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Alameda Times Star

American Examiner

Arbeiter–Zeitung
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Bay of Plenty Times
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Berliner Tageblatt

Boston Herald

Bulletin
(Brownwood, Texas)

Chicago Daily News

Chicago Examiner

Chicago Herald

Chicago Tribune

Christian Science Monitor

Cleveland News

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Daily Colonist
(Victoria, British Columbia)

Daily Mail
(London)

Dallas Dispatch

Dallas Morning News

Deutsche Zeitschrift für Luftschiffahrt

El Imparcial
(Mexico City)

El Mañana
(Mexico City)

Evening Bulletin
(Providence)

Evening Star
(Washington, D.C.)

Evening World
(New York)

Journal du Dimanche

Kansas City Star

Le Figaro

Le Matin

Le Monde

Le Petit Journal

Leslie's Illustrated Weekly

Le Temps

Los Angeles Times

Mexican Herald

Mobile Register

Morning Telegraph
(New York)

New Mexican

New York American

New York Herald

New York Herald
(Paris)

New York
Sun

New York Times

New York World Telegram

Public Ledger
(Philadelphia)

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Sandusky Register

San Antonio Express

San Antonio Light

San Francisco Chronicle

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Seattle Daily Times

South Bend Tribune

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Times–Picayune
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Tucson Citizen

Washington Post

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