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- ↑ "Hoover Declares Need of Voluntary Central Group for Lumber Inspection". Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota). October 4, 1922. p. 21.
- ↑ "BHL: Blodgett Family papers, 1872–1953". bentley.umich.edu/EAD/. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ↑ Lewis, Norma; De Vries, Jay (2012). Legendary Locals of Grand Rapids, Michigan (1st ed.). Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub. ISBN 1467100234.
