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A Century Late
Wednesday, September 29, 1926
WeatherAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Smyrna TimesSmyrna, Del.

DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE

Torrid Weather of Saturday Followed By Rain and Much Cooler Weather

Context - explained by ACL:

A local weather report describes a fall in temperature from 88 degrees in less than twelve hours, after rain on Saturday night. By midnight the thermometer had dropped to 45 degrees, and the item calls it an ideal autumn day.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Smyrna Times, Smyrna, Del., September 29, 1926, page 1]

With a drop in temperature from 88 to 45 degrees in less than twelve hours, Smyrna passed from the hottest September day to the verge of winter, Sunday,when the thermometer swiftly declined until at midnight Sunday night it registered 45 degrees. Following a rain on Saturday night the temperature gradually receded With the cessation of the rain the mercury began its retreat. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning the temperature was 51 degrees and it rose slowly until it reached 60. It remained at that figure until 5 o'clock when it again began to recede and at midnight had dropped to 45 degrees. Sunday was an ideal autumn day.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 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:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 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:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Wednesday, September 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.
WeatherAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Smyrna TimesSmyrna, Del.

DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE

Torrid Weather of Saturday Followed By Rain and Much Cooler Weather

Context - explained by ACL:

A local weather report describes a fall in temperature from 88 degrees in less than twelve hours, after rain on Saturday night. By midnight the thermometer had dropped to 45 degrees, and the item calls it an ideal autumn day.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Smyrna Times, Smyrna, Del., September 29, 1926, page 1]

With a drop in temperature from 88 to 45 degrees in less than twelve hours, Smyrna passed from the hottest September day to the verge of winter, Sunday,when the thermometer swiftly declined until at midnight Sunday night it registered 45 degrees. Following a rain on Saturday night the temperature gradually receded With the cessation of the rain the mercury began its retreat. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning the temperature was 51 degrees and it rose slowly until it reached 60. It remained at that figure until 5 o'clock when it again began to recede and at midnight had dropped to 45 degrees. Sunday was an ideal autumn day.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 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:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 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:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Wednesday, September 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.
WeatherAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Smyrna TimesSmyrna, Del.

DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE

Torrid Weather of Saturday Followed By Rain and Much Cooler Weather

Context - explained by ACL:

A local weather report describes a fall in temperature from 88 degrees in less than twelve hours, after rain on Saturday night. By midnight the thermometer had dropped to 45 degrees, and the item calls it an ideal autumn day.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Smyrna Times, Smyrna, Del., September 29, 1926, page 1]

With a drop in temperature from 88 to 45 degrees in less than twelve hours, Smyrna passed from the hottest September day to the verge of winter, Sunday,when the thermometer swiftly declined until at midnight Sunday night it registered 45 degrees. Following a rain on Saturday night the temperature gradually receded With the cessation of the rain the mercury began its retreat. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning the temperature was 51 degrees and it rose slowly until it reached 60. It remained at that figure until 5 o'clock when it again began to recede and at midnight had dropped to 45 degrees. Sunday was an ideal autumn day.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 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:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 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:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Wednesday, September 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.
WeatherAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Smyrna TimesSmyrna, Del.

DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE

Torrid Weather of Saturday Followed By Rain and Much Cooler Weather

Context - explained by ACL:

A local weather report describes a fall in temperature from 88 degrees in less than twelve hours, after rain on Saturday night. By midnight the thermometer had dropped to 45 degrees, and the item calls it an ideal autumn day.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Smyrna Times, Smyrna, Del., September 29, 1926, page 1]

With a drop in temperature from 88 to 45 degrees in less than twelve hours, Smyrna passed from the hottest September day to the verge of winter, Sunday,when the thermometer swiftly declined until at midnight Sunday night it registered 45 degrees. Following a rain on Saturday night the temperature gradually receded With the cessation of the rain the mercury began its retreat. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning the temperature was 51 degrees and it rose slowly until it reached 60. It remained at that figure until 5 o'clock when it again began to recede and at midnight had dropped to 45 degrees. Sunday was an ideal autumn day.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 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:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 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:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.

A Century Late
Wednesday, September 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.
WeatherAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Smyrna TimesSmyrna, Del.

DROP IN THE TEMPERATURE

Torrid Weather of Saturday Followed By Rain and Much Cooler Weather

Context - explained by ACL:

A local weather report describes a fall in temperature from 88 degrees in less than twelve hours, after rain on Saturday night. By midnight the thermometer had dropped to 45 degrees, and the item calls it an ideal autumn day.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Smyrna Times, Smyrna, Del., September 29, 1926, page 1]

With a drop in temperature from 88 to 45 degrees in less than twelve hours, Smyrna passed from the hottest September day to the verge of winter, Sunday,when the thermometer swiftly declined until at midnight Sunday night it registered 45 degrees. Following a rain on Saturday night the temperature gradually receded With the cessation of the rain the mercury began its retreat. At 8 o'clock Sunday morning the temperature was 51 degrees and it rose slowly until it reached 60. It remained at that figure until 5 o'clock when it again began to recede and at midnight had dropped to 45 degrees. Sunday was an ideal autumn day.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Reproduced unchanged from Smyrna Times, September 29, 1926, page 1.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.

Yesterday's paper

September 30, 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:New Britain Herald, Daily Kennebec Journal, Evening Star, Watauga Democrat, The Alaska Daily Empire, The Sauk Centre Herald, The Carbon County News, The Lambertville Record, The Bismarck Tribune, and Seward Daily Gateway.

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Today's paper

October 18, 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:The Bismarck Tribune, The Washington Times, Imperial Valley Press, Seward Daily Gateway, and Evening Star.