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Show HAS A NEWSPAPER OF 1773 St. Paul Man Owner of Publication In Which George Washington Was an Advertlier. A newspaper dated Friday, August 20, 1773, has come into the possession of Edward Gorving, says tho St. Paul Plonoer Press. It is a copy of the first Issue of the Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser. It has not yet been submitted to an archaeloglst to determine its authenticity, but It looks tho part wtth Its queer old fashioned fash-ioned typo and ItB decayed yollow paper pa-per which has to be handled with caro lest It crumble. Mr. Gerving Uvea at tho Marlowe apartments. An elderly woman formerly for-merly lived there with her son. The woman died and the son moved to other parts leafing a lot of old magazines maga-zines piled In a corner of the apartment. apart-ment. These the Janitor turned over to Mr. Gerring and In tho pages of an old copy of the Youth's Companion he found tho ancient newspaper. Tho paper contains an Interesting advertisement signed by one George Washington, a real estate operator living liv-ing at Mount Vernon, who had twenty thousand acres of fine land, the patents pat-ents to which ho Tfas anxious to dispose dis-pose of. One Bubsoriber announces that a reward re-ward will be paid for a "runaway negro. ne-gro. Prince, a tall, slim fellow, has several hacks on his forehead, warf taken up at Susquehanna Ferry but mado bis escape and Id often seen around the neighborhood. Whoever secures him in Jail ao that the owner may get him again shall have five pounds reward." |