How do I smooth black and white scanned image?

I am trying to edit some scanned images that appear to be printed on linen with the pixels showing. I scanned them at the highest quality possible but that didn't help. So, I tried editing using the blur feature. Not only is that quite time consuming but I fear I am losing some of the quality of the image by doing it this way. Where do I begin and what steps do I follow to take out the checkered effect?

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