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Papers, bulletin-boards flaunted the words, "The world must be made safe for democracy."

From Patchwork A Story of 'The Plain People' by Groce, Helen Mason

Around the sides were displayed the artillery harness, the flags, bulletin-boards, and all the smaller arms.

From The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado by White, Stewart Edward

You can understand why it struck me then that the telegraph must be about the best thing going, for it was the telegraphic notices on the bulletin-boards that had done the trick.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

The streets were crowded; the windows of the buildings looking out on the numerous bulletin-boards were black with heads.

From The Sign at Six by White, Stewart Edward

They would not, after obtaining such news, lose a moment in parading it on their bulletin-boards, and Captain Grant might get hold of it before reaching the little counting-room in India Street.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various