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The first issue of Bergmálið

Front page of the Icelandic-language newspaper Bergmálið, dated December 18, 1897, and published in Gimli, Manitoba. The issue features an article titled “Um atvinnumál Ný-Íslands” by G. Thorgeirsson. The layout consists of dense, justified text in three columns with Gothic-style masthead and a red archival stamp from the National Library of Iceland.

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The first issue of the newspaper Bergmálið, published in Gimli on December 18, 1897,.