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- ↑ "Local Brevities", Los Angeles Herald, September 19, 1878, page 3, column 3
- ↑ "St. Patrick's Day!!", Los Angeles Herald, March 17, 1875, page 2
- ↑ [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50754020/los-angeles-herald/ "Local Brevities"], Los Angeles Herald, June 10, 1875, page 3, column 3
- ↑ "Local Brevities", Los Angeles Herald, May 11, 1876, page 3, column 3.
- ↑ Untitled, Los Angeles Herald, December 11, 1875, page 3, column 3
- ↑ "The Rescued Fenian Prisoners", Los Angeles Herald, June 29, 1876, page 2, column 4.
- ↑ "Local Brevities", Los Angeles Herald, December 21, 1878, page 3.
- ↑ "Council Proceedings", Los Angeles Herald, December 19, 1880, page 3.
- ↑ "Council Proceedings", Los Angeles Herald, December 18, 1881, page 3.
- ↑ "A Pioneer Passes", Los Angeles Herald, October 16, 1898, page 10.