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Sunday, October 31, 1926
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page 25 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI LINGERS

Context - explained by ACL:

A bulletin issued by the four attending physicians said the magician and escape king had reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected.

A bulletin from four physicians on the magician and escape king, gravely ill in Detroit after a second operation.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1926, page 25]

DETROIT, Mich., October 30 (AP). - Harry Houdini, the magician and escape king, has reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected he would, a bulletin issued today by the four attending physicians said.

Although Houdini's condition continues "very grave, hopes for his recovery have not been entirely abandoned, the bulletin said. His temperature at 10 a.m. was given as 103.4, his pulse as 130 and his respiration as 40.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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 A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.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.

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October 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:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

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October 31, 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:Evening Star, Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Daily Worker, Chicago Daily Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 1 Sunday, October 31, 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.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page 25 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI LINGERS

Context - explained by ACL:

A bulletin issued by the four attending physicians said the magician and escape king had reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected.

A bulletin from four physicians on the magician and escape king, gravely ill in Detroit after a second operation.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1926, page 25]

DETROIT, Mich., October 30 (AP). - Harry Houdini, the magician and escape king, has reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected he would, a bulletin issued today by the four attending physicians said.

Although Houdini's condition continues "very grave, hopes for his recovery have not been entirely abandoned, the bulletin said. His temperature at 10 a.m. was given as 103.4, his pulse as 130 and his respiration as 40.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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 Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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

October 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:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

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Today's paper

October 31, 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:Evening Star, Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Daily Worker, Chicago Daily Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 1 Sunday, October 31, 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.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page 25 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI LINGERS

Context - explained by ACL:

A bulletin issued by the four attending physicians said the magician and escape king had reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected.

A bulletin from four physicians on the magician and escape king, gravely ill in Detroit after a second operation.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1926, page 25]

DETROIT, Mich., October 30 (AP). - Harry Houdini, the magician and escape king, has reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected he would, a bulletin issued today by the four attending physicians said.

Although Houdini's condition continues "very grave, hopes for his recovery have not been entirely abandoned, the bulletin said. His temperature at 10 a.m. was given as 103.4, his pulse as 130 and his respiration as 40.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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 Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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

October 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:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

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Today's paper

October 31, 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:Evening Star, Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Daily Worker, Chicago Daily Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 1 Sunday, October 31, 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.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page 25 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI LINGERS

Context - explained by ACL:

A bulletin issued by the four attending physicians said the magician and escape king had reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected.

A bulletin from four physicians on the magician and escape king, gravely ill in Detroit after a second operation.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1926, page 25]

DETROIT, Mich., October 30 (AP). - Harry Houdini, the magician and escape king, has reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected he would, a bulletin issued today by the four attending physicians said.

Although Houdini's condition continues "very grave, hopes for his recovery have not been entirely abandoned, the bulletin said. His temperature at 10 a.m. was given as 103.4, his pulse as 130 and his respiration as 40.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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 Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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

October 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:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

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Today's paper

October 31, 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:Evening Star, Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Daily Worker, Chicago Daily Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

A Century Late
Vol. I, no 1 Sunday, October 31, 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.
Life & TimesAs printed 100 years ago on page 25 of:Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI LINGERS

Context - explained by ACL:

A bulletin issued by the four attending physicians said the magician and escape king had reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected.

A bulletin from four physicians on the magician and escape king, gravely ill in Detroit after a second operation.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1926, page 25]

DETROIT, Mich., October 30 (AP). - Harry Houdini, the magician and escape king, has reacted to a second operation within five days much better than had been expected he would, a bulletin issued today by the four attending physicians said.

Although Houdini's condition continues "very grave, hopes for his recovery have not been entirely abandoned, the bulletin said. His temperature at 10 a.m. was given as 103.4, his pulse as 130 and his respiration as 40.

Reproduced unchanged from Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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 Evening Star, October 31, 1926, page 25.
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

October 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:Imperial Valley Press, Evening Star, The Daily Worker, Douglas Daily Dispatch, Brownsville Herald, and The Bismarck Tribune.

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Today's paper

October 31, 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:Evening Star, Douglas Daily Dispatch, The Daily Worker, Chicago Daily Tribune, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch.