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Who doesn't want a newspaper from Mars?



Item # 688588

December 01, 1918

THE MARTIAN, France, Dec. 1, 1918 

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


This is a little 6 page, tri-fold 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.
Six 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