Bio:H. L. Dodge

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SFE3 has him as Howard Louis Dodge, born in Kentville, Nova Scotia on 9 January 1878 and dying in Los Angeles, California on 21 April 1946. Find a Grave has a Howard Louis Dodge, born 9 February 1867 in Nova Scotia and dying on 21 April 1946 in Alaska (but buried in Los Angeles).--Dirk P Broer 01:39, 9 January 2013 (UTC)

Update 2020-03-08

SFE3 now states what is reported here as from Find-a-Grave seven years ago, or two revisions to DoB 1867-02-09 and PoD Alaska.

Find-a-Grave now states DoB 1868-01-09 and PoD Long Beach, California, USA.
with images:

burial marker that shows "1867 -- 1946"
index card, California State Library 1920, that reports DoB 1870-02-09, and much more

California 1920 reports a street address in Long Beach, California, which is the location that WorldCat reports in the Publisher field of five search hits for Howard Lewis Dodge (WorldCat canonical name):

1912 Attraction of the Compass ; OCLC 27365582 ; Title1027762
1916 Attraction of the Compass, or The blonde Eskimo ; OCLC 5058667 (SFE3 notes 'exp' or expanded)
(c)1918 "Kaiser nicotine and its effects on my friends" ; OCLC 39195871 58906165
(c)1920 "The ferret; a book on education, free from politics, Christianity, other religions or biased opinions" ; OCLC 30131219 (with Kessinger Legacy reprint ISBN 1161964533)
(c)1922 "Why?" ; OCLC 30131234