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Post by sevenofnine on Feb 2, 2022 16:52:51 GMT -5
This came from abandon Cathoic church that was there for years and year they tearing it down found newspaper deal with riots A 136-year-old piece of newsprint discovered under unusual circumstances highlights public health challenges that have been renewed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The clipping details a push to get Montreal school children vaccinated against smallpox at a time when vaccine mandates were sparking violent riots, despite the disease killing thousands in Quebec. The page from the now-defunct Montreal Herald is believed to have been printed in August 1885. It was found while crews were demolishing the St. Clement's Catholic Church in the southwestern New Brunswick village of McAdam last December, said Dave Essen www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/newspaper-smallpox-1885-vaccine-1.6335345?fbclid=IwAR3lU9orC19xpZ2Kw6dz2AXRm9BRkTz_1dVmEdlAEDLVIuOKy5QCwQrPglE
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