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What an Odd Announcement in the Newspaper: You Gotta Love These!

  • Published October 23, 2012
notice of stray sheep - December 14th, 1860 (National Republican)
Check out this odd announcement from The National Republican newspaper from December 14th, 1860. You gotta love these! Historical context included.
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What an odd announcement in the newspaper. You gotta love these.

This was printed on December 14th, 1860 in The National Republican.

notice of stray sheep - December 14th, 1860 (National Republican)
notice of stray sheep – December 14th, 1860 (National Republican)
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Oh, by the way, for some historical context, on December 20th, 1860, South Carolina seceded from the Union … and for Anglophiles, George Hamilton-Gordon, the former Prime Minister died at the age of 76.

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