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Wednesday, September 29, 1926
PoliticsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer

Context - explained by ACL:

A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., September 29, 1926, page 1]

Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.

Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, 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 A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.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

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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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
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.
PoliticsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer

Context - explained by ACL:

A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., September 29, 1926, page 1]

Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.

Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, 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 Daily Kennebec Journal, 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

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
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.
PoliticsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer

Context - explained by ACL:

A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., September 29, 1926, page 1]

Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.

Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, 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 Daily Kennebec Journal, 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

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
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.
PoliticsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer

Context - explained by ACL:

A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., September 29, 1926, page 1]

Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.

Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, 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 Daily Kennebec Journal, 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

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
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.
PoliticsAs printed 100 years ago on page 1 of:Daily Kennebec JournalAugusta, Me.

Policemen to Keep Tabs on Landlords With Thermometer

Context - explained by ACL:

A mayor's order has added a thermometer to the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the city's policemen, after apartment house tenants complained that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights.

The printed page, with the story outlined
[The story on the printed page. Daily Kennebec Journal, Augusta, Me., September 29, 1926, page 1]

Lynn, Mass., Sept. 28. - (AP) - To the revolver and night-stick normally carried by the policemen of this city has been added a new weapon - a termometer. An order issued today by Mayor Bauer gave the Lynn patrolman his extra piece of equipment.

Complaints from apartment house tenants that their landlords had neglected to furnish heat on chill September nights prompted the mayor's action. Under today's ruling, when the temperature falls below fifty degrees, it will be the duty of the patrolman to enter apartment houses on his beat, and draw his trusty thermometer. If the mercury registers below 68 degrees, he will report the fact to city authorities and pressure will be brought to bear on the landlord.

Reproduced unchanged from Daily Kennebec Journal, 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 Daily Kennebec Journal, 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

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.