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OddlyTrue News Stand — December 7
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Vintage clipping · 1923
Perth Amboy evening news (Perth Amboy, N.J.), December 7, 1923, (FINAL EDITION)
Page 13 · mentions "odd" · printed on this very day
“L FAETUCHEN CIVIC BODY v PUNS ANNUAL DINNER METUCHEN Dec 7The De cember meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held on Friday of ruxt week according to an an nouncement made by President Wil j llam E Schultz instead …”
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