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Home → Blog → Westport News

Westport News

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Jenny ONeill

The Historical Society has discovered an old weekly newspaper from 1896 called Westport News but can’t find any other information, such as who published the paper and for how long.

http://www.wickedlocal.com/fall-river/news/x41629578/Westport-Historical-Society-finds-old-newspaper-seeks-information-on-its-origin

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This entry was posted in Collection spotlight, Nineteenth Century.

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