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A PICTURED LIFE OF in rcr LVI Drawings by NICHOLAS AFONSKY Text Edited by IDA M. TARBELL TO RUN DAILY FOR SEVENTEEN WEEKS RELEASED Just Before Lincoln's Birthday On February 7 Look at This Two Weeks9 Sample and Send Your Order Now for the Best Picture Strip On the Market IDA M. TARBELL Lincoln's most famous biographer, author of five Lincoln books. NICHOLAS AFONSKY Well-Known Newspaper Strip Artist and Cartoonist. a I.UJ VJJL DULL Oti Your Readers In 5fory and Picture Brought Before Lincoln's Life Is Inspirational AMBITION to gain an education, to succeed as a lawyer, to make a place in public life, to bring victory to the cause he believed in was a leading motive in Lincoln's career.

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