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The \u201cCalico Edition\u201d of the Fredericktown Free Press will be shown and discussed by Mansfield historian and author Bob Carter.\u00a0 The Oct. 18, 1879, edition was printed on calico instead of paper to celebrate the election as Ohio governor of Charles \u201cCalico Charley\u201d Foster.<\/p>\n<p>Also speaking at the one-hour program will be John C. Long, museum co-founder and director, who teaches journalism at Hofstra and St. John\u2019s universities. Long, who lives in New York City, is retired as an editor at <em>The Wall Street Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Come early to tour the Main Street Free Press Museum, which will open at 6, and enjoy the food available at the booths set up for the Fredericktown Tomato Show. (Try the Presbyterian bean soup or the Baptist pie!)<\/p>\n<p>The program is free and requires no reservations. 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