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T14E LARGE.ST CITY \N HIE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK H~ THE ADDED DISTINCTION OF BEi t% BUILT ON THE 6'EST MINERAL LOCALITY IN T14E. UNITED STATES. ALT~OUGH COVERED BY PAVED STREETS AND S'KYS'CRAPERS, AS MANY AS 175 MINERALS' ARE LOCATED INTI-IE EARHI OF MANHATTAN IS'LAND. GARNETS \.!~VE BEEN FOUND AT BROADWAY AND65!!! ST. OPALS AT65TI! .AND66 TilSTREETS AND TOPAZES 1-lAVE BEEN FOUND AT 164 U! STREET AND ST.NlrnOLA~ AVE-:Ed.Pifl'.;,/Jfmil,/11.
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SOUTH AFRICA. T~ E MATornox Sl-IOWN FOR COMPARISOK,INDICATES Tl-\ESIZE Of THE FRUIT. -A.Gordon Lee. Cape Tow11, South Afi-/Ccl. Five dollars will be paid for the oddity used by Nie Sprank as his central illustration. One dollar will be paid for all others used on this page. Send your oddity to Nie Sprank, Modern Mechanix Publishing Company, 1501 Broadway, N e w York, N . Y. Source or proof of each oddity must be given. Send a ll oddities separately, not with other manuscripts or letters.
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