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Who doesn't want a newspaper from Mars?



Item # 688367

January 05, 1919

THE MARTIAN, France, Jan. 5, 1919 

* Rare U.S. military camp publication
* World War I - WWI


This is a little 4 page newspaper "Published by Organizations at Hospital Center, A.P.O. No. 780 American Expeditionary Forces" near Mars, France, hence the title.
This town became an American hospital complex near the end of WWI, meant to serve up to 40,000 people. Various news tidbits both relating to the war and not.
Size pages, 9 1/4 by 12 1/4 inches being a tri-fold (unusual) with the last leaf folding out from inside.Nice condition, printed in 3 colors.

Category: The 20th Century