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January 14, 2012 by TimHughes 
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The following items from the March 21, 1874 issue of “Harper’s Weekly” is self-explanatory:
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Filed under: Collecting Newspapers, Harper's Weekly, Newspaper Collecting Ideas, Post Civil War, The Hobby, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
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