elmore, Mrs. Leo Sack,
Mrs. Joseph Kerr Maxwell, Mrs. c. C..
Coonbs, Mrs. Theodore H. Tiller, Mrs.
H. L. Gilchrist, Mrs. c. E. Brigham,
Mrs. James w Lyon, Mrs. Ray L. Avery,
Mrs. William NJ Porter, Mrs. Maurice B.
Willett, Mrs Frederick r. Garcin, Mrs.
John A. Baird, Mrs. j. M. Pratt, Mrs.
Oscar A. Eastwood, Mrs. Edward F.
Witsell, Mrs. George Unmacht MRS.
Edmund c.. SteiS, Mrs. Alden H. Watt.
Mrs. Egbert F. Bullene, Mrs. Hugh w.
Rowan, Mrs Chase w. Hoadley and
Mrs. J. N. McNdillin.
Judge John Barton Payne will sail to-
day on the Resolute for England.
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, wife of
former Senator Lewis Of Chicago, ar
rived in Washington yesterday and is at
the Mayfiower.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis, who have
an apartment at the Willard, enter
tanned at dinner on the Willard roof
last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies are
returning today from Europe on the
Leviathan and will come to Washington
shortly after their return.
Mrs Thomas CheeSeborough, Sd, and
her little son have arrived from their
home at Asheville, N. c., and will be
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Davies, for about month.
Miss Diana Cumming, who is visiting
Senator and Mrs. John B. Kendrick
at Sheridan, Wyom., will join her par
ents, the Surgeon General and Mrs.
Hugh S. Cumming, in their home, on
California street, the end Of next week.
Mrs. Tracy Dows and Miss Deborah
Dows are arriving in New York today
on the MinneWaska and will go to Fox
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SOCIETY
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur
Will Go to Norfolk Wednesday
/ for Brief Stay.
for Brief Stay.

hollow Farm, in Rhinebeck, N. Y, be-
fore coming to Washington for the
Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Blair Thaw are at
the Gladstone Hotel, in New York, for
a short stay.
Mrs T. Septimus Austin and Miss
Madeleine Austin of Washington and
New York are among the arrivals at
the Hotel Carlton, BiarritZ, from lie
Touquet They will return to this coun-
try early in November.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bowers have
returned from a fortnight motor trip to
Niagara Falls, 9tlantic City and New
York. They were accompanied on the
tour by Mr.. and Mrs. Hadley Libbey.
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ington Wednesday for NorfolK,
where the Secretary will deliver an
address.
Turkish Envoy Expected
Back From Motor Trip Today.
The Ambassador of Turkey, Ahmed
Mouhtar Bey, will arrive here this att
ernoon from a motor trip to Boston.
The Minister of Sweden and Nine
Bostrom and their daughters are among
the passengers arriving today on the
GripshoIm in New York after having
spent the Summer in their native coun-
try. They will come to Washington
shortly after their arrival.
Senator and Mrs. David A. Reed are
arriving in New York today on the
Leviathan after spending several months
abroad Representative and Mrs. Fred
A. Britten are also arriving on the liner.
Senator A. H. Vandenburg has ar
rived in Washington from his home III
Willard, where he will remain few
davs. The Senator entertained inform
ally at dinner on the roof Saturday
evening. Mrs Vandenburg and their
family did not accompany him on this
trip to Washington, but will be here
later.
Gen. John ]. Pershing is member
of the reception committee to greet
Lord and Lady Allenby, who will arrive
tomorrow morning in New York on the
Majestic.
The second secretary Of the Polish
legation, Mr.. Jan Stalinski, entertained
at luncheon today in honor of the re-
tiring secretary of the French embassy,
M. Frederic Knobel.
Mr.. Alexander Kirk will be host at
dinner this evening in honor OF M.
Knobel.
Mayor James j. Walker of New York
City, accompanied by Controller Charles
L. Craig and Mr. William E. Walsh, Is
at the Carlton for few days.
Gen. and Mrs. j. j. Carly arrived
Yesterday at the Willard from their
home in New York. They will be joined
today by Mrs. Anne Russell Yorke, VINO
Is Mrs. Carty's sister.
Mrs. Greed G. Hammond has returned
to the city and joined Maj Gen. Ham
mond, after spending the Summer IN
oregon.
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, Sd, has re-
turned to washington and, with her
daughters, Miss Edith Grant Miss Clara
r, Grant and Miss Julia Grant, is at
the Mayfiower while opening her house
for the Winter.
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TIME Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur, who returned last
night from a brief stay in
i Pennsylvania, will leave Wash
ington Wednesday for Norfolk,
where the Secretary will deliver an
address.
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7-M|LE PAYSTREAk

(Continued from Page One.
 above Metz on Mills Creek and is now heading to the new bench pay line.
 One of the best features of the Canyon Creek situation, according to Michaelson and Mitz, is that Mill Creek has been fed by gold producing creeks, including Stormy, Timberline and Juneau, on all of which good gold shoWings have been found
 There are five hydraulic propo- sitions in the Moose Pass that will produce" said Michaelson, "and there is room for more. They in clude my own ground, the Oscar Dahl workings; Tom Ellison; Mill Ter, Plowman and associates, and Mike Conway With the encourag- ing reports recently received defin- itely indicating a bench pay chan nel, I would not be surprised to see a new activity there next season that will astonish the natives"
 He spoke of the John Anthony ground where Nick Brune has struck pay; of Tommy Ellison above the Forks of Canyon and Six-Mile; of Tom Bean who is now getting good results after four years of endeavor.
 I'm getting so my eye sight is bad" said Bob, "and I let a good sized nugget slip over the edge of the pan the other day. One of the boys saw it and we dug it up again out of the gravel In the streak we are now in we can get IS cent pans instead of just colors, and believe me it looks good to see Q string of gold around the pan when before we only got trace"
 Both these oldtimers who are putting Alaska gold again in his tory deserve more than passing mention. Both have been in prac- tically every camp of the North, They now feel that they are on the paytreak they have sought for many years and will cleanup enough for a final close-out with out being laid away in sluice box. Bob, who is 81 came first to Wran- gell in the '70's and then worked the beach below the TreadWell at Juneau in '86, afterwards drifted to Cook Inlet and then to Stewart River above Dawson where he took out $8O6 in 28 days, eight miles be- low where the Mayo mine is now producing.
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Mfrs. Nellie Lawing
 Bags Big Moose
 From Front Door

Standing at her front door at the LaWing resort on Kenai Lake, Mrs Nellie Lawing threw down her sights on a big moose Monday and bagged a fine specimen. The ant lers spread was 58 nches which is far above the average and there will be moose meat on the Lawing menu for those who travel to that beautiful location.
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Great Northern Gets Fingers in
 Tourist Lineup

i've been handling tourists to Alaska for the past 22 years and this is the first time I've had chance to visit the Northland and see what it is all about" said F. T. Holmes, assistant general paSsen- ger agent of the Great Northern Railway with headquarters at St. Paul, Minn., who was in Ketchikan recently.
 i've been planning on trip to Alaska for the past p years and now am realizing my ambition for the first time," said MT. Holmes. He declared that the Great Northern system was fully alive to, the possibilities of Alaska for in- creasing it's tourist trade and cited the fact that the company keeps a travelling representative in the field
 Tt is the purpose of our company to get all the first hand informa- tion possible about Alaska" he asserted, land to establish more in innate business relations with the
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TO THE FAR WEST

w. D. Coppernoll, attorney, de- parted yesterday on the first leg of a journey which will take him on visit to the Hawaiin Islands. Upon his return from the islands he VII go east for an indefinite stay.
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SEWARD, ALASKA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1928

The schooner Helgeland, Capt., Louie Holm, arrived in the Port of Seward during the night with fresh halibut- and after taking on supplies and replacing lost gear, departs this evening for the banks.
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THE NEW VIVA TONAl COLUM RJA PORTABLE PHONOGRAPH IS MUST BE SEEN AND HEARD TO B. APPRECIATED. ScHALLERER'S
 LASkA SHOP.
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business men of the Territory
 "The railroad haul on Alaska business present and future is a most important item," he conclud- ed.
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FLASH LAMPS AND BATTERIES. at ]. L. Graefs.
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ONE STAMP QUARTZ MILL FOR SALE at J. L. Graef.