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Economist
Forest and Stream
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Mountain Life and Work
New York Daily Tribune
New York Times
Our Own People (Davis Coal and Coke Company)
Southern Literary Messenger
United Mine Workers Journal
Virginia Free Press
Washington Post
West Virginia Farm Journal
West Virginia Journal
Western Farmer and Gardener
Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
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