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This ‘one’ won’t be the loneliest

December 1st, 2004 · No Comments

In the Pekin Daily Times, Connie Seastedt shares the story of Floyd Hazelman, resident of Tremont, Illinois, who may just be the only person with a copy of the first edition of that local paper. The paper has survived over 120 years, and is from January. 3, 1881 - even the state’s Historical Society doesn’t have a copy, Seastedt reports.

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