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- ↑ "Emporia's Veteran Printer". The Emporia Weekly Gazette. June 14, 1928.
- ↑ "An Old Landmark Passes". The Emporia Weekly Gazette. July 18, 1929.
- ↑ "Long Ago". The Emporia Weekly Gazette. August 3, 1922. p. 2.
- ↑ Huston, Jan (June 16, 2015). "Civil War aftermath". The Emporia Gazette.
- ↑ "Kansas News Pioneer Dead: William R. Stotler". The Parsons Sun. November 22, 1949.
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