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- 1 2 Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth (2007). Mencken: The American Iconoclast. Oxford University Press. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-0-19-533129-5.
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- ↑ "Article clipped from The Courier-Journal". The Courier-Journal . Louisville, Kentucky. 13 January 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 17 November 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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