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Must have been a slow news day…
January 12, 2017 by TimHughes 
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Perhaps a precursor to what would now be a typical Facebook post…
The June 19, 1804 issue of “The Balance & Columbian Repository“ newspaper from Hudson, New York, has a brief and seemingly purposeless news report reading in its entirety: “Monticello–Yesterday morning the President arose precisely fifty-nine minutes past four, and put on a clean shirt and breeches.” Had this appeared on the President’s Facebook page today, what might be some of the comments from his followers?
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Given some of the things considered newsworthy in today’s 24-hour news cycle, it might fit right in! Got a good laugh out of this one, thanks for sharing.
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