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Your daily paper for: Friday, October 29, 1926
Article of the day
As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Douglas Daily DispatchDouglas, Ariz.

DEFENSE NOW RESTS IN THE AIMEE TRIAL

Context - explained by ACL:

Near the close of the testimony, Douglas A. Swan told the court that grocery slips found in a cottage at Carmel and alleged to have been written by Mrs. McPherson had been retraced between the time they were first photographed and the making of enlargements for court comparisons.

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Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 2 of: Evening StarWashington, D.C.

MRS. MILLS' TONGUE IS BEING EXAMINED

Doctor to decide if it was cut out after she was killed with rector.

The body of a choir singer has been exhumed for a third autopsy, to gather evidence for the coming murder trial of the slain clergyman's widow and her two brothers.

Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

Delay Sought In Fall Trial

The trial at issue is that of a onetime secretary of the interior over the Elk Hills naval oil leases.

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[8 more stories, with the cartoons and ads printed beside them]

Editorial Cartoon Political cartoon showing an elephant in a suit holding up a newspaper headline reading "U.S. Army mule forty seven days without water or food found in pit and alive and kicking!" and saying "We know a mule that has beaten that record to a pulp, eh, Cal?" to a smiling man standing beside it.
[Cartoon, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad [unclear word] the [unclear word]! [unclear word], back of the [unclear words] for changing to cotd-weather-oi! of the right grade. ret [unclear words]
[Advertisement, Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad Text-only advertisement in a box, announcing a diamond [unclear word] at a stated price, with lines describing [unclear words] and its mounting, followed by a jeweler's name.
[Advertisement, Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1926, page 1]

Yesterday's edition

[Thursday, October 28, 1926]

Life & Times Imperial Valley Press

MAGICIAN IS REPORTED SLIGHTLY BETTER TODAY

Crime & Courts The Bismarck Tribune

MAY OBTAIN NEW EVIDENCE AT AUTOPSY

Body of mrs. mills exhumed for second time to see if tongue was cut

Prohibition & Gangsters The Lambertville Record

DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids

Crime & Courts The Indianapolis Times

2,300-Page Transcript Received - Brief Now Being Drafted.

Crime & Courts Daily Kennebec Journal

Ponzi Hopes to Stall Along in Texas Until New Regime

Tomorrow's edition

[Sneak peek]

Editorial CartoonEditorial cartoon showing Uncle Sam seated with a bear cub in his lap, saying "Up to their old Halloween pranks of trying to scare me," while outside the window two figures with jack-o'-lantern heads hold up banners reading "Vote Republican ticket or you'll be ruined uncle" and "Vote Democratic ticket if you want to save yourself from disaster."
Crime & Courts Imperial Valley Press

SAYS EVANGELIST SENT LETTER TO RADIO OPERATOR

Life & Times Evening Star

HOUDINI NEARS END.

Nation & World The Daily Worker

QUIZ EXPOSES KLAN DEAL TO ELECT WATSON

Hoosier senator goes deeper into soup

Prohibition & Gangsters Douglas Daily Dispatch

SLUSH FUND PROBE WILL OPEN TONIGHT

Bootlegger made wealthy by using airplane service

Nation & World The Daily Worker

SEN. JIM WATSON PROVEN MEMBER KU KLUX KLAN

Hoosier is hooked up with imperial office

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Yesterday's paper

October 28, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, The Bismarck Tribune, The Lambertville Record, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Daily Worker, and Evening Star.

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Today's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

A Century Late
Friday, October 29, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Douglas Daily DispatchDouglas, Ariz.

DEFENSE NOW RESTS IN THE AIMEE TRIAL

Context - explained by ACL:

Near the close of the testimony, Douglas A. Swan told the court that grocery slips found in a cottage at Carmel and alleged to have been written by Mrs. McPherson had been retraced between the time they were first photographed and the making of enlargements for court comparisons.

Read original article
Page 1 of the Douglas Daily Dispatch, the story outlined
[Where the story sits on the page. Douglas Daily Dispatch, Douglas, Ariz., October 29, 1926, page 1]

Read original article
Inside today's papers
[11 articles selected]
Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 2 of: Evening StarWashington, D.C.

MRS. MILLS' TONGUE IS BEING EXAMINED

Doctor to decide if it was cut out after she was killed with rector.

The body of a choir singer has been exhumed for a third autopsy, to gather evidence for the coming murder trial of the slain clergyman's widow and her two brothers.

Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

Delay Sought In Fall Trial

The trial at issue is that of a onetime secretary of the interior over the Elk Hills naval oil leases.

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More from today's papers

[8 more stories, with the cartoons and ads printed beside them]

Illustrated Ad [unclear word] the [unclear word]! [unclear word], back of the [unclear words] for changing to cotd-weather-oi! of the right grade. ret [unclear words]
[Advertisement, Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad Text-only advertisement in a box, announcing a diamond [unclear word] at a stated price, with lines describing [unclear words] and its mounting, followed by a jeweler's name.
[Advertisement, Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1926, page 1]

Yesterday's edition

[Thursday, October 28, 1926]

Life & Times Imperial Valley Press

MAGICIAN IS REPORTED SLIGHTLY BETTER TODAY

Crime & Courts The Bismarck Tribune

MAY OBTAIN NEW EVIDENCE AT AUTOPSY

Prohibition & Gangsters The Lambertville Record

DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids

Crime & Courts The Indianapolis Times

2,300-Page Transcript Received - Brief Now Being Drafted.

Crime & Courts Daily Kennebec Journal

Ponzi Hopes to Stall Along in Texas Until New Regime

Tomorrow's edition

[Sneak peek]

Editorial CartoonEditorial cartoon showing Uncle Sam seated with a bear cub in his lap, saying "Up to their old Halloween pranks of trying to scare me," while outside the window two figures with jack-o'-lantern heads hold up banners reading "Vote Republican ticket or you'll be ruined uncle" and "Vote Democratic ticket if you want to save yourself from disaster."
Crime & Courts Imperial Valley Press

SAYS EVANGELIST SENT LETTER TO RADIO OPERATOR

Life & Times Evening Star

HOUDINI NEARS END.

Nation & World The Daily Worker

QUIZ EXPOSES KLAN DEAL TO ELECT WATSON

Prohibition & Gangsters Douglas Daily Dispatch

SLUSH FUND PROBE WILL OPEN TONIGHT

Nation & World The Daily Worker

SEN. JIM WATSON PROVEN MEMBER KU KLUX KLAN

Yesterday's paper

October 28, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, The Bismarck Tribune, The Lambertville Record, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Daily Worker, and Evening Star.

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Today's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.

A Century Late
Friday, October 29, 1926 Price: 2 Cents
Notice to Readers: Every story as printed 100 years ago: nothing added, nothing rewritten, our notes marked. They didn't know how it ends.
You do.
As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Douglas Daily DispatchDouglas, Ariz.

DEFENSE NOW RESTS IN THE AIMEE TRIAL

Context - explained by ACL:

Near the close of the testimony, Douglas A. Swan told the court that grocery slips found in a cottage at Carmel and alleged to have been written by Mrs. McPherson had been retraced between the time they were first photographed and the making of enlargements for court comparisons.

Read original article
Page 1 of the Douglas Daily Dispatch, the story outlined
[Where the story sits on the page. Douglas Daily Dispatch, Douglas, Ariz., October 29, 1926, page 1]

Read original article
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Inside today's papers
[11 articles selected]
Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 2 of: Evening StarWashington, D.C.

MRS. MILLS' TONGUE IS BEING EXAMINED

Doctor to decide if it was cut out after she was killed with rector.

The body of a choir singer has been exhumed for a third autopsy, to gather evidence for the coming murder trial of the slain clergyman's widow and her two brothers.

Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

Delay Sought In Fall Trial

The trial at issue is that of a onetime secretary of the interior over the Elk Hills naval oil leases.

Life & Times As printed 100 years ago on page 3 of: The Washington TimesWashington [D.C.]

Had Designs

Woman wanted to "vamp" millionaire, says doctor she sued for love balm

A breach of promise suit in New York brought by a former actress, Mrs. Lottie Lash, against Doctor McHenry.

More from today's papers

[8 more stories, with the cartoons and ads printed beside them]

Illustrated Ad [unclear word] the [unclear word]! [unclear word], back of the [unclear words] for changing to cotd-weather-oi! of the right grade. ret [unclear words]
[Advertisement, Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad Text-only advertisement in a box, announcing a diamond [unclear word] at a stated price, with lines describing [unclear words] and its mounting, followed by a jeweler's name.
[Advertisement, Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., October 29, 1926, page 1]

Yesterday's edition

[Thursday, October 28, 1926]

Life & Times Imperial Valley Press

MAGICIAN IS REPORTED SLIGHTLY BETTER TODAY

Crime & Courts The Bismarck Tribune

MAY OBTAIN NEW EVIDENCE AT AUTOPSY

Prohibition & Gangsters The Lambertville Record

DRY CHIEF CHARGES "SPOTTERS" TRAIL AGENTS AND PREVENT ARRESTS Signal System Employed By Bootleggers Forestall Dry Raids

Crime & Courts The Indianapolis Times

2,300-Page Transcript Received - Brief Now Being Drafted.

Crime & Courts Daily Kennebec Journal

Ponzi Hopes to Stall Along in Texas Until New Regime

Tomorrow's edition

[Sneak peek]

Editorial CartoonEditorial cartoon showing Uncle Sam seated with a bear cub in his lap, saying "Up to their old Halloween pranks of trying to scare me," while outside the window two figures with jack-o'-lantern heads hold up banners reading "Vote Republican ticket or you'll be ruined uncle" and "Vote Democratic ticket if you want to save yourself from disaster."
Crime & Courts Imperial Valley Press

SAYS EVANGELIST SENT LETTER TO RADIO OPERATOR

Life & Times Evening Star

HOUDINI NEARS END.

Nation & World The Daily Worker

QUIZ EXPOSES KLAN DEAL TO ELECT WATSON

Prohibition & Gangsters Douglas Daily Dispatch

SLUSH FUND PROBE WILL OPEN TONIGHT

Nation & World The Daily Worker

SEN. JIM WATSON PROVEN MEMBER KU KLUX KLAN

Yesterday's paper

October 28, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Imperial Valley Press, The Bismarck Tribune, The Lambertville Record, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Wrangell Sentinel, The Daily Worker, and Evening Star.

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Today's paper

October 29, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:Douglas Daily Dispatch, Evening Star, Imperial Valley Press, The Alaskan, Putnam Patriot, Daily Kennebec Journal, Montgomery County Sentinel, and The Washington Times.