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Sources:

1.  Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express, February 20, 1889, p.4.

2.  The Brooklyn Citizen, January 21, 1891, p.1.

3.  The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 28, 1891, p.6.

4.  The Hope Pioneer (Hope, North Dakota), April 22, 1892, p.2.

5.  The Des Moines Register, June 5, 1905, p.5.

6.  The Los Angeles Times, March 29, 1914, p.13.

7.  The Sacramento Star, April 28, 1914, p.8.

8.  The Ottawa Citizen, January 3, 1947, p.21.

9.  The News (Paterson, New Jersey), January 22, 1947, p.30.

10.  The Birmingham News, July 27, 1947, p.10.