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Your daily paper for: Saturday, October 30, 1926
Article of the day
As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

SAYS EVANGELIST SENT LETTER TO RADIO OPERATOR

Context - explained by ACL:

District Attorney Asa Keyes said he holds a coded letter, mailed from Los Angeles on Sept. 27 and received in New York Oct. 2, which handwriting examination convinced him was written by Mrs. McPherson to Kenneth G. Ormiston.

A district attorney's charge in a Los Angeles prosecution of a woman preacher accused of perjury, naming Kenneth G. Ormiston, a fugitive radio operator.

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Page 1 of the Imperial Valley Press, the story outlined
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Inside today's papers
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Life & Times As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI NEARS END

Hospital officials report him gravely ill after a second operation.

Nation & World As printed 100 years ago on page 2 of: The Daily WorkerChicago, Ill.

QUIZ EXPOSES KLAN DEAL TO ELECT WATSON

Hoosier senator goes deeper into soup

Witnesses at an inquiry describe how klansmen in Indiana backed a senator and took local appointments to Washington for approval.

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

Editorial Cartoon Editorial 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."
[Cartoon, Evening Star, Washington, D.C., October 30, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad screws - [unclear word] ,, , washers [unclear word] IRON [unclear word] - A"™-- - - -
[Advertisement, Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Tex., October 30, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad [unclear word] the [unclear word] Bismarck and Burleigh County: h I support me appreciate the given in the June primary, and at the if* elected November election I will in the future, in the past,, as administer justice impartially, regardless of clan creed. or ROLAND H. CRANE, Justice of the Peace. (Political Advertisement) .v V »* .. J.-:.. ■ •
[Advertisement, The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 30, 1926, page 2]

Yesterday's edition

[Friday, October 29, 1926]

Crime & Courts Douglas Daily Dispatch

DEFENSE NOW RESTS IN THE AIMEE TRIAL

Crime & Courts Evening Star

MRS. MILLS' TONGUE IS BEING EXAMINED

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

Crime & Courts Imperial Valley Press

Delay Sought In Fall Trial

Prohibition & Gangsters The Alaskan

DRY LAW CONVICTIONS

Nation & World Douglas Daily Dispatch

KLAN ACTIVITIES INVESTIGATED BY SENATE COMMITTEE

Tomorrow's edition

[Sneak peek]

Editorial Cartoon! Ready For Fray (L STRAIGHT F j DEMOCRATIC DONKEY The Democratic Donkey, shown above, is ready for battle with oldtime political another his rival, the Elephant. With betting [unclear figure] to [unclear figure] Hunt, and [unclear figure] 1 on Hayden, the donkey ’is certain he’ll make the elephant take to the mesquite in Tuesday’s election.
Life & Times Evening Star

HOUDINI LINGERS

Crime & Courts Douglas Daily Dispatch

101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE

Prohibition & Gangsters The Daily Worker

QUEEN'S FRIENDS IN WILD ORGIES AT WASHINGTON

Policeman fined $75 for joining the drunks

Crime & Courts The Daily Worker

Labor in Europe Speaks Up in Fight for Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti

Disasters Evening Star

LIEUT. F. H. CONANT, CRACK NAVY FLYER, IS BELIEVED KILLED

His plane found wrecked and sunk 30 miles north of norfolk, va.

Identified by numbers; no trace of the pilot

Schneider cup race aviator set 251 1-2-mile record in tests. lived with mother here

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Yesterday'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.

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Today'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.

A Century Late
Saturday, October 30, 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: Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

SAYS EVANGELIST SENT LETTER TO RADIO OPERATOR

Context - explained by ACL:

District Attorney Asa Keyes said he holds a coded letter, mailed from Los Angeles on Sept. 27 and received in New York Oct. 2, which handwriting examination convinced him was written by Mrs. McPherson to Kenneth G. Ormiston.

A district attorney's charge in a Los Angeles prosecution of a woman preacher accused of perjury, naming Kenneth G. Ormiston, a fugitive radio operator.

Read original article
Page 1 of the Imperial Valley Press, the story outlined
[Where the story sits on the page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., October 30, 1926, page 1]

Read original article
Inside today's papers
[10 articles selected]
Life & Times As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI NEARS END

Hospital officials report him gravely ill after a second operation.

Nation & World As printed 100 years ago on page 2 of: The Daily WorkerChicago, Ill.

QUIZ EXPOSES KLAN DEAL TO ELECT WATSON

Hoosier senator goes deeper into soup

Witnesses at an inquiry describe how klansmen in Indiana backed a senator and took local appointments to Washington for approval.

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

Illustrated Ad screws - [unclear word] ,, , washers [unclear word] IRON [unclear word] - A"™-- - - -
[Advertisement, Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Tex., October 30, 1926, page 1]

Yesterday's edition

[Friday, October 29, 1926]

Crime & Courts Douglas Daily Dispatch

DEFENSE NOW RESTS IN THE AIMEE TRIAL

Crime & Courts Evening Star

MRS. MILLS' TONGUE IS BEING EXAMINED

Crime & Courts Imperial Valley Press

Delay Sought In Fall Trial

Prohibition & Gangsters The Alaskan

DRY LAW CONVICTIONS

Nation & World Douglas Daily Dispatch

KLAN ACTIVITIES INVESTIGATED BY SENATE COMMITTEE

Tomorrow's edition

[Sneak peek]

Editorial Cartoon! Ready For Fray (L STRAIGHT F j DEMOCRATIC DONKEY The Democratic Donkey, shown above, is ready for battle with oldtime political another his rival, the Elephant. With betting [unclear figure] to [unclear figure] Hunt, and [unclear figure] 1 on Hayden, the donkey ’is certain he’ll make the elephant take to the mesquite in Tuesday’s election.
Life & Times Evening Star

HOUDINI LINGERS

Crime & Courts Douglas Daily Dispatch

101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE

Prohibition & Gangsters The Daily Worker

QUEEN'S FRIENDS IN WILD ORGIES AT WASHINGTON

Crime & Courts The Daily Worker

Labor in Europe Speaks Up in Fight for Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti

Disasters Evening Star

LIEUT. F. H. CONANT, CRACK NAVY FLYER, IS BELIEVED KILLED

Yesterday'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.

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Today'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.

A Century Late
Saturday, October 30, 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: Imperial Valley PressEl Centro, Calif.

SAYS EVANGELIST SENT LETTER TO RADIO OPERATOR

Context - explained by ACL:

District Attorney Asa Keyes said he holds a coded letter, mailed from Los Angeles on Sept. 27 and received in New York Oct. 2, which handwriting examination convinced him was written by Mrs. McPherson to Kenneth G. Ormiston.

A district attorney's charge in a Los Angeles prosecution of a woman preacher accused of perjury, naming Kenneth G. Ormiston, a fugitive radio operator.

Read original article
Page 1 of the Imperial Valley Press, the story outlined
[Where the story sits on the page. Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., October 30, 1926, page 1]

Read original article
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Inside today's papers
[10 articles selected]
Life & Times As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Evening StarWashington, D.C.

HOUDINI NEARS END

Hospital officials report him gravely ill after a second operation.

Nation & World As printed 100 years ago on page 2 of: The Daily WorkerChicago, Ill.

QUIZ EXPOSES KLAN DEAL TO ELECT WATSON

Hoosier senator goes deeper into soup

Witnesses at an inquiry describe how klansmen in Indiana backed a senator and took local appointments to Washington for approval.

Nation & World As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: The Daily WorkerChicago, Ill.

SEN. JIM WATSON PROVEN MEMBER KU KLUX KLAN

Hoosier is hooked up with imperial office

Testimony at an inquiry into campaign funds in Indiana's senatorial race names a republican senator from that state.

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

TRAGEDY IS CAUSED BY EXPLOSION

Rescue workers recover bodies from destroyed shaft

Blast is terrific

Relatives of unfortunate men gather at mine shaft for details

Crime & Courts As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Brownsville HeraldBrownsville, Tex.

Communists Protest Executions in U. S.

At the American embassy in Paris, a delegation presented protests against the possible execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Massachusetts.

Disasters As printed 100 years ago on page 1 of: Brownsville HeraldBrownsville, Tex.

BLIZZARD HITS STRICKEN AREAS

Snow falls on the region around Leninakan, Armenia, left in ruins by last week's earthquake.

More from today's papers

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

Illustrated Ad screws - [unclear word] ,, , washers [unclear word] IRON [unclear word] - A"™-- - - -
[Advertisement, Brownsville Herald, Brownsville, Tex., October 30, 1926, page 1]
Illustrated Ad [unclear word] the [unclear word] Bismarck and Burleigh County: h I support me appreciate the given in the June primary, and at the if* elected November election I will in the future, in the past,, as administer justice impartially, regardless of clan creed. or ROLAND H. CRANE, Justice of the Peace. (Political Advertisement) .v V »* .. J.-:.. ■ •
[Advertisement, The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, N.D., October 30, 1926, page 2]

Yesterday's edition

[Friday, October 29, 1926]

Crime & Courts Douglas Daily Dispatch

DEFENSE NOW RESTS IN THE AIMEE TRIAL

Crime & Courts Evening Star

MRS. MILLS' TONGUE IS BEING EXAMINED

Crime & Courts Imperial Valley Press

Delay Sought In Fall Trial

Prohibition & Gangsters The Alaskan

DRY LAW CONVICTIONS

Nation & World Douglas Daily Dispatch

KLAN ACTIVITIES INVESTIGATED BY SENATE COMMITTEE

Tomorrow's edition

[Sneak peek]

Editorial Cartoon! Ready For Fray (L STRAIGHT F j DEMOCRATIC DONKEY The Democratic Donkey, shown above, is ready for battle with oldtime political another his rival, the Elephant. With betting [unclear figure] to [unclear figure] Hunt, and [unclear figure] 1 on Hayden, the donkey ’is certain he’ll make the elephant take to the mesquite in Tuesday’s election.
Life & Times Evening Star

HOUDINI LINGERS

Crime & Courts Douglas Daily Dispatch

101 PERSONS TO TESTIFY IN THE HALL-MILLS CASE

Prohibition & Gangsters The Daily Worker

QUEEN'S FRIENDS IN WILD ORGIES AT WASHINGTON

Crime & Courts The Daily Worker

Labor in Europe Speaks Up in Fight for Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti

Disasters Evening Star

LIEUT. F. H. CONANT, CRACK NAVY FLYER, IS BELIEVED KILLED

Yesterday'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.

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Today'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.