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By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH

ACCORDING to the Hagerstown Almanac, cold rains are forecast for April 22. April 23 and 24 will be clear and cold. The forecast may have been correct—the year on the cover of the almanac is 1900, not 1976.

The 1900 Almanac is part of a collection that belongs to Charles Lewis of Sperryville. “My parents saved those almanacs, some of them from before I was born, and so I kept them, too. My children have thrown a lot out but I try to save what I can.’’

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