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transportation printing, yet in later years the business was extended until it appreciated an enormous commercial support too. George Amos Poole was constantly intrigued with the welfare of the printing business, just as in the notoriety and achievement of his own business. In 1887, together with Andrew McNally, J. M. W. Jones, D. R. Cameron, and C. A. Knight, well-known
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