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The five historical items from this edition, with their newspaper proof. Play first if you want to guess.
Newberg’s Church of Christ announced that its Sunday evening sermon would take the form of an acrostic. The notice linked it to the crossword craze and promised mental activity for adults as well as children.
Newberg Graphic · 1925-02-19 · p. 3
Open the original newspaper ↗A St. Louis report said Samuel L. Sheets misspelled ordinary words in the same way as the writer of threatening letters. A postal inspector’s spelling test became evidence in the case, and Sheets received a two-year federal prison sentence.
The Sunday Democrat · 1924-06-08 · p. 3
Open the original newspaper ↗Salem’s Longfellow club was for tall men. After the Rev. H. D. Chambers spoke about Abraham Lincoln, members gave him honorary membership. The paper said he could have become a full member if he had been about four inches taller.
Capital Journal · 1926-02-13 · p. 7
Open the original newspaper ↗L. E. Risk told the paper that squirrels around Hopewell endangered residents and their property. He invited El Reno marksmen to come squirrel shooting. That alarming description was his claim; the short item gives no injury figures.
El Reno Daily Democrat · 1926-09-14 · p. 1
Open the original newspaper ↗Maria Guadalupe Villela married in San Antonio while her brother Eduardo represented the groom by proxy. The report said the groom, Oscar Yaquiam, was in Mexico caring for his seriously ill mother. Her brother took the vows on his behalf.
Oklahoma City Times · 1925-07-04 · p. 2
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